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Olivia d'Abo was FOURTEEN,

posted 16 years ago by xenophile2002
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not seventeen.

[this post has been deleted because it could no longer keep its anger in check]

[–] Falconeer 15 years ago

Seventeen, fourteen, whatever... either way she had a nice rack, and looked like she was having alot of fun showing it off... Lighten up people...

[–] meathead (43) 5 years ago

It's just that people are getting frustrated when they show that official government records have a DOB that makes her 14, and yet people insist on her being older as if those records didn't exist.

[–] jbowmore 15 years ago

Official government records, along with contemporary news, confirm that Olivia d'Abo was 14 when she appeared in Bolero. The film was finished and screened for critics before d'Abo's 15th birthday.

Timeline & Sources:
• 1969 Jan 22 - Olivia Jane d'Abo born according to official British records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_d%27Abo#cite_note-1)
• 1983 Summer - Bolero filmed in Spain (http://elpais.com/diario/1983/05/08/ultima/421192807_850215.html)
• 1984 Jan 1 - Roger Ebert reviews finished film (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bolero-1984)
• 1984 Jan 22 - Olivia Jane d'Abo turns 15
• 1984 Aug 31 - Bolero is released unrated by Cannon after splitting from MGM/UA, since MGM would not release the film unless it was edited down to an R rating.

[–] markhagner-1 14 years ago

Was it her or did she have a stand-in?

[–] mrtron81 14 years ago

markhagner-1, it's no doubt Olivia. You can see her face in the shots, so that would make using a body double impossible.

[–] sweiland75 14 years ago

and a great body it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5GZIDnMzZQ Why does Canada need a queen?

[–] meathead (43) 5 years ago

There is also a poster you can order online with a publicity pic from the set of her topless in the tub, a image not taken directly from the film, and it is close-up and crystal clear that it's her. Great view of her face as well as... ahem, her assets.

[–] meathead (43) 5 years ago

Yeah, I've seen her DOB entry in the General Registry of London myself - it's definitely her. Remember, folks, they give the parent's names too in those entries, so what are the odds that two people with the exact same first and last names as D'abo's parents gave birth to a baby girl in London, D'abo's birthplace, and gave her the same first and last name and it's not her? LOL.

[–] johnmiller (3889) 4 years ago

Yeah, I guess you could get away with full-frontal nudity like that since it was shot in Spain. Really bizarre, though! Her parents must have been incredibly liberal, or somehow unaware of what was going on. It also makes John Derek look like a serious perv.

[–] jk90us (7153) 2 years ago

Olivia D'Abo said in an interview in 1986 that she matured physically at age 13, a year before making this movie. In fact she said director John Derek thought she had breast implants until she took her clothes off on set the first time and he saw her breasts were natural.