FFF & Happy Birthday to Flash Gordon's girl... Dale

Happy Birthday to this weeks Femme Fatale, Melody Anderson, and it seems appropriate as this weekend also marks the 41st anniversary of her most famous role as Dale in the rock opera, cult classic, Flash Gordon.

Anderson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, she earned a masters degree in social work and retired from acting in the 1990s to become a substance abuse counselor in NYC.

Anderson started out in modeling and was the Rigid Tools poster girl, appeared in 1977 Victoria's Secret catalog before becoming an actress.

Anderson's first credited role was on the television sit-com, Welcome Back Kotter.  She also appeared on the television shows Logan's Run (sorry Melody), BJ & The Bear and Battlestar Galactica before landing her female lead in, Flash Gordon in 1980.

After that, she co-starred on several television series like St. Elsewhere, Jake & the Fat Man, and the cult favorite, Manimal.

Anderson would get pretty steady work appearing as a guest star on many other television shows like, Archie Bunker's Place, Dallas, The Fall Guy, CHiPs, Murder She Wrote, The Hitcher and Philip Marlow, Private Eye.

Cast in several television movies, many roles asking her to appear in some pretty, skimpy for television, outfits but thankfully she was never shy about her body. 💖

One of the last projects she worked on was the television movie, Marilyn & Bobby : Her Final Affair, where she played the legendary sex symbol and pinup bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, the film got mixed reviews but her performance did get some good praise.

Even though she left acting, Anderson has appeared at many science fiction conventions to honor her most famous role from Flash Gordon, and fans still like to rave about her beauty!

Happy Birthday, Melody 🌹