Anna's July 4th Pool Party 1979
The
holiday pool party returned in 1979. Anna's pool parties had over a 20 year history
by now however time had caught up with Anna in recent years in terms of her health
and rather wild lifestyle.
With some better lifestyle choices Anna was feeling
better than she had in years and with the help of her good friends Stella and Barb,
most of the favorites were gathered again for another pool party adventure.
Here's our
classic host Anna at poolside looking fit and ready for fun. Anna was 58 years old
by the time of this pool party and while she struggled with health problems during
these years she looked fabulous for this holiday swim.
Here we see
the classic and always stunning Stella as she prepares for the pool party fun.
Alexa Wellington
returned to the party in 1979 once again a single women, the leg to the right is
Anna, James Corey is in the background.
Jennifer Lyn and Marilyn Paul returned to the pool party again in 1979 teaming up as the hot blonde bombshells of the theater and while neither of the two were very good actresses they both sold alot of seats in the theater.. and turned alot of heads at the pool party.
Here's Marilyn
Paul wading around the pool..
Here's
Marilyn poolside, youthful, vivacious and cute all in one..
Here's a
look at Jennifer Lyn in the pool...
Here's
Jennifer cooling off, and keeping the pool party quite steamy..
Shelly Freidrichs
attended the pool party again in 1979. Shelly remained at the theater from 1976 until
the theater shut down in 1983.
Dianne Martindale
was an aspiring model who was with the theater from 78 til 1983. Dianne caught the
favor of Anna in particular and eventually became a more reliable performer of the
new group which led to reduced roles and eventual departure of Jennifer Lyn.
Joan Rydalch
was a niece of the Cottington's who ended up being a long term employee in the Wellington
Timber Corp. Joan originally "snuck" into the pool party in 1976 only being
17 years of age and when Anna found out she banned Joan from the pool party for 1
year!
Joan spent the next two years attending college but returned to waitressing
in the theater and being a receptionist at the timber company all the while hoping
to also participate in theater roles as well.
Stella's
friend Mamie returned for the fun in 1979 to join in the pool fun.
Never camera
shy, Anna's good friend Barb joined the fun again in 1979
Monica Fahey
joins the pool party again in 79 and had become a regular in both the theater and
the pool party.
Lisa Baker
joins the party again in 79 and was a big help in the theater as a fill in when some
of the other high profile actresses were away on other jobs.
Mary Strat
returned for yet another traditional pool gathering and was in the prime of her career
while still doing guest appearances at the theater. Mary was doing modeling in LosAngeles
and theater in NewYork and even landed 2 acting roles in London becoming quite well
versed in her career.
This year
Mary brought along her long time beau Jim Travers.
Here we catch
an in pool view of Pauline Nash who was working in California and LasVegas full time
in 1979 but did find time to stop back for the pool party.
As classic
as they get, here's a great photo of the pool party divas with Stella and Barb enjoying
the water with Anna in the background.
The 1979 pool party was another success though many familiar names and faces from previous years were missing. Time was catching up with Anna; so much had changed, so many of the people had changed, yet Anna was feeling healthy in 79 and as she approached her 60th birthday she was determined to be as fiesty as ever for yet another holiday pool party.