(by Pepper from Uschi Digart: A Digital Tribute)

USCHI DIGART, 44-26-35, Probably the most filmed/photographed nude model of all time. Uschi hit the scene in the late 60's with appearances in numerous magazine layouts and low budget films of the period. She got her big film break in 1969 when a film lab lost some footage of Russ Meyer's "Cherry, Harry, & Raquel" (1969). Meyer, who had discovered Uschi in a Penthouse feature, decided to shoot some footage of Uschi to replace the missing footage. This led to the casting of Uschi in two other Russ Meyer films: "Supervixens" (1975) and "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens" (1979).

Uschi was an associate producer in another Russ Meyer film, "Up!" (1976) but is most remembered for her portrayal of the Scandinavian mail order bride of an Arizona bachelor farmer (Stewart Lancaster) in "Supervixens."

Born August 15th, 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden, Uschi speaks a reported eight languages and has worked with various studios in both the US and Sweden, and even at the United Nations as a formal interpreter. In addition Uschi spent two years as an interpreter for a computer company in France. She also is extremely popular in Asia, and even had her own line of perfume there.

In the 70's Uschi made a number of films in the San Francisco area, but eventually the exploitation film industry moved to Los Angeles. Often a hotel on Sunset Strip would be used for the filming/photography, and occasionally a home in Beverly Hills would be rented for a day.

Uschi went by several names, and more than likely you will find her presented in back issue magazines as not only herself, but any number of aliases such as: Astrid Lillimore, Uschi Devon, Marni, Sherrie, Elke Von, Heidi Sohler, and even as Ronnie Roundheels in one magazine I found. In addition Uschi was a columnist for "Gent" Magazine in the early 80's and gave advice to many a frustrated writer. I was told Uschi officially retired from the film/photo scene in 1992, after a 20+ year career.