Bo Derek Bo Derek Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins; November 20, 1956) is an American film and television actress, film producer, and model perhaps best known for her breakthrough role in the 1979 film "10". The film also launched a bestselling poster for Derek in a swimsuit, and subsequently she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1980s. She was directed by husband John Derek in "Tarzan, the Ape Man" (1981), "Bolero" (1984) and "Ghosts Can't Do It" (1989), all of which received negative reviews. A widow since 1998, she lives with actor John Corbett. Now in semi-retirement,
Bo Derek "A Change of Seasons" (1980), a dramatic-comedy film that featured Shirley MacLaine and Anthony Hopkins. Derek played a college student who has an affair with her older, married professor. "A Change of Seasons" was only a moderate box-office success, with critics reviewing it and Derek's performance unfavorably ("The only appealing performance is Miss MacLaine's"). In 1980 Derek photographed Bo twice in "Playboy" magazine; she was featured again in the magazine in 1981, 1984, and 1994. In 1981 Derek appeared in MGM's R-rated "Tarzan, the Ape Man", her first leading role in a mainstream Hollywood film. Directed by husband John Derek,