Tallie Cochrane was a fiery, pretty, and extremely talented frizzy-haired brunette who usually portrayed hard-bitten tough cookie types in a handful of sleazy softcore pictures and entertainingly trashy drive-in exploitation features made throughout the 1970s. She was born Lillian Rose Cochrane on October 7, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee. Tallie grew up in Alabama. Her father was a doctor and administrator of the county hospital in Greensboro, Alabama while her mother was a Southern blueblood. Moreover, she studied dance for about eleven years and taught dancing with her teacher for three years. Cochrane began acting at age four in stage plays at the University of Alabama and continued to appear in stage productions until she was 16. Tallie moved to Hollywood at age 24 and began acting in films in the late 1960s. Cochrane's most memorable movie roles include crazed Mansonesque flower child cult member Ruth in _Sweet Savior . In addition to her film work, Tallie also did voice-overs and TV commercials. She died at age 66 on May 21, 2011 in Panama City, Florida.
Graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuschaloosa in 1967.
Graduated from Paul W. Bryant High School in Alabama in 1963.
Was the mother of two children: daughter Mary Parker and son J. Norman Sherer.
(December 2009) Panama City, Florida
Met her first husband Patrick Wright on the set of the first film she acted in.
Lived in Italy for a year and a half in the late 1960s. While in Italy she worked for the English Language Dubbing Association dubbing movies of all languages into English.
Ran a casting agency for the adult film industry in New York City in the early 1970s.
