KIM BASINGER - RARE Color PAPARAZZI Candid Photos

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KIM BASINGER  -  2 ORIGINAL COLOR  8" x 10"  PHOTO
RARE CANDID PAPARAZZI IMAGES;
PRINTED FROM ORIGINAL TRANSPARENCY on GLOSSY PAPER & VERY SHARP.
SHIPPED WT. HEAVY-DUTY CARDBOARD FOR PROTECTION.
DOMESTIC U.S.P.S. FIRST-CLASS :  .20
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Kim Basinger was born December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia, the third of five children. Both her parents had been in entertainment, her dad had played big-band jazz, and her mother had performed water ballet in several
Esther Williams
movies. Kim was introspective, from her father's side. As a schoolgirl, she was very shy. To help her overcome this, her parents had Kim study ballet from an early age. By the time she reached sweet sixteen, the once-shy Kim entered the Athens Junior Miss contest. From there, she went on to win the Junior Miss Georgia title, and traveled to New York to compete in the national Junior Miss pageant. Kim, who had blossomed to a 5' 7" beauty, was offered a contract on the spot with the Ford Modeling Agency. At the age of 20, Kim was a top model commanding ,000 a day. Throughout the early 1970s, she appeared on dozens of magazine covers and in hundreds of ads, most notably as the Breck girl. Kim took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse, performed in various Greenwich Village clubs, and she sang under the stage name Chelsea. Kim moved to Los Angeles in 1976, ready to conquer Hollywood. Kim broke into television doing episodes of such hit series as
Charlie's Angels
(1976). In 1980, she married
Ron Snyder
(they divorced in 1989). In movies, she had roles like being a Bond girl in
Never Say Never Again
(1983) and playing a small-town Texan beauty in
Nadine
(1987). Her breakout role was as photojournalist Vicki Vale in the blockbuster hit
Batman
(1989). There was no long-orchestrated campaign on her part to snag this plum role, Kim was a last-minute replacement for
Sean Young
. This took her to a career high.
With perhaps too much disposable income, Kim headed up an investment group that purchased the entire town of Braselton, in her native Georgia, for million (she would later have to sell it). In 1993, Kim married
Alec Baldwin
, and in 1995 they had a daughter, Ireland Eliesse. Kim took some time off to stay at home with her child. Kim, who loves animals and is a strict vegetarian, devoted energy to animal rights issues, and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), even posing for some ads. In 1997, Kim gave an Oscar-winning performance in the film noir classic
L.A. Confidential
(1997). Kim's salary for
I Dreamed of Africa
(2000) was ,000,000, putting her firmly in the category of big-name movie star. And no doubt there are still many great things ahead, in the career of cover girl turned Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger.