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 ...

Bo Derek was born Mary Cathleen Collins in California on November 20, 1956. As a teenager, she auditioned for a film directed by John Derek — the low-budget movie had a troubled production ...

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. … ...