DENISE DUBARRY - CONTRACT SIGNED 10/07/1977 CO-SIGNED BY: PAT ROONEY - HFSID 275047

THE ACTRESS AND BUSINESSWOMAN CONTRACTS TO MAKE HER FIRST MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE, DEADMAN'S CURVE, A 1978 BIOPIC THAT RENEWED INTEREST IN THE MUSIC OF JAN AND DEAN




DENISE DuBARRY. Contract signed: "Denise DuBarry" as Player and initialed "DDB", 1p, 8½x13½. No place, 1977 October 7. Headed: "Actor's Television Motion Picture Minimum Free-lance Weekly Contract". DuBarry contracts with E.M.I. Television Programs, Inc. to appear as "Susan" in the 1978 made-for-TV movie, Deadman's Curve, a biopic about the rock 'n' roll singing duo, Jan and Dean (the real Jan Berry would appear in the film in an uncredited cameo role). She is to be paid $1,000.00 for her work, which will begin on or about October 14, 1977. Also signed: "Pat Rooney" as Producer. DuBarry's social security number blacked out to left of signature. Lightly creased with folds, not at signatures. Staple holes at upper left corner, two file holes at upper blank margin. Ink initials (unknown hand) at upper left margin. Fine condition. Accompanied by Photocopied Typed DS: "Denise DuBarry" in ink as Player and "Pat Rooney" in ink for E.M.I. Television Programs, Inc., 1p, 8½x14. No place, 1977 October 7. Headed: "Credit Rider". In part: "Provided Player appears recognizably in the Photoplay as released, Producer agrees to accord Player the following billing on positive prints of the Photoplay: Artist is to receive co-star billing on the end titles only." Rooney has initialed: "PR" beneath billing statement. Ink initials (unknown hand) above Rooney's signature at billing statement. Lightly creased with folds, not at signatures. Staple holes at upper left corner, two file holes at upper blank margin. Usual black marks from photocopying. Fine condition. The made-for-TV movie, Deadman's Curve, was first aired on February 3, 1978. Richard Hatch starred as Jan Berry and Bruce Davison co-starred as Dean Torrence and DuBarry played "Susan" in the film, which was directed by Richard Compton. PAT ROONEY was the Producer. She had previously produced Black Eye (1974), and Rooney was the executive producer of Fools (1970). Deadman's Curve was DuBarry's first made-for-TV movie - and her acting debut. In 1978, the year the film was released, she also appeared in a feature film, Skateboard, and DuBarry was seen as a guest on episodes of two TV series, Baa Baa Black Sheep and ChiPs. DENISE DuBARRY (1956-2019) is both an actress and a businesswoman, serving as President of Thane International, a fitness company, and Xebec Productions. DuBarry has appeared in several other made-for-TV movies, including Crisis in Mid-air (1979) and Top of the Hill (1980), as well as such feature films as Being There (1979), The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) and Monster in the Closet. She has also been seen as a guest star on several TV series, including ChiPs, A Man Called Sloane, The Love Boat, Charlie's Angels and Trapper John, M.D. DuBarry, who was married to her first husband, actor Gary Lockwood, from 1982 until their divorce in 1988, is the mother of actress Samantha Lockwood. Two items.