Bo Derek she makes occasional film, television, and documentary appearances. Derek was born Mary Cathleen Collins in Long Beach, California. Her father, Paul Collins, was a Hobie Cat executive, and her mother, Norma (née White), was a make-up artist and hairdresser to Ann-Margret. Collins' parents divorced, and her mother married American stunt performer Bobby Bass. Collins attended Narbonne High School and George S. Patton Continuation School, both in Harbor City, California. She remarked in a 1985 interview on "Late Night with David Letterman": While attending Narbonne High School in Los Angeles at age 16 in 1973, Collins became romantically involved with John
Mary Jean Collins for a Free Choice, a Board member of Choice USA, and a Vice-President of People For the American Way. She is featured in the feminist history film "She's Beautiful When She's Angry". The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America holds some of her papers in a collection titled "Papers of NOW officer Mary Jean Collins, 1966-1988". Mary Jean Collins Mary Jean Collins (born 1939 in Wisconsin) is an American activist. She joined the National Organization for Women in 1967, and she was elected as the Chicago Chapter of NOW's president after moving to that