Acting
Laura Misch Owens
Born
1953-11-23 (72)
Place of birth
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Known for
Acting
Credits
5 titles
Laura Misch Owens was born on November 23, 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She's the second of three daughters of an engineer and a school teacher. At age nineteen Owens moved to Louisiana and got a job working as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in New Orleans. Laura was the Playmate of the Month in the February, 1975 issue of "Playboy." While living in New Orleans she met and married a cop named Eddie; the couple later got divorced. Owens acted in a handful of movies in the mid to late 70s that were made on location in New Orleans: She played prostitutes in the made-for-TV picture "A Shadow in the Streets," the notorious "Mandingo," the excellent "Hard Times," the offbeat and underrated "French Quarte…
Known for
6.8In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
Hard Times
1975
6.6Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Mandingo
1975
3.1Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.
French Quarter
1978
4.1Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Mardi Gras Massacre
1978
3.6A witch resurrects a murdered Vietnam vet and takes revenge on his killers.
Crypt of Dark Secrets
1976
Film credits
1970s · 5 titles
6.8In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
Hard Times
1975
6.6Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Mandingo
1975
3.1Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.
French Quarter
1978
4.1Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Mardi Gras Massacre
1978
3.6A witch resurrects a murdered Vietnam vet and takes revenge on his killers.
Crypt of Dark Secrets
1976