Althea Currier

Who is Althea Currier?

Althea Currier was born in 1941 in Baileyville, Maine, and moved to Southern California in the late 1950s. She was an American glamour model and actress noted for her large-breasted figure and who appeared in a number of erotic B-movie in the 1960s of the 'nudie cutie' and sexploitation styles.

After moving to Los Angeles, she worked as a dance instructor for Arthur Murray studios and became involved in the entertainment field from there. She appeared in a number of low-budget B-movies movies in the early 1960s, making her debut in 1961 in Russ Meyer's Erotica, chosen by him because of her large breasts: her figure meaured 38 25 36 Currier also worked as a chorus girl in San Francisco for a while and was part of Barry Ashton's touring stage show "Les Girls" making a stop in Reno.

In 1965, Currier worked as an exotic dancer in Chuck Landis' Largo Strip Club in Los Angeles. This led to Currier becoming involved in glamour/nude modeling and appearances in many men's magazines of the time, including Mosaic, Modern Man, Adam, Scamp, All Man, Man's Life, etc. She was also featured in Adam magazine's 1964 full-color calendar.