Editing Kim Basinger (section)

===Early roles (1976–1982)===

In 1976, after four years as a cover girl, Basinger quit modeling and moved to Los Angeles to act. She made guest appearances on a few television shows such as ''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' and ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'',{{Sfn|Stephens|1998|p=60}} turning down a regular role in the latter series that eventually went to [[Cheryl Ladd]].{{Sfn|Britton|1998|p=7}} Her first starring role was a made-for-TV movie, ''[[Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold]]'' (1978), in which she played a small town girl who goes to Hollywood to become an actress and winds up becoming a famous centerfold for a men's magazine.{{Sfn|Current Biography Yearbook|1991|p=53}} In 1979, she co-starred with [[Natalie Wood]], [[William Devane]] and [[Steve Railsback]] in the miniseries remake of ''[[From Here to Eternity (TV miniseries)|From Here to Eternity]]'', reprising her role as prostitute Lorene Rogers in a 13-episode [[From Here to Eternity (TV series)|spinoff]] that aired in 1980.{{Sfn|Current Biography Yearbook|1991|p=53}} In 1981, Basinger made her feature debut in the critically well-received but little-seen rural drama ''[[Hard Country (1981 film)|Hard Country]]'',<ref name=actrs1/> which she followed with the [[Charlton Heston]]-directed outdoorsy adventure ''[[Mother Lode (1982 film)|Mother Lode]]'' (1982).