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,
Mary (name) Mary (name) Mary is a feminine given name, the English form of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name Μαρία ("María"), found in the New Testament. Both variants reflect Syro-Aramaic itself a variant of the Hebrew The name may have originated from the Egyptian language; it is likely derivative of the root "mr" "love; beloved" (compare "mry.t-ymn" "Merit-Amun", i.e. "beloved of Amun"). The name was early etymologized as containing the Hebrew root "mr" "bitter" (cf. myrrh), or "mry" "rebellious". St. Jerome (writing c. 390), following Eusebius of Caesarea, translates the name as "drop