1960s beach-babe starlet Salli Sachse, 82, died on Sept. 8. A model and beauty queen (runner-up for Miss America), she lent her charms to such films as Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Beach Blanket Bingo, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (her non-bikini roles included small parts in Mannix, Fireball 55, Thunder Alley, The Trip, and Wild in the Streets). She was married to folk singer Peter Sachse (her maiden name was Sally Rogers!); he died in a 1966 plane crash. By the 1970s, Sachse grew tired of acting, got her master’s in psychology and became a counselor for at-risk teens (she also worked as a photographer, touring with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young). Sachse told interviewer Tom Lisanti, “Because we grew up on the beach, a lot of us thought we were so cool compared to Frankie and Annette. I remember that on one movie we were filming some beach scenes late in the afternoon. It was really chilly and we were fighting the light. Wrapped in terrycloth robes, a group of us huddled together to keep warm. Carl the prop man handed us a bottle of brandy. We were surprised when Annette took a couple of swigs. She got a bit tipsy and was clowning around. It was the only time I ever saw her let herself go wild!”
