Pam Greer was 21 years old when she flew from Los Angeles to the Philippines to make her

first movie, a 17-hour flight, to be an actor which was never her plan.

She never even auditioned before.

But what she lacked in experience, she made up for in hard work, and the film's producers

also saw something else.

They just felt I looked like the character who had been in prison and couldn't get their

hair in it.

Okay, I didn't get their eyebrows plucked because I couldn't afford it.

I had a unibrow and a mousage.

The movie was called The Big Doll House.

The director was Jack Hill, a veteran of low-budget exploitation movies.

He'd made ten of them so far.

His biggest hit was a film named Spider-Baby.

Spider-Baby has the seductive innocence of Lolita and the savage hunger of a black widow.

The whole production had a fly-by-night feel.

So the funny part about that is when I was in Manila, I didn't know who were coming until

they got off the plane.

But fortunately, Pam was one of the girls who got off the plane.

Pam had a book with her, sort of a Bible for actors.

It was recommended to her by the movie's producer, Roger Corman.

Roger was the king of low-budget cult films.

So Roger, we go in and he says, whoa, I'm glad you decided to take the job.

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