Cynthia Basinet is an American actress and singer, born in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She is also noted for being a friend and lover of Jack Nicholson.[1]
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| Background information | |
| Born | San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, United States |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, actress |
| Website | www |
Career
editShe started as a model for I. Magnin and later became a model for Bob Mackie. After that, she worked in a San Francisco modeling agency. She spent the next five years in Europe modeling, including campaigns for Benetton with photographer, Oliviero Toscani.[2] In the 1990s, she starred in the movies Last Dance, The Making of a Hollywood Madam, A Hard Death, and has also appeared in the "Last Man on Earth" segment of the Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV series.
Basinet released her first album, For You With Love in 2001 under the name "C. Basinet".[3] It included "Santa Baby", which was originally recorded as a gift to actor Jack Nicholson in 1997[citation needed]. In 2006, she released her first full-length album, The Collection, which contains a decade of songs that she had recorded as singles for Dreamsville, including "Santa Baby," "Haunted Heart", "Water's Edge", and "God." In 2007, she released a tenth anniversary version of "Santa Baby".[4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Episode | Role |
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| 2014 | Blue Gold: American Jeans | Herself | |
| 2011 | Onion SportsDome (TV series) | Episode #1.4 (2011) | Cheryl |
| 1999 | The Big Tease | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV series) |
Last Man on Earth (1997) |
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| 1996 | A Hard Death (video) | Leslie Miller | |
| 1996 | The Making of a Hollywood Madam (TV movie) | Caroline | |
| 1992 | Last Dance | Jamie (as Cynthia Stanton) | |
| 1991 | The Bold and the Beautiful (TV series) | Episode #1.1161 (1991) | |
Discography
edit| Year | Album |
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| 2011 | "The Christmas Song" (single) |
| 2010 | Remixed |
| 2007 | "Santa Baby" (10th Anniversary Edition) (single) |
| 2007 | Uncovered |
| 2006 | The Collection |
| 2001 | For You with Love |
References
edit- ↑ Douglas, Edward (2004). Jack: The Great Seducer — The Life and Many Loves of Jack Nicholson Archived 2011-09-06 at the Wayback Machine New York City: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060520477. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ↑ http://abilitymagazine.com/basinet.html Ability magazine
- ↑ C. Basinet. Allmusic 2001. Last accessed 19 December 2011.
- ↑ "Sultry "Santa Baby" Singer, Actress and Humanitarian Cynthia Basinet Returns to Petition the United Nations". Jazz Corner. October 7, 2017.