Pamela Anderson: Snapshot
- Name
- Pamela Anderson
- Birth Date
- 07/01/1967
- Birth Place
- Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
After playing Tim Allen's Tool Time girl in Home Improvement, she garnered worldwide fame with a slow-motion running sequence in a red swimsuit on Baywatch. She went on to marry rocker Tommy Lee, which resulted in a leaked sex tape, two children, Hepatitis C, and a divorce. Anderson moved on, though, with a brief marriage to Kid Rock in 2006 before trying her hand at marriage again in October 2007 with Rick Saloman – best known for performing in and distributing Paris Hilton's sex tape. By March, she ended another marriage.
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Pamela Anderson: Five Fun Facts
- Pamela Anderson has appeared on the cover of Playboy a record 12 times.
- As a teen, Pamela Anderson earned the nickname Rubber Band for her gymnastic prowess, according to Maclean's.
- Pamela Anderson's mother doesn't mind the Playboy pictures. In 1993, she told PEOPLE, "You see a lot of uglier people with next to nothing on down at the beach."
- Pamela Anderson, who meditates regularly, once said the person she'd most like to meet is Indian holy man Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda.
- Pamela Anderson learned to swear in Finnish from her grandfather, who was born in Helsinki.
Pamela Anderson: Biography 
- 1989
A Star, Discovered
At a Canadian pro-football game, a cameraman focuses on Anderson, who wins the approval of the crowd. The young blonde wearing a Labatt beer T-shirt also catches the attention of execs at the brewing company, who hire her for commercials. Not long after that, Playboy calls and she lands on the cover.
- 1990
TV Debut & Tool Time
Anderson guest stars on Married... with Children. She also has a guest spot on the sitcom Charles in Charge before taking the role of Lisa, Tim Allen's curvaceous Tool Time girl on the sitcom Home Improvement the following year.
- 1993
Meeting the Hoff
Anderson joins the cast of Baywatch, which includes David Hasslehoff, Yasmine Bleeth and Alexandra Paul, playing flower-child lifeguard C.J. Parker. She becomes a household name. ''I love the dumb blonde image,'' Anderson tells PEOPLE. ''Then I have nothing to live up to. I can only surprise people.''
Photo Credits
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