Cynthia Basinet is an American actress and singer, born in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She is also noted for being a friend and lover of Jack Nicholson[1]

Cynthia Basinet
Background information
BornSan Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, United States
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Websitewww.cynthiabasinet.com

Career

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She started as a model for I. Magnin and later became a model for Bob Mackie. After that, she worked in a San Francisco modeling agency. She spent the next five years in Europe modeling, including campaigns for Benetton with photographer, Oliviero Toscani.[2] In the 1990s, she starred in the movies Last Dance, The Making of a Hollywood Madam, A Hard Death, and has also appeared in the "Last Man on Earth" segment of the Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV series.

Basinet released her first album, For You With Love in 2001 under the name "C. Basinet".[3] It included "Santa Baby", which was originally recorded as a gift to actor Jack Nicholson in 1997[citation needed]. In 2006, she released her first full-length album, The Collection, which contains a decade of songs that she had recorded as singles for Dreamsville, including "Santa Baby," "Haunted Heart", "Water's Edge", and "God." In 2007, she released a tenth anniversary version of "Santa Baby".[4]


Filmography

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Year Title Episode Role
2014 Blue Gold: American Jeans Herself
2011 Onion SportsDome (TV series) Episode #1.4 (2011) Cheryl
1999 The Big Tease Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV series)

Last Man on Earth (1997)
The Prophecy
Couch Potato
Love over the Counter
Imaginary Friend

1996 A Hard Death (video) Leslie Miller
1996 The Making of a Hollywood Madam (TV movie) Caroline
1992 Last Dance Jamie (as Cynthia Stanton)
1991 The Bold and the Beautiful (TV series) Episode #1.1161 (1991)

Discography

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Year Album
2011 "The Christmas Song" (single)
2010 Remixed
2007 "Santa Baby" (10th Anniversary Edition) (single)
2007 Uncovered
2006 The Collection
2001 For You with Love

References

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  1. ^ Douglas, Edward (2004). Jack: The Great Seducer — The Life and Many Loves of Jack Nicholson Archived 2011-09-06 at the Wayback Machine New York City: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060520477. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. ^ http://abilitymagazine.com/basinet.html Ability magazine
  3. ^ C. Basinet. Allmusic 2001. Last accessed 19 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Sultry "Santa Baby" Singer, Actress and Humanitarian Cynthia Basinet Returns to Petition the United Nations". Jazz Corner. October 7, 2017.
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