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Born in Galveston, Texas, her father was a military officer and they traveled from base to base throughout the world. Perrine began her career as a Las Vegas showgirl. She made her motion picture debut with an uncredited part in Diamonds Are Forever ( 1971), then played the soft-core porn actress Montana Wildhack in Slaughterhouse-Five ( 1972).
In 1975, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing Honey Bruce in LennyAlternate meanings: see Lenny (disambiguation). Lenny is a 1974 film about the life of the comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Bob Fosse. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best A ( 1974See also 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events February 7 Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars''. August 7 Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J), for which she was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama. She was also nominated for the 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. Saturn AwardThe Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy and horror in film, television and home video. Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Gr for Best Supporting ActressThe following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Supporting Actress (in a film): Year Actress Motion Picture 1974/ 75 Ida Lupino The Devil's Rain 1976 Bette Davis Burnt Offerings 1977 Susan Tyrrell Bad 1978 Dyan Cannon Heaven Can Wait 1979 Veroni playing Eve Teschmacher in SupermanSuperman also known as Superman: The Movie is a 1978 Warner Bros. sci-fi fantasy action movie based on the popular DC Comics character of the same name. Christopher Reeve starred in the title role and that of Clark Kent, while top-billed Marlon Brando pla ( 1978See also 1977 in film 1978 1979 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events February 1 Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen).
She had further good roles playing Carlotta Monti in W. C. Fields and Me ( 1976) and Charlotta Steele in The Electric Horseman ( 1979), but her career grew bumpy when she appeared in such movies as Can't Stop the Music ( 1980), for which she was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actress.