Eighties movie bombshell unrecognizable after quitting fame and stalker hell – can you guess who?
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AN 80s bombshell looks unrecognizable after quitting fame - but can you guess who it is?
The star- now 67 - stepped out in Los Angeles for a cigarette, showing off her tanned legs in a pair of white frayed denim shorts.
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An 80s bombshell looks unrecognizable after quitting fame - but can you guess who it is?
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The star popped out for a cigarette in LA
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Heather Thomas starred in hit 80s series The Fall Guy alongside Lee Majors and Douglas Bars
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While a wide-brimmed straw hat obscured her face a bit, her trademark long blonde hair hung down around her shoulders as she walked.
Since finding fame in the 80s, the actress has switched the big and small screen for writing.
But if anyone remembers the series The Fall Guy, they will hopefully remember its star, Heather Thomas.
Heather played stunt woman Jody Banks alongside legendary co-stars Lee Majors and Douglas Bars.
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The trio of stunt performers also worked as bounty hunters, and the series ran from 1981 to 1986.
After it was axed, Heather continued to work in Hollywood, starring in films including 1982's Zapped!, Cyclone (1987) and Against the Law (1997).
However, her fame came at a price as she was repeatedly targeted by stalkers, which ultimately drove her away from Tinseltown.
Speaking about her stalker hell, Heather told the Still Here Hollywood podcast in March: "Really bad, at least two a week. I had tons of restraining orders.
"I had two little girls, and a guy's jumping our gate with a giant buck knife.
"In those days, I don't know if this is true now, but people would fixate.
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"You could be in a soap commercial, and they would fixate on you, and there weren't a lot of stalker laws, and I just needed to be home anyway."
Heather - who is now a screenwriter, activist and author - also revealed how she was sent a "box of bullets" and "funeral wreaths" stolen from graves.
She continued: "And I know I had one guy one night cut my screen in my bedroom and got in and I shot him, and yeah, with rock salt and birdshot."
The star has three daughters with her entertainment lawyer husband Skip Brittenham.
Heather Thomas career highlights
Heather Thomas is a star of both TV and the big screen. Here are some of her biggest roles.
The Fall Guy (1981-1986)
Zapped! (1982)
Cyclone (1987)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
Hidden Obsession (1993)
Against the Law (1997)
Girltrash: All Nght Long (2014)
The couple married in 1992 and she admits it took "a couple of years" even once she had stepped out of the limelight for the stalker hell to finally die down.
Meanwhile, The Fall Guy was turned into a film in 2024 - starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt - with Heather making a cameo.
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Heather's beauty won her a legion of fans - but also an onslaught of stalkers
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