Strikingly beautiful and fiery blonde Tiffany Bolling may not have
achieved the long-lasting stardom she deserved, but she nonetheless has
remained a much-beloved cult favorite of 1970s B-movie buffs for her
lively and impressive performances in a handful of enjoyably trashy
drive-in flicks. Born in Santa Monica, California, as Tiffany Royce
Kral, Bolling basically had show business in her blood: her father was
singer/pianist Roy Kral and her mother was
singer/comedienne Bettie Miller.
Tiffany attended Webster elementary school in Malibu. She began singing
in coffee houses at age 16 and recorded an album for Canyon Records,
scoring a minor hit single with the Vietnam protest song "Thank God the
War is Over". Bolling's latter album "Tiffany" was a flop in its day,
but has since become a much sought after collector's item.
She found greater success as an actress. She made her film debut at age
20 in an uncredited bit part as a cocktail waitress in the
Frank Sinatra private eye picture
Der Schnüffler (1967). More prominent parts
in Triangle (1970) and
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971)
cemented her status as a most promising new talent. She did a nude
pictorial for the April 1972 issue of "Playboy" magazine. Bolling
secured her place as a bona-fide B-movie queen with a bunch of juicy
starring parts: she's a sneaky, manipulative con artist femme fatale
supreme in Töchter des Bösen (1972), a
hotel lounge singer who's stalked by a crazed psycho in
Bis die Gänsehaut erstarrt (1973), the
ruthless ringleader of a trio of desperate kidnappers in the terrific
The Candy Snatchers (1973)
and a stewardess who gets terrorized by deranged psychopath
Andrew Prine in the splendidly sleazy
Der Rasiermesser-Killer (1974).
Bolling gave another fine performance as a gutsy entomologist in the
hugely entertaining killer tarantula epic
Mörderspinnen (1977).
On television Bolling was a regular cast member of the short-lived TV
series The New People (1969),
which was a precursor to Lost (2004).
Among the many TV programs Tiffany did guest spots on were
High Mountain Rangers (1987),
Der Mann in den Bergen (1977),
Vegas (1978),
Twen-Police (1968),
Bonanza (1959),
Mannix (1967),
Der Mann aus Atlantis (1977),
Barnaby Jones (1973),
Drei Engel für Charlie (1976),
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976)
and The Sixth Sense (1972).
Alas, Bolling's career petered out in the 1980s, as such lackluster
movies as The V.A.L.S. (1983),
Der Hollywood-Clan (1984) and
Open House (1992) all grimly confirm.
Her last movie to date is Visions (1998).
More recently Bolling has worked in both stage and film productions
behind the scenes. She also teaches and dedicates herself to various
humanitarian causes. Moreover, her daughter Seanie sang back-up vocals
on the 1990 debut album of the Christian heavy metal band Holy Soldier.
