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Shannon Tweed

Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller cinema. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and several television series. She was named Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1982. Tweed is also known for Gene Simmons Family Jewels, a reality TV show that portrayed the life of her family from 2006 until 2012. She is married to Gene Simmons, bassist and co-lead singer of the band Kiss; Tweed and Simmons have two children, Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons and Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons.

Infobox

Born
Shannon Lee Tweed (1957-03-10) March 10, 1957 (age 68)St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Occupations
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Years active
1981–present
Spouse
mw- Gene Simmons (m. 2011)
Children
mw- Nick SimmonsSophie Simmons
Preceded by
Terri Welles
Succeeded by
Marianne Gravatte

Tables

· Filmography › Film
1983
Role(s)
Body Double
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Meg Hughes
Playboy Video Playmate Review
Role(s)
Herself
1984
Role(s)
Sylvia Fonda
Role(s)
Lee Waite
1986
Role(s)
The Love Goddess
1987
Role(s)
Angela Spinelli
Role(s)
Baitmate
Notes
Uncredited
Code Name Vengeance
Role(s)
Sam
1988
Lethal Woman
Role(s)
Tory MacAllistair, Ex-Pilot
The Firing Line
Role(s)
Sandra Spencer
1989
Role(s)
Lisa Grace
Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
1990
1991
Role(s)
Cindy / Audrey
Role(s)
Susan
1992
Role(s)
Heather Burnz
Role(s)
Marilyn Mejenes
Role(s)
The First Class Stewardess
1993
Role(s)
Beth Moore
Role(s)
Zoe Clairmont
Indecent Behavior
Role(s)
Dr. Rebecca Mathis
1994
Role(s)
Carol McKay
Notes
Direct-to-video
Scorned
Role(s)
Patricia Langley / Amanda Chessfield
Hard Vice
Role(s)
Andrea
Role(s)
Lydia
Indecent Behavior 2
Role(s)
Dr. Rebecca Mathis
Role(s)
Moira Davis
1995
Role(s)
Sharon Bell
Role(s)
Carla Duvall
The Dark Dancer
Role(s)
Dr. Margaret Simpson
Role(s)
Dr. Claire Archer
Notes
Direct-to-video
Indecent Behavior 3
Role(s)
Dr. Rebecca Mathis
Notes
Associate producer
1996
Stormy Nights
Role(s)
Jennifer McCormick
Electra
Role(s)
Lorna Duncan / Electra
White Cargo
Role(s)
Alexia
Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
1997
Role(s)
Sharon Bell
Human Desires
Role(s)
Alicia Royale
Notes
Direct-to-video Associate producer
Bimbo Bash Movie
Role(s)
Margo
Java Heads: The Movie
Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Shannon Tweed
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
1998
Naked Lies
Role(s)
Cara Landry
Notes
Associate producer
Dead by Dawn
Role(s)
Wendy Marsh
Playboy: Celebrities
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
Playboy: Babes of Baywatch
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
1999
Role(s)
Amanda Finch
Role(s)
Maureen Doherty
Scandalous Behavior
Role(s)
Lisa Blair
Notes
Direct-to-video Associate producer
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
2000
The Rowdy Girls
Role(s)
Velvet McKenzie
Notes
Co-producer
Diaries of Darkness
2001
Dead Sexy
Role(s)
Kate McBain
Notes
Direct-to-video Executive producer
2002
Wish You Were Dead
Role(s)
Lesbian Hitwoman
2003
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Interviewee Documentary
2004
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates
Role(s)
Herself, Miss November 1981
Notes
Documentary
2014
Sex, Marriage and Infidelity
Role(s)
Margaret
A Very Satan Christmas
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Short
The Ultimate Wedding Planner
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1983
Curtains
Body Double
Uncredited
Of Unknown Origin
Meg Hughes
Playboy Video Playmate Review
Herself
1984
Hot Dog…The Movie
Sylvia Fonda
The Surrogate
Lee Waite
1986
Meatballs III: Summer Job
The Love Goddess
1987
Steele Justice
Angela Spinelli
Dragnet
Baitmate
Uncredited
Code Name Vengeance
Sam
1988
Lethal Woman
Tory MacAllistair, Ex-Pilot
The Firing Line
Sandra Spencer
1989
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Dr. Margo Hunt
Night Visitor
Lisa Grace
Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's
Herself
Documentary
1990
In the Cold of the Night
Lena
1991
Last Call
Cindy / Audrey
The Last Hour
Susan
1992
Liar's Edge
Heather Burnz
Night Eyes 2
Marilyn Mejenes
The Naked Truth
The First Class Stewardess
1993
Cold Sweat
Beth Moore
Night Eyes 3
Zoe Clairmont
Indecent Behavior
Dr. Rebecca Mathis
1994
Possessed by the Night
Carol McKay
Direct-to-video
Scorned
Patricia Langley / Amanda Chessfield
Hard Vice
Andrea
Night Fire
Lydia
Indecent Behavior 2
Dr. Rebecca Mathis
Illicit Dreams
Moira Davis
1995
No Contest
Sharon Bell
Victim of Desire
Carla Duvall
The Dark Dancer
Dr. Margaret Simpson
Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure
Dr. Claire Archer
Direct-to-video
Indecent Behavior 3
Dr. Rebecca Mathis
Associate producer
1996
Stormy Nights
Jennifer McCormick
Electra
Lorna Duncan / Electra
White Cargo
Alexia
Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection
Herself
Documentary
1997
No Contest II
Sharon Bell
Human Desires
Alicia Royale
Direct-to-video Associate producer
Bimbo Bash Movie
Margo
Java Heads: The Movie
Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Shannon Tweed
Herself
Documentary
1998
Naked Lies
Cara Landry
Associate producer
Dead by Dawn
Wendy Marsh
Playboy: Celebrities
Herself
Documentary
Playboy: Babes of Baywatch
Herself
Documentary
1999
Detroit Rock City
Amanda Finch
Forbidden Sins
Maureen Doherty
· Filmography › Television
1982
Drop-Out Father
Role(s)
Beautiful Woman
Notes
TV film
1982–1983
Role(s)
Falcon Crest
Notes
Diana Hunter
1983
Role(s)
Celina Morgan
Notes
Season 7 episode 7: "The Wedding Picture/Castaways"
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Panelist 5 episodes
1984
Role(s)
Karen Thorsen
Notes
Season 1 episode 9: "The Perfect Twenty"
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Episode: "Battle of the Perfect 10's: Wilt's Wows vs. Debbies Dudes; Richard's Rosebuds vs. Phyllis Fighters"
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Role(s)
Woman
Notes
Mini-series Uncredited
Role(s)
Betty Jo Page
Notes
Season 7 episode 2: "Welcome, Waylon Jennings"
1984–1987
Role(s)
The Hitchhiker
Notes
Barbara / Dr. Rita de Roy
1985
Role(s)
Princess Leanna
Notes
Episode 20: "King for a Day"
Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
1985–1986
Role(s)
Days of Our Lives
Notes
Savannah Wilder
1986
Role(s)
Vicki Barrington
Notes
Season 6 episode 5: "Role Call"
Role(s)
Nina Van Slyke
Notes
Season 3 episode 12: "Oh Lucky Man"
1987
Role(s)
Joanne Preston
Notes
TV film
Role(s)
Beth
Notes
Season 1 episode 15: "Sirens"
Role(s)
Tiffany Crystal
Notes
Season 5 episode 1: "Meet Mr. Felb"
Role(s)
Randi
Notes
Season 2 episode 1: "Y' Wanna Live Forever?"
Role(s)
Jocelyn Miller
Notes
Season 2 episode 1: "The Lung Goodbye"
Role(s)
Jody Kleinman
Notes
Season 2 episode 9: "You Oughta Be in Prison"
Notes
Season 1 episode 7: "Hot Wired"
Role(s)
Babe Adair
Notes
Season 2 episode 9: "Beauty and the Babe"
Sex Symbols; Past, Present and Future
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
1988
Role(s)
Maxine Denton
Notes
Season 2 episodes 16 and 17: "Trouble in Paradise: Part 1" and "Trouble in Paradise: Part 2"
Role(s)
Sally "Crazy Sally"
Notes
TV film
1989
Role(s)
Margo
Notes
Season 1 episode 20: "Margo"
Notes
Uncredited
1989–1991
Role(s)
1st & Ten: The Championship
Notes
Kristy Fullbright
1990
Hollywood Dog
Notes
TV film
1991
Tagteam
Role(s)
Leona
Notes
TV film
Role(s)
Ms. Mason
Notes
Season 2 episode 5: "The Undergraduate"
Role(s)
Allison Fowles
Notes
Season 2 episode 11: "If Looks Could Kill"
Role(s)
Sally "Slick" Monroe
Notes
13 episodes
1992
Role(s)
Luree
Notes
Season 1 episode 8: "For Better or Perverse"
Role(s)
Eve Anderson
1993
Role(s)
Andrea Hopper
Notes
Episode 2: "To Err Is Human"
1994
Role(s)
Rebecca
Notes
Season 1 episodes 5 and 6: ""Payback" and "Payback"
Model by Day
Role(s)
Shannon
Notes
TV film
1995
Role(s)
Shannon Tweed
Notes
Season 10 episode 9: "The Two That Got Away"
Role(s)
Priscilla Lake
Notes
Season 11 episode 15: "Twice Dead"
Role(s)
Samantha Kent
Notes
Episode 12: "Factor X"
1995–2001
Role(s)
Frasier
Notes
Dr. Honey Snow
1996
Role(s)
Sheila Silver
Notes
Season 1 episodes 1 and 8: Pilot and "Burnout"
1997
Role(s)
Delia
Notes
Episode 18: "The Naked and the Dred, or the Toast of the Town"
Role(s)
Emily Palmer
Notes
Season 8 episode 21: "Oedipus Wrecks"
Role(s)
Bess
Notes
Season 3 episode 2: "Payback"
Role(s)
Hunter Wiley
Notes
TV film
1997–1998
Role(s)
The Tom Show
Notes
Maggie Amross
1999
Role(s)
Hunter Wiley
Notes
TV film
Powerplay
Role(s)
Jacqueline Knight
Notes
TV film
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Season 1 episode 15: "Val on the Run"
Role(s)
Shannon Tweed
Notes
Season 1 episode 8: "Unsafe Sex"
Role(s)
Joanna Parsons
Notes
Episode 3: "Passages"
2000–2003
Role(s)
The Parkers
Notes
Sophia Van Lowe
2002
Role(s)
Mom
Notes
11 episodes
2003
Role(s)
Ms. Dee Dee Cole
Notes
Episode 5: "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire"
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Uncredited
2004
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
Role(s)
Dr. Honey Snow
Notes
Uncredited
When Playboy Ruled the World
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
2006
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
2006–2012
Role(s)
Gene Simmons Family Jewels
Notes
Herself
2007
Role(s)
Woman Fish
Notes
Voice Season 5 episode 17: "20,000 Patties Under the Sea/The Battle of Bikini Bottom"
2008
Role(s)
Herself, Audience Member
2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Role(s)
Herself: Playmate of the Year 1982 / Actress
Notes
Documentary
2010
Role(s)
Knatasha Knightblade
Notes
Season 2 episode 7: "Dept. of F'd Up Family Services"
Bill Zucker's Day with the Simmons
Role(s)
Herself
2012
How Playboy Changed the World
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Documentary
America's Book of Secrets
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Season 1 episode 6: "The Playboy Mansion"
2012–2013
Role(s)
Republic of Doyle
Notes
Frances Lemont
2013
Ex-Wives of Rock
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Narrator
2014
Role(s)
Wendy Maybely
Notes
Season 2 episode 7: "Mother Sucker" Credited as Shannon Tweed-Simmons
Role(s)
Herself, Lie Detector Guest
Notes
Season 1 episode 6: "#1.6" Credited as Shannon Tweed-Simmons
Shannon & Sophie
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Executive producer
Role(s)
Dr. Margo Hunt
Notes
Episode 1: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
2015
Sunday Brunch
Notes
Set decorator Episode 6: "The Smoking Pistol"
2017
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Season 17 episode 4: "Just Letter Cook"
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1982
Drop-Out Father
Beautiful Woman
TV film
1982–1983
Falcon Crest
Diana Hunter
21 episodes
1983
Fantasy Island
Celina Morgan
Season 7 episode 7: "The Wedding Picture/Castaways"
Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour
Herself
Panelist 5 episodes
1984
The New Mike Hammer
Karen Thorsen
Season 1 episode 9: "The Perfect Twenty"
Family Feud
Herself
Episode: "Battle of the Perfect 10's: Wilt's Wows vs. Debbies Dudes; Richard's Rosebuds vs. Phyllis Fighters"
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Woman
Mini-series Uncredited
The Dukes of Hazzard
Betty Jo Page
Season 7 episode 2: "Welcome, Waylon Jennings"
1984–1987
The Hitchhiker
Barbara / Dr. Rita de Roy
Season 2 episode 6: "Videodate" Season 4 episode 6: "Doctor's Orders"
1985
Three's a Crowd
Princess Leanna
Episode 20: "King for a Day"
Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985
Herself
Documentary
1985–1986
Days of Our Lives
Savannah Wilder
142 episodes
1986
Cagney & Lacey
Vicki Barrington
Season 6 episode 5: "Role Call"
Highway to Heaven
Nina Van Slyke
Season 3 episode 12: "Oh Lucky Man"
1987
The Last Fling
Joanne Preston
TV film
CBS Summer Playhouse
Beth
Season 1 episode 15: "Sirens"
Nine to Five
Tiffany Crystal
Season 5 episode 1: "Meet Mr. Felb"
Ohara
Randi
Season 2 episode 1: "Y' Wanna Live Forever?"
Law
Jocelyn Miller
Season 2 episode 1: "The Lung Goodbye"
21 Jump Street
Jody Kleinman
Season 2 episode 9: "You Oughta Be in Prison"
Hooperman
Season 1 episode 7: "Hot Wired"
Rags to Riches
Babe Adair
Season 2 episode 9: "Beauty and the Babe"
Sex Symbols; Past, Present and Future
Herself
Documentary
1988
Our House
Maxine Denton
Season 2 episodes 16 and 17: "Trouble in Paradise: Part 1" and "Trouble in Paradise: Part 2"
Longarm
Sally "Crazy Sally"
TV film
1989
Dear John
Margo
Season 1 episode 20: "Margo"
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Uncredited
1989–1991
1st & Ten: The Championship
Kristy Fullbright
30 episodes
1990
Hollywood Dog
TV film
1991
Tagteam
Leona
TV film
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Ms. Mason
Season 2 episode 5: "The Undergraduate"
Baywatch
Allison Fowles
Season 2 episode 11: "If Looks Could Kill"
Fly by Night
Sally "Slick" Monroe
13 episodes
1992
Civil Wars
Luree
Season 1 episode 8: "For Better or Perverse"
Sexual Response
Eve Anderson
1993
Matrix
Andrea Hopper
Episode 2: "To Err Is Human"
1994
Hot Line
Rebecca
Season 1 episodes 5 and 6: Payback" and "Payback"
Model by Day
Shannon
TV film
1995
Married... with Children
Shannon Tweed
Season 10 episode 9: "The Two That Got Away"
Murder, She Wrote
Priscilla Lake
Season 11 episode 15: "Twice Dead"
Marker
Samantha Kent
Episode 12: "Factor X"
1995–2001
Frasier
Dr. Honey Snow
Season 2 episode 15: "You Scratch My Book..." Season 9 episode 2: "Don Juan in Hell: Part 2"
1996
Pacific Blue
Sheila Silver
Season 1 episodes 1 and 8: Pilot and "Burnout"
1997
Homeboys in Outer Space
Delia
Episode 18: "The Naked and the Dred, or the Toast of the Town"
Wings
Emily Palmer
Season 8 episode 21: "Oedipus Wrecks"
Nash Bridges
Bess
Season 3 episode 2: "Payback"
Assault on Devil's Island
Hunter Wiley
TV film
1997–1998
The Tom Show
Maggie Amross
Episodes 2, 12, and 16: "Bad Publicity, Maggie Returns," and "The Centerfold"
1999
Assault on Death Mountain
Hunter Wiley
TV film

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