I guess her claim to fame is that she was the leading actress in Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Comedy, a 1976 adult film which was obviously based on the fairy tale. But I didn’t know Kristine DeBell until she entered the regular mainstream and starred as the incredibly cute and endearing counselor A.L. in the Bill Murray summer camp romp Meatballs. There were also plenty of TV appearances for Kristine in the late 70’s and early 80’s, chief among them Night Court, Eight Is Enough, CHiPs, and Barnaby Jones.
By 1990 she had completely retired from the film industry and slipped into obscurity until someone had the good sense to bring her form her nearby home to appear at the Hollywood Show in Burbank on October 8, 2011.
She was extremely nice and told me that she had no idea that she had any fans out there who wanted to meet her. I suggested that she might make the Chicago / New York rounds as well, but so far I haven’t seen her on any of the schedules. No matter… I got what I wanted: a very cute picture of her and a nice photograph with her. Unfortunately, she didn’t have any photos from Meatballs, but as you can see from the signed photo above she really had what it took to melt mine.
Celebrity encounters from the Fall 2011 Hollywood Show will continue…
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