Karen Mayo-Chandler

Born in Sutton, Surrey, England, Karen Mayo-Chandler was a British model and actress who moved to Hollywood and worked mostly in exploitation movies during the 1980s and 1990s. She began modeling in Europe before pursuing film roles, and she appeared briefly as a receptionist in Beverly Hills Cop. Her most notable screen appearances included the psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Gotbottom in Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986), a stripper named Cassandra in Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls, and the model Barbara in the slasher thriller Out of the Dark (1988). She also worked twice with B-movie director Jim Wynorski, playing Diana Farrow in Hard to Die and making a short pre-credits cameo in 976-EVIL II (1991). On television she guest-starred on ITV Playhouse, Strangers, and Bring 'Em Back Alive, and she had a recurring role on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. She continued acting until the late 1990s and died in 2006.