Barbie Wilde
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Barbie Wilde is a Canadian actress and writer, best known for appearing as the Female Cenobite in 'Hellbound: Hellraiser II' - the second of eight 'Hellraiser' films based on Clive Barker's novella, 'The Hellbound Heart'.
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Born in British Columbia, Canada in 1955, Barbie Wilde lived in the United States for eleven years before moving to London, England in 1977 as part of her drama studies at Syracuse University. In London, she studied classical mime with Desmond Jones and in 1978 joined his company, SILENTS, at that time the largest mime company in Britain. In 1979, along with Robert Pereno, LA Richards, Carole Caplin, Tim Dry and Sean Crawford (Tik and Tok), Miss Wilde formed SHOCK: a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe. SHOCK toured with Depeche Mode and Classix Nouveaux in the early 1980's and supported Adam & The Ants at The Venue (London), Ultravox at The Rainbow Theatre (London) and Gary Numan at Wembley Arena (April 1981). SHOCK released two singles with RCA Records: 'Angel Face' and 'Dynamo Beat'.
In 1986, Miss Wilde appeared in the Bollywood blockbuster, 'Janbazz', directed by 'the Clint Eastwood of India', Feroz Khan. She was the first classically trained robotic mime artist to appear in a Bollywood movie. She also robotically mimed with British TV legends Morecambe and Wise in their Christmas TV Special of 1983. Other film appearances include 'Death Wish III' (1985) starring Charles Bronson and 'Grizzly II: The Predator' starring Charlie Sheen.
In the 1980's, Miss Wilde wrote and hosted 'The American Hot 100' (Skytrax TV) as well as 'The Morning Show' & 'Supersonic' for Music Box TV, where she interviewed Jimmy Somerville from Bronski Beat, Roger Meddows-Taylor of Queen and The Sisters of Mercy. In 1987, Miss Wilde presented a long-running music show for Granada Television called 'Hold Tight', where she interviewed such pop personalities as Cliff Richard, John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols), Iggy Pop, The B52's, Black, Pepsi & Shirlie and Lisa Stansfield. In 1988, she wrote and presented 'The Small Screen', a film review program for the Night Network on London Weekend Television, where she interviewed actor Hugh Grant. In the 1990's, Miss Wilde hosted a live music program, 'The Gig', for London Weekend Television and the movie history program, 'Sprockets' for Sky Digital Television.
Miss Wilde has also worked as a film critic for the prestigious Film Review Annual; as an assistant casting director for the BBC production of 'The Buddha of Suburbia' (1993); and as a casting director for MTV's London production of 'The Real World' (1995).
