While Cassandra Peterson is perhaps the most high-profile go-go dancer to make the jump into mainstream television and movies, others used the connections they made and their experience in the industry to continue performing long after the go-go trend had hung up those boots. Jacqui Landrum, for instance, was one of the girls dancing on “Hollywood a Go Go” with De De Mollner, and — as Mollner told “Holy Go-Go Boots, Batman!” — picking up guys in their Corvettes.
Landrum died in 2008, and according to her obituary, she and her husband, Bill, worked as instructors and choreographers for television shows like “Moonlighting,” and movies like “The Big Lebowski.” Meanwhile, “Hullabaloo” go-go dancer Lada St. Edmund was told that getting serious work as an actress with “go-go dancer” on her resume was going to be difficult, so she got into stunt work instead.
Toni “Hey, Mickey!” Basil (pictured) was on the go-go scene, too, as choreographer for “Shindig” and in front of the camera for movies including Elvis’s “Viva Las Vegas.” That made her the logical choice for Quentin Tarantino to call when he needed someone to choreograph “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” but not everyone has been so successful. “Hollywood a Go Go” dancer June Fairchild’s brief movie career was derailed by drug and alcohol abuse, and although Mollner scored roles in movies alongside Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson, those parts were ultimately cut and her showbiz career fizzled.
