R.I.P.: Julie Strain, B-movie legend and Penthouse Pet, has died at age 58
She was not on the list.
Last January, it was mistakenly announced that B-movie legend and 1993 Penthouse Pet of the Year Julie Strain had passed away. The announcement was quickly retracted - but in a sad twist of fate, friends and family are confirming that Strain has passed away almost one year to the day after that erroneous report. She was 58 years old.
It's been twelve years since Strain appeared in a movie, but in her nineteen years of acting she racked up over 130 credits, including an appearance in the Exorcist spoof Repossessed, Steven Seagal's Out for Justice, the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Double Impact, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Beverly Hills Cop III, and the horror films Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart, Psycho Cop Returns, The Devil's Pet, Sorceress, Sorceress II: The Temptress, the Bare Wench franchise, How to Make a Monster, Thirteen Erotic Ghosts, and Blood Gnome, among others.
Her most well-known roles came in Heavy Metal 2000 and the Andy Sidaris films Fit to Kill, Day of the Warrior, and L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach, as well as Christian Drew Sidaris's Enemy Gold and The Dallas Connection. Her half-sister Lizzy Strain followed her into acting, and the sisters both appeared in the films Bleed, Delta Delta Die!, Birth Rite, Bloodsucking Strippers, No Pain No Gain, Tales from the Crapper, Evil Ever After, Azira: Blood from the Sand, Chantal, The Devil's Muse, and Magus.
It was revealed in 2018 that Strain was suffering from degenerative dementia, an affliction that was tied to head trauma she received from a horse riding accident when she was in her twenties. That accident also gave her retrograde amnesia, which wiped much of her youth from her memories.
Strain was married to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman for over a decade, and together they had a son named Shane. Her longtime companion Dave had been taking care of her during her final years, and he was holding her hand when she passed away early Sunday morning.
Our condolences go out to Strain's family, friends, and fans.
Partial filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1990 Repossessed Aerobics/Locker Room Nude Girl (uncredited)
1991 Midnight Heat Carl's Breakfast Girl/Silver Statuette a.k.a. Sunset Heat
Out for Justice Roxanne Ford
Double Impact Student
1992 Soulmates Pretty Woman a.k.a. Blood Love (UK video title) / a.k.a. Evil Lives (USA video title)
Kuffs Kane's Girl
Mirror Images Gina Kaye
Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart Belladonna
Night Rhythms Linda
1993 Love Bites Female Jogger a.k.a. Love Bites: The Reluctant Vampire (USA)
Psycho Cop Returns Stephanie a.k.a. Psycho Cop 2 (USA video box title)
Enemy Gold Jewel Panther
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter Creature a.k.a. H.P. Lovecraft's The Unnamable Returns / a.k.a. The Unnamable Returns
Love Is Like That Amber a.k.a. Bad Love / a.k.a. Wild Angel
Fit to Kill Blu Steele
Teasers Diva
1994 Play Time Sheraton
The Devil's Pet Queen of Lost Island
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Dominatrix
Beverly Hills Cop III Annihilator Girl
Infernal Soldiers Tess a.k.a. The Mosaic Project (video title)
The Dallas Connection Black Widow
Baywatch Windsurfer (uncredited); Episode: Red Wind / a.k.a. Baywatch Hawaii (USA new title)
1995 Takin' It Off Out West Mad Mary
Big Sister 2000 Interrogator
Starstruck Johanna
Blonde Heaven Illyana a.k.a. Morgana (USA DVD title) / a.k.a. Morganna (USA video title)
Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie Pretty
Temptress II Erica Barnes a.k.a. Sorceress
Victim of Desire Linda Hammond a.k.a. Implicated
Midnight Confessions Mariana a.k.a. Voices of Seduction (UK video title)
Virtual Desire Sascha
1996 Squanderers Jill a.k.a. Money to Burn
Sorceress II: The Temptress Tara Coventry a.k.a. Legion of Evil: Sorceress II (UK DVD title) / a.k.a. Sorceress 2 (USA short title)
Day of the Warrior Willow Black a.k.a. L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Day of the Warrior
Hollywood: The Movie Dora
Red Line Crystal
1997 The Last Road Maggie a.k.a. SpeedWay (USA video title)
Hollywood Cops Madam Fortune Stella
Busted Annette
Bikini Hotel Raquel
Guns of El Chupacabra Queen B
Lethal Seduction Holly a.k.a. Lethal Betrayal
1998 Masseuse 3 Sascha a.k.a. Indiscretions (USA)
L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach Willow Black
Armageddon Boulevard Queen Bee
Sex Court (TV series) Judge Julie
1999 Ride with the Devil The Temptress
Wasteland Justice Raven
Desirable Liaisons (TV series) Col. Fedorova
Bloodthirsty New Roommate/Narrator a.k.a. Blood Thirsty (USA video box title)
Captain Jackson (TV series) Robot Mommy
2000 The Independent Ms. Kevorkian
Heavy Metal 2000 Julie (voice) Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Germany)
The Rowdy Girls Mick
The Bare Wench Project The Bare Wench
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 Julie (voice) Video game
Centerfold Coeds: Girlfriends Miss Hardy
2001 Sex Court: The Movie Judge Julie
The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless The Bare Wench Bare Wench 2: Book of Babes (USA) / a.k.a. Book of Babes: Bare Wench 2 (USA video box title)
BattleQueen 2020 Gayle a.k.a. Battle Queen 2020 (USA)
The Man Show (TV series) Stripper Episode: Sperm Bank
How to Make a Monster Herself
2002 God Squad! Julie
Thirteen Erotic Ghosts[1] Baroness Lucrezia
.com for Murder Exotic dancer
Planet of the Erotic Ape a.k.a. Babes in Kongland or World of the Erotic Ape (USA DVD titles)
The Bare Wench Project 3: Nymphs of Mystery Mountain The Bare Wench a.k.a. Bare Wench III: The Path of the Wicked (USA) / a.k.a. Bare Wench: The Path of the Wicked (USA DVD title)
Bleed Linda
2003 HorrorTales.666
Baberellas Coochinota
Birth Rite Ms. Carlson
Zombiegeddon Dispatcher
Delta Delta Die! Marilyn Fitch
Rock n' Roll Cops 2: The Adventure Begins Stella a.k.a. The Rock n' Roll Cops (USA DVD title)
Bare Wench Project: Uncensored The Bare Wench
2004 Tales from the Crapper Ivanna Dance/Samantha
2005 Bare Wench: The Final Chapter Bare Wench
Azira: Blood from the Sand Azira
No Pain, No Gain Amazon Beach Goddess
Exterminator City
2007 Chantal Sinister Model
Black Dahlia Movie: The Elizabeth Short Story Julie a.k.a. Black Dahlia Movie: The Elizabeth Short Story or The Devil's Muse (USA new titles); special thanks was given to Julie
Hollywood Scream Queens Herself
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