‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’ Star Dolly Read Says Russ Meyer Was ‘A Bastard to Work For’

Before she became a cult movie icon and the wife of comedy legend Dick Martin of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In fame, Dolly Read, a.k.a. Dolly Martin, was known as the English Bunny who worked at the Playboy Clubs before landing the cover of Playboy’s April 1968 issue. She later found fame as Kelly MacNamara in the cult favorite Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, despite the pic having little connection to the original Valley of the Dolls.

ReMIND caught up with Read during a recent appearance at the Hollywood Show in Burbank, California, to discuss her remarkable career and life in Hollywood.