Koo Stark
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Koo Stark as "Camie," a cut character from Star Wars |
Kathleen Dee-Anne Stark (born
April 26,
1956), better known as
Koo Stark, is an
American film actress, model, and portrait photographer.Her late father, Wilbur Stark, a native of
Brooklyn,
New York, was a producer.
She gained notoriety for her relationship with
Prince Andrew, son of
Queen Elizabeth II, and through starring in a soft-porn film
Emily, directed by the
17th Earl of Pembroke. Canadian band
Chixdiggit released a song about her relationship with Prince Andrew (entitled Koo Stark) on their 2005 album
Pink RazorsShe also played the part of
Camie (sometimes spelled as "Cammie") in the 1977 film
Star Wars. She appeared in just two scenes, both of which were eventually cut in
editing. Consequently she only appears in "behind the scenes" and "making of" footage. She also guest starred in the
Red Dwarf episode "Timeslides" and according to the
Internet Movie Database had an uncredited part in the
Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Her five-year-old daughter, Tatiana, first noticed the rock in Koo's breast as the pair hugged. After doctors in London repeatedly failed to spot the cancer, Koo was diagnosed in America in August 2002, and two days later following the emergency
mastectomy, had to endure weeks of chemotherapy â€" and the loss of her trademark long hair. In December 2003, underwent her second mastectomy. Has set up a cancer organization called,
Keep A Breast.
* Her mother, Kathi Norris Caruso, hosted one of the first TV talk shows
The Kathi Norris Show on the
DuMont Television Network.
* Stark has been a
Buddhist since 1994
* Lives between
London and
New York* Was married to
Green Shield Stamps heir
Tim Jeffries* Daughter Tatiana born
17 March, 1987 to London based US investment banker Warren Walker. She and Walker have had serveral court appearances over custody, and Koo has sued Walker for $50M in 1991 in New York for his alleged failure to care for his daughter, causing her emotional distress and breach after he changed his mind about marrying her. In 1992 the
FBI confiscated her passport for failure to allow Walker access
[http://www.mynottinghill.co.uk/nottinghilltv/celebs&gossip-koo-stark.htm]*
IMDb entry for Koo Stark*
Keep A Breast Charity
