Bo, who was born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, scored a role in the 1977 film Orca, kickstarting her acting career. One year prior to the film’s release, she married filmmaker John ...

How Did John and Bo Derek Meet? John met Bo (who then went by her real name, Mary Cathleen Collins) when he cast her at age 16 in his movie Fantasies, which was reportedly then under the title And ...

Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins) was 16 when she started dating actor and director John Derek, 30 years her senior. John was married to Linda Evans, whom he left for Bo after she starred in a ...

5. What made you change your name from Mary Cathleen — with the nickname Cathy — to Bo? Derek: I was 17, living in Europe and I just wanted something more grown-up, I guess, than Cathy. … ...