July's Space Babe is pretty
Jean-Marie Hon, who co-starred in
two Space: 1970 favorites:
Ark II and
Man From Atlantis. On the Saturday morning Filmation series,
Ark II, Jean-Marie portrayed the youthful and idealistic scientist Ruth, who traveled a post-Holocaust America with her equally-idealistic companions Jonah, Samuel, and talking chimp, Adam, bringing technological and humanitarian aid to the scattered remnants of civilization. On
Man From Atlantis, she was Jane, communications officer aboard the advanced research submarine,
Cetacean, providing back-up support for aqua-mariner Mark Harris's undersea adventures.
I've been able to find out very little about the lovely Ms Hon online. She was born in 1955 in San Francisco, and acted on television from 1976 (
Ark II) through 1985, appearing in TV movies and in guest shots on shows like
Hawaii 5-0 and
The Hardy Boys. According to what little I've been able to uncover in my Internet safaris, she retired from acting to raise a family and became a pharmacist. She appeared in the supplemental interview material on the
Ark II DVD set from BCI a few years back, and still looked beautiful.
Jean's husband is an avid blogger and has posted many great and candid pix of Jean, old and current, on his blog: http://planettrout.wordpress.com/tag/jean-marie-hon/
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable!!! That woman never ages!
ReplyDeleteAsian genetics are really amazing. I have lots of Asian friends and they (and their mothers) all keep their looks for so long that it's amazing. I will have to check out the documentary on the BCI dvd set- I didn't even know it was on there. I highly recommend that set if you can still find it.
ReplyDeleteGreat addition to the Space Babes gallery! I have ARK II on DVD and Jean-Marie is great in it. It was cool how in that series it was scientists, instead of soldiers, who were the heroes.
ReplyDeleteGREAT pick as babe. She was probably the only reason I watched the show after the first few episodes.
ReplyDeleteShe's STILL gorgeous. David, thanks for the link.
Great blog. I love especially your space babes. Didn't know this one for example. So thanks and keep on going...
ReplyDeleteGreat site! Ran across it looking for info & pics on the lovely Jean Marie Hon featured here!
ReplyDeleteThe launch of ark ii is a documentary on youtube, a featurette from a DVD release of the series. Yes, she has not aged!
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