Julie Strain

Julie Strain (February 18, 1962 - January 10, 2021) was an American actress and model who was Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1991 and later chosen as the magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993.

Early life
Strain was born in Concord, California. A graduate of Diablo Valley College, she had an extensive athletic background. Much of her youth was wiped from her memory, however, when she was left with a case of retrograde amnesia due to a severe head injury suffered in a fall from a horse. She eventually made her way to Las Vegas and later Hollywood, California and her career took off.

Career
Strain came to be known as the "Queen of the B-movies". She had over 100 films to her credit. In addition, she was Penthouse Pet of the Month for June 1991, and Penthouse Pet of the Year for 1993. She also had her likeness attached to numerous comic book characters and animation items. For example, she did the voice acting for the main character in the animated movie Heavy Metal 2000 and was the basis for the third person shooter Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.².

Strain, who stands 6ft 1in, was married to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator and Heavy Metal magazine Editor in Chief Kevin Eastman. According to Eastman's blog and Strain's MySpace page, they separated several years prior but maintained a relationship in public for undisclosed reasons. They had since undergone a "friendly divorce". She also retired from show business. Julie often appeared in the magazine in photos or pictures painted by her close friends Olivia De Berardinis, Simon Bisley, and Luis Royo.

She also became very popular for performing in the program Sex Court on Playboy TV.

Personal life and death
Strain was 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall. She was married to Kevin Eastman from 1995 to 2006. Much of her youth was wiped from her memory by retrograde amnesia, due to a head injury after a fall from a horse in her 20s.[when?]

In November 2018, her boyfriend Dave Gram announced that she was in the late stages of dementia, believed to be a result of her fall, and was receiving hospice care at home. In January 2020, she was incorrectly reported to have died, by Malibu Bay Films, a studio which Strain worked with frequently. Once proven untrue, the studio quickly retracted their statement. One year later, Strain died on January 10, 2021, aged 58 from dementia.