Jeri Lee is the first former Pethouse Pet that I have met who turned down Caligula. Jeri was born in 1955 in California and wanted to get into modelling. Jeri is an old fashioned girl and had a steady boyfriend when she did her Penthouse Pictorial. Jeri's agent was named Penny Lane. Penny did a lot scouting for Penthouse and began to work for Jeri in 1975. After a year Jeri finally agreed to do the Penthouse spread, although she doesn't like to model in the nude. Jeri was featured on the cover of the Sept 1976 Penthouse, and was then in a pictorial called "A Pinch of Sass" in January 1977.
By then Jeri had already turned down Caligula. Penny Lane knew about the movie and told Jeri about it, but there was no way Jeri was doing the film.
Instead Jeri put her energies into the Penthouse Pets Softball Team which was organized by Penny Lane in 1977. Jeri played in 1980 and one of her team-mates was Signe Berger. Jeri stayed in touch with Penthouse doing tasteful work. They got her a job starring on an episode of the Redd Foxx show in 1977 with Valerie Rae Clark where they wore swimsuits. In the skit Redd Foxx was a cheesecake photographer and the 12 Penthouse Pets modeled the cakes in skimpy bathing suits!
Jeri lived in Los Angeles and came to lothe the "Hollywood" lifestyle many of the Penthouse girls lived. She saw so many lives ruined by sex, drugs and booze.
Jeri married in 2003 and lives a happy normal life. Wouldn't be nice if more former Pets could boast that? (Oct 2006)
Jeri Lee- January 1977 |
