Acting
Amanda Lear
- Born
- Jun 18, 1946 · Age 80
- Place of birth
- Saigon, French Indochina [now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 58
- TV credits
- 47
Also known as (3)
- Amanda Tapp
- Amanda Learo
- Amanda Tap
Biography
Amanda Lear (originally Tapp, born 18 November 1939 or 1946, in British Hong Kong) is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist. Lear began her career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s and was also the muse of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. She first came to the public attention as the model on the cover of Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. She was a multimillion selling Disco Queen in the mid-1970s to the early 1980s mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia with hits such as "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give…
