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,
Cathleen Schine in "People" magazine dubbed her "a modern-day Jewish Jane Austen." Her ex-husband is the "New Yorker" film critic David Denby. She left him after 18 years of marriage. Cathleen Schine Cathleen Schine (born 1953) is an American author of several novels, including "Rameau's Niece" (1993). Her first book was "Alice in Bed" (1983), which was followed by "To the Birdhouse" (1990), "The Love Letter" (1995) and "The Evolution of Jane" (1998). "The Love Letter" was filmed in 1999. "Rameau's Niece" was filmed as "The Misadventures of Margaret" starring Parker Posey. "She Is Me" was released in November 2005 and "The