My Take
Colleen Camp is one of those actors Hollywood keeps rediscovering, and honestly it makes total sense — she has a natural ease on screen that makes whatever she's in feel a little warmer. She broke out in the mid-70s with The Swinging Cheerleaders and kept showing up in crowd-pleasers through the 80s, including a couple of Police Academy films where she was reliably fun. What I genuinely respect is that she didn't just stay in front of the camera — she moved behind it as a producer too, which takes a different kind of hustle entirely. San Francisco born, California tough, and still working across film and television across multiple decades? That's not luck, that's grit. She never became a household name in the marquee sense, but she's the kind of performer that working professionals quietly admire.
Overview
Colleen Celeste Camp (born June 7, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. After appearing in several bit parts, she had a leading role in the comedy The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974), followed by roles in two installments of the Police Academy series.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Colleen Camp
- Name (Japanese)
- コリーン・キャンプ
- Reading
- こりーん・きゃんぷ
- Born
- June 7, 1953 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- John H. Francis Polytechnic High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Mainstream | — |
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.