Koo Stark
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Kathleen Dee-Anne Stark (born April 26, 1956), better known as Koo Stark, is an American film actress, model, and portrait photographer. Her late father, Wilbur Stark, a native of Brooklyn, New York, was a producer.
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[edit] Overview
Stark gained notoriety for her relationship with Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II, and through starring in a soft-porn film, Emily, directed by the 17th Earl of Pembroke. Canadian band Chixdiggit released a song about her relationship with Prince Andrew (entitled "Koo Stark") on their 2005 album Pink Razors.
She also played the part of Camie (sometimes spelled as "Cammie") in the 1977 film Star Wars. She appeared in just two scenes, both of which were eventually cut in editing. Consequently, she only appears in "behind the scenes" and "making of" footage. She also guest starred in the Red Dwarf episode "Timeslides", and according to the Internet Movie Database had an uncredited part in the Rocky Horror Picture Show as the bridesmaid.
[edit] Breast Cancer
Stark's five-year-old daughter, Tatiana, first noticed the lump in her mother's breast as the pair hugged. After doctors in London repeatedly failed to spot the cancer, Stark was diagnosed in America in August 2002. Two days later an emergency mastectomy was performed, followed by weeks of chemotherapy — and the loss of her trademark long hair. In December 2003, she underwent her second mastectomy. Stark has set up a cancer organization called Keep A Breast.
[edit] Trivia
- Her mother, Kathi Norris Caruso, hosted one of the first TV talk shows The Kathi Norris Show on the DuMont Television Network.
- Stark has been a Buddhist since 1994.
- Lives between London and New York.
- Was married to Green Shield Stamps heir Tim Jeffries.
- Daughter Tatiana born 17 March 1997 to London-based US investment banker Warren Walker. She and Walker have had several court appearances over custody, and Stark sued Walker for US$50 million in 2000 in New York for his alleged failure to care for his daughter and causing her emotional distress, and for breach after he changed his mind about marrying her. In 2001 the FBI confiscated her passport for failure to allow Walker access.[1]
