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Alison Armitage was born February
26, 1965, in London, England, but was raised in Hong Kong after her family
-- consisting of her 2 brothers and her father (her parents are divorced)
-- relocated there when she was 6 years old. Growing up in Hong Kong and
living there for 20 years exposed Alison to various cultures and
languages, giving her a desire to travel. After extensive traveling, the
computer science graduate decided to move to the United States as she was
inspired by the '70s television series Charlie's Angels.
Although she has been an avid swimmer since age 4 and even qualified for
Hong Kong's Olympic team, Alison delved into the modeling world once in
the US. Her first modeling stint was with a Denver modeling agency, and if
you didn't see her in those photographs, you were sure to have caught her
in Hugh Hefner's infamous magazine. Alison was Playboy's Playmate of the
Month in October 1990, and if you're confused because you didn't see her
name in the publication, that's because Alison went by the name of
Brittany York.
In 1992, she made her first film appearance in Posing: Inspired by Three
Real Stories credited as Brittany, as well as Wet & Wild IV, Secret Games
as a nun, and Miracle Beach, all in the same year. Alison also did her
share of television show appearances; she appeared in Thunder in Paradise
and One West Waikiki in 1994, and portrayed Cheryl, the dental hygienist
in Seinfeld's "The Jimmy" episode -- by this point, she was credited as
Alison Armitage. In 1997, Alison was cast in an episode of Silk Stalkings,
and appeared in The New Adventures of Robin Hood in 1998, L.A. Heat in
1999, and Black Scorpion.
Alison got a break when she was cast as Cat in the short-lived TV series
Acapulco H.E.A.T. (it returned to television after its 1993 season), which
is where many of her fans remember her from. She made an appearance in
1996's Jerry Maguire, as one of Jerry's former girlfriends, a role Lucy
Liu shared, and had a larger role in 1999's Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a
short documentary also featuring Liv Tyler and Steve Buschemi.
Alison died 2001.
She was fatally injured attempting to stop
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"Black Scorpion" .... Edwina
Watts (1 episode: "Power Play" 2001)
... aka Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion (Canada: English title)
Driven (2001) (uncredited) .... Girlfriend
... aka Ŕ toute vitesse (Canada: French title)
"Acapulco H.E.A.T." .... Catherine 'Cat' Avery Pascal (1998-1999)
"L.A. Heat" .... Major Lauren Wylie (1 episode: "Bad Reputation"
1999)
"The New Adventures of Robin Hood" .... Ariel Glister (5 episodes,
1998)
... aka Nouvelles aventures de Robin des bois, Les (France)
"Silk Stalkings" .... Erin Kingston (1 episode: "Fevers" 1997)
Jerry Maguire (1996) .... Former Girlfriend
"Seinfeld" .... Cheryl (1 episode: "The Jimmy" 1995)
"One West Waikiki" .... Stacy Holliday (1 episode: "A Model for
Murder" 1994)
"Thunder in Paradise" .... Shannon Daring (1 episode: "Queen of
Hearts" 1994)
"Acapulco H.E.A.T." .... Catherine 'Cat' Avery Pascal (17 episodes,
1993-1994)
Secret Games (1992) .... Nun
Miracle Beach (1992) (as Brittany York) .... Girl in Bed
"Full House" .... Girl on Bike (1 episode: "Easy Rider" 1991)
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories (1991) (TV) (uncredited) ....
Britany
... aka I Posed for Playboy (USA: video title) |
