Editing Shannon Tweed

{{short description|Canadian model and actress (born 1957)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Shannon Tweed
| image        = Shannon Tweed 2007.jpg
| image_size   = 
| caption      = Tweed in 2007
| birth_name   = Shannon Lee Tweed
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1957|3|10}}
| birth_place  = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada<ref name="novkingly" />
| occupation   = Model, actress
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Gene Simmons]]|2011}}
| years_active = 1981–present
| children     = {{ubl|[[Nick Simmons]]|[[Sophie Simmons]]}}
| module       =
  {{Infobox Playboy Playmate | embed = yes
  | name           = <!-- leave blank -->
  | issue          = November 1981
  | preceded       = [[Kelly Tough]]
  | succeeded      = [[Patricia Farinelli]]
  | pmoy-year      = 1982
  | pmoy-preceded  = [[Terri Welles]]
  | pmoy-succeeded = [[Marianne Gravatte]]
  }}
}}

'''Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons''' (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream [[erotica]], she is identified with the genre of the [[erotic thriller]] cinema. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and several television series. She was named ''[[Playboy]]''{{'}}s [[List of Playboy Playmates of the Year|Playmate of the Year]] in 1982.

Tweed is also known for ''[[Gene Simmons Family Jewels]]'', a [[Reality television|reality]] TV show that portrayed the life of her family from 2006 until 2012. She is married to [[Gene Simmons]], bassist and co-lead singer of the band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]; Tweed and Simmons have two children, [[Nick Simmons|Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons]] and [[Sophie Simmons|Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons]].

== Early life ==

Tweed was born on March 10, 1957,<ref name=novkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=tweed%2C+shannon+lee&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=July 18, 2010|archive-date=May 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100133/http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=::CONFIG::modelbrowse&key=tweed,+shannon+lee&limit=0|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]. She is the daughter of Donald Keith Tweed, a [[mink]] rancher, and Louise ({{nee|Wall}}) Tweed,<ref name=people /><ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?pid=155706795 Maria Thiesson Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506060128/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?pid=155706795 |date=May 6, 2016 }} Legacy.com</ref> and was raised on a mink ranch in Whitbourne. She is one of seven children and has three sisters, including actress Tracy Tweed.<ref name="Can" />

After Donald Tweed fell into a coma after a car crash, Louise moved with her children to her mother's home in [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]], and studied nursing while the family survived on welfare. Shannon had breast enhancement surgery at the age of 20 and subsequently became involved in beauty pageants.<ref name="people">{{cite magazine |last=Buchalter |first=Gail |title=That New Bird on Hugh Hefner's Arm Is a Falcon Crest Fledgling from Canada Named Shannon Tweed |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083720,00.html |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=December 6, 1982 |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818153435/https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083720,00.html |archive-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref>

== Career ==

[[File:Shannon Tweed-Simmons wearing Arthur Mendonça - Heart and Stroke Foundation - The Heart Truth celebrity fashion show - Red Dress - Red Gown - Thursday February 8, 2012 - Creative Commons (cropped).jpg|thumb|Tweed in the 2012 Heart Truth celebrity fashion show]]

In 1978, Tweed was the third runner-up in the Miss Canada Pageant event and won the Miss Canada talent competition for her singing.<ref name="people" />

After the Canadian wish-fulfilment TV show ''[[Thrill of a Lifetime (TV series)|Thrill of a Lifetime]]'' arranged for her to pose for ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, Tweed was chosen to be the [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for the November 1981 issue, and eventually the [[Playmate of the Year]] for 1982.<ref name=Orange>{{cite journal |last=de Arakal |first=Byron |title=Hanging Around with Shannon Tweed, ''Falcon Crest''{{'s}} Confident Belle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxAEAAAAMBAJ |journal=Orange Coast |date=April 1983 |pages=18–25 |issue=April 1983 |access-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195401/https://books.google.com/books?id=JxAEAAAAMBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Axworthy>{{cite book |last=Axworthy |first=Tom |title=Our American Cousins: The United States through Canadian Eyes |publisher=Lorimer |location=Toronto |year=1987 |page=182 |isbn=978-0-88862-878-7}}</ref><ref name=Wolfe>{{cite book |last=Wolfe |first=Morris |title=Jolts: the TV wasteland and the Canadian oasis |url=https://archive.org/details/joltstvwasteland0000wolf |url-access=registration |publisher=Lorimer |location=Toronto |year=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joltstvwasteland0000wolf/page/66 66] |isbn=978-0-88862-648-6}}</ref><ref name="Blade">{{cite web |title=''Today'' leads morning ratings |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19850709&id=YQ1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=4464,143737&hl=fr |work=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]] |date=July 9, 1985 |access-date=December 10, 2019 |via=news.google.com |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195346/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19850709&id=YQ1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=4464,143737&hl=fr |url-status=live }}</ref> Tweed and her sister Tracy appeared together in a ''Playboy'' spread.

Tweed primarily acted in [[B movie]]s and in television series such as the [[HBO]] comedy ''[[1st & Ten (HBO TV series)|1st and Ten]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Dinsmore |first=Jef |title=HBO Classics: 1ST & TEN |url=http://hbowatch.com/hbo-classics1st-ten/ |work=HBO Watch |publisher=Reinhart Web Development LLC |date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119143252/http://hbowatch.com/hbo-classics1st-ten/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the prime-time soap opera ''[[Falcon Crest]]'',<ref name=Orange /><ref name="Blade" /> She also appeared in an episode of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' as well as ''[[Married... with Children]]''. In 1985, she landed a year-long role on ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' as [[Savannah Wilder]].<ref name="Blade" /><ref name="Can">{{cite web |last=Riggs |first=Jonathan |title=Shannon Tweed- Biography |url=http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/shannon-tweed/biography.html|work=Yahoo! Movies Canada|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=January 19, 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203114004/http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/shannon-tweed/biography.html|archive-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> Tweed has appeared as a [[Guest appearance|guest]] on ''[[Frasier]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shannon Tweed|url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/26813|work=Filmbug|publisher=MISJA.COM|access-date=January 19, 2014|year=1998–2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203021231/http://www.filmbug.com/db/26813|url-status=live}}</ref> She has also lent her voice to the [[Nickelodeon]] cartoon ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' in the episode "[[20,000 Patties Under the Sea]]", which also featured Gene Simmons as a guest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/gene-simmons-is-guest-voice-on-spongebob-squarepants/83-402965342|title=Gene Simmons Is Guest Voice On "Spongebob Squarepants."|first=Larry|last=Riggs|website=WFMY News 2|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221233533/https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/gene-simmons-is-guest-voice-on-spongebob-squarepants/83-402965342|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first major [[theatrical film]] in which Tweed appeared was the horror film ''[[Of Unknown Origin]]'' (1983). Since then, Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films, including ''[[Detroit Rock City (film)|Detroit Rock City]]'', produced by Simmons, in 1999. Tweed and her sister Tracy co-starred in the film ''Night Eyes 3.''<ref name="Andrews2006">{{cite book|first=David|last=Andrews|title=Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zk-F1B7RUfcC&pg=PT313|date=January 1, 2006|publisher=Ohio State University Press|isbn=978-0-8142-1022-2|pages=313–}}</ref> She is known as one of the most successful actresses of mainstream [[erotica]].<ref>Green, Phillip. ''Cracks in the Pedestal: Ideology and Gender in Hollywood''. Amherst: [[University of Massachusetts Press]], 1998: 170</ref> ''[[Vanity Fair (magazines)|Vanity Fair]]'' has described Tweed as "one of home video's most rented erotic thriller goddesses".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/basic-instinct-anniversary-sharon-stone-video|title="The Sexpendables": How Basic Instinct Birthed a Schlocky, Sexy Cottage Industry|first=Donald|last=Liebenson|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=March 20, 2017|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035430/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/basic-instinct-anniversary-sharon-stone-video|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tweed was featured along with her family on the [[reality TV]] show ''[[Gene Simmons Family Jewels]]'' from 2006 until 2012. One of the highlights of the series was Simmons' proposal to her and their subsequent marriage at the [[Beverly Hills Hotel]] in [[Beverly Hills]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Strause|first=Jackie|title=EXCLUSIVE: Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed Renew Wedding Vows!|url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/couples/news/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-renew-wedding-vows-exclusive|publisher=Life and Style magazine|access-date=December 30, 2013|archive-date=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234055/http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/couples/news/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-renew-wedding-vows-exclusive|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, an episode of the series was taped in Tweed's former hometown of Saskatoon. During the visit, she was presented with an honorary street sign denoting the (nonexistent) "Tweed Lane". Tourism Saskatoon subsequently requested Saskatoon City Council approve the naming of a real Tweed Lane in her honour.<ref>{{cite news |title= Saskatoon street could be named after Shannon Tweed |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-street-could-be-named-after-shannon-tweed-1.1045623 |newspaper= CBC News |date= June 28, 2011 |access-date= September 7, 2013 |archive-date= January 15, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195357/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-street-could-be-named-after-shannon-tweed-1.1045623 |url-status= live }}</ref> The Council approved the request, and the street is located in the neighbourhood of [[Rosewood, Saskatoon|Rosewood]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hutton |first=David |title=Tweed Lane new jewel on city map |url=http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=9f9a106f-76a5-4baf-a948-56818727cf48 |url-status=dead |newspaper=The StarPhoenix |date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031643/http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=9f9a106f-76a5-4baf-a948-56818727cf48 |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref>

Tweed is the narrator of the reality TV show ''Ex-Wives of Rock''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bourdeau |first=Annette |title='Ex-Wives of Rock': Hello, Guilty Pleasure |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annette-bourdeau/ex-wives-of-rock-slice_b_1844619.html |website=Huffington Post |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403231459/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annette-bourdeau/ex-wives-of-rock-slice_b_1844619.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Tweed resided at the [[Playboy Mansion]] for approximately 14 months as ''[[Playboy]]'' founder [[Hugh Hefner]]'s partner.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Shannon Tweed|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_100/102_shannon_tweed.html|work=Askmen|access-date=January 19, 2014|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808005424/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_100/102_shannon_tweed.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The relationship coincided with her Playmate appearances and with being named 1982 Playmate of the Year.<ref name="people" /> The Mansion was the location of her first meeting with her future husband, musician Gene Simmons.<ref name="auto" /> Tweed has been in a relationship with Simmons since 1983. In a 2011 interview, Simmons said, "I need Shannon in my life. Not just because of love and family but because she holds me accountable."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Smart Ass Wedding Announcement|url=http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/01/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-wedding-announcement-invitation-kids-beverly-hills-hotel-kiss/#.TmBCVI7hglo|work=TMZ.com|access-date=January 19, 2014|date=September 1, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201152229/http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/01/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-wedding-announcement-invitation-kids-beverly-hills-hotel-kiss/#.TmBCVI7hglo|url-status=live}}</ref> After 28 years together, the couple wed in an outdoor evening ceremony on the crystal lawn of [[The Beverly Hills Hotel]] on October 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=McNiece|first=Mia|title=People Exclusive: Gene Simmons Is Married|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533363,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=October 1, 2011|access-date=March 27, 2014|archive-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408185141/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533363,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed visit to the Pentagon 190516-D-SW162-1185 (46947989005).jpg|thumb|Tweed ''(second from right)'' visiting [[The Pentagon]] with her husband Gene Simmons in 2019]]

== Filmography ==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=3|1983
| ''[[Curtains (1983 film)|Curtains]]''
| Body Double
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Of Unknown Origin]]''
| Meg Hughes
|
|-
| ''Playboy Video Playmate Review''
| Herself
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1984
| ''[[Hot Dog…The Movie]]''
| Sylvia Fonda
|
|-
| data-sort-value="data-sort-value="Surrogate, The" | ''[[The Surrogate (1984 film)|The Surrogate]]''
| Lee Waite
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Meatballs III: Summer Job]]''
| The Love Goddess
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1987
| ''[[Steele Justice]]''
| Angela Spinelli
|
|-
| ''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]''
| Baitmate
| Uncredited
|-
| ''Code Name Vengeance''
| Sam
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1988
| ''Lethal Woman''
| Tory MacAllistair, Ex-Pilot
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Firing Line, The" | ''The Firing Line''
| Sandra Spencer
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1989
| ''[[Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death]]''
| Dr. Margo Hunt
|
|-
| ''[[Night Visitor]]''
| Lisa Grace
|
|-
| ''Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| 1990
| ''[[In the Cold of the Night]]''
| Lena
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1991
| ''[[Last Call (1991 film)|Last Call]]''
| Cindy / Audrey
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Last Hour, The" | ''[[The Last Hour (1991 film)|The Last Hour]]''
| Susan
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1992
| ''[[Liar's Edge]]''
| Heather Burnz
|
|-
| ''[[Night Eyes 2]]''
| Marilyn Mejenes
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Naked Truth, The" | ''[[The Naked Truth (1992 film)|The Naked Truth]]''
| The First Class Stewardess
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1993
| ''[[Cold Sweat (1993 film)|Cold Sweat]]''
| Beth Moore
|
|-
| ''[[Night Eyes 3]]''
| Zoe Clairmont
|
|-
| ''Indecent Behavior''
| Dr. Rebecca Mathis
|
|-
| rowspan=6|1994
| ''[[Possessed by the Night]]''
| Carol McKay
| Direct-to-video
|-
| ''Scorned''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unobtainium13.com/2017/08/17/a-movie-a-day-221-scorned-1994-directed-by-andrew-stevens/|title=A Movie A Day #221: Scorned (1994, directed by Andrew Stevens)|last=Lel|first=Jedadiah|date=August 17, 2017|website=Through the Shattered Lens|language=en|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128135231/https://unobtainium13.com/2017/08/17/a-movie-a-day-221-scorned-1994-directed-by-andrew-stevens/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Patricia Langley / Amanda Chessfield
|
|-
| ''Hard Vice''
| Andrea
|
|-
| ''[[Night Fire]]''
| Lydia
|
|-
| ''Indecent Behavior 2''
| Dr. Rebecca Mathis
|
|-
| ''[[Illicit Dreams]]''
| Moira Davis
|
|-
| rowspan=5|1995
| ''[[No Contest (film)|No Contest]]''
| Sharon Bell
|
|-
| ''[[Victim of Desire]]''
| Carla Duvall
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Dark Dancer, The" | ''The Dark Dancer''
| Dr. Margaret Simpson
|
|-
| ''[[Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure]]''
| Dr. Claire Archer
| Direct-to-video
|-
| ''Indecent Behavior 3''
| Dr. Rebecca Mathis
| Associate producer
|-
| rowspan=4|1996
| ''Stormy Nights''
| Jennifer McCormick
|
|-
| ''Electra''
| Lorna Duncan / Electra
|
|-
| ''White Cargo''
| Alexia
|
|-
| ''Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=5|1997
| ''[[No Contest II]]''
| Sharon Bell
|
|-
| ''Human Desires''
| Alicia Royale
| Direct-to-video<br /> Associate producer
|-
| ''Bimbo Bash Movie''
| Margo
|
|-
| ''Java Heads: The Movie''
|
|
|-
| ''Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Shannon Tweed''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=4|1998
| ''Naked Lies''
| Cara Landry
| Associate producer
|-
| ''Dead by Dawn''
| Wendy Marsh
|
|-
| ''Playboy: Celebrities''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| ''Playboy: Babes of Baywatch''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=4|1999
| ''[[Detroit Rock City (film)|Detroit Rock City]]''
| Amanda Finch
|
|-
| ''[[Forbidden Sins]]''
| Maureen Doherty
|
|-
| ''Scandalous Behavior''
| Lisa Blair
| Direct-to-video<br /> Associate producer
|-
| ''Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=2|2000
| data-sort-value="Rowdy Girls, The" | ''The Rowdy Girls''
| Velvet McKenzie
| Co-producer
|-
| ''Diaries of Darkness''
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Dead Sexy''
| Kate McBain
| Direct-to-video<br /> Executive producer
|-
| 2002
| ''Wish You Were Dead''
| Lesbian Hitwoman
|
|-
| 2003
| ''Sex at 24 Frames Per Second''
| Herself
| Interviewee<br /> Documentary
|-
| 2004
| ''Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates''
| Herself, Miss November 1981
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=4|2014
| ''Sex, Marriage and Infidelity''
| Margaret
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Very Satan Christmas, A" | ''A Very Satan Christmas''
| Herself
| Short
|-
| data-sort-value="Ultimate Wedding Planner, The" | ''The Ultimate Wedding Planner''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| ''Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood''
| Herself
| Documentary
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1982
| ''Drop-Out Father''
| Beautiful Woman
| TV film
|-
| 1982–1983
| ''[[Falcon Crest]]''
| Diana Hunter
| 21 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1983
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| Celina Morgan
| Season 7 episode 7: "[[List of Fantasy Island episodes#Season 7: 1983–84|The Wedding Picture/Castaways]]"
|-
| ''[[Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour]]''
| Herself
| Panelist<br /> 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4|1984
| data-sort-value="New Mike Hammer, The" | ''[[The New Mike Hammer]]''
| Karen Thorsen
| Season 1 episode 9: "The Perfect Twenty"
|-
| ''[[Family Feud]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Battle of the Perfect 10's: Wilt's Wows vs. Debbies Dudes; Richard's Rosebuds vs. Phyllis Fighters"
|-
| data-sort-value="First Olympics: Athens 1896, The" | ''The First Olympics: Athens 1896''
| Woman
| Mini-series<br /> Uncredited
|-
| data-sort-value="Dukes of Hazzard, The" | ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
| Betty Jo Page
| Season 7 episode 2: "[[List of The Dukes of Hazzard episodes#Season 7 (1984–85)|Welcome, Waylon Jennings]]"
|-
| 1984–1987
| data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | ''[[The Hitchhiker (TV series)|The Hitchhiker]]''
| Barbara / Dr. Rita de Roy
| Season 2 episode 6: "Videodate"<br /> Season 4 episode 6: "Doctor's Orders"
|-
| rowspan=2|1985
| ''[[Three's a Crowd]]''
| Princess Leanna
| Episode 20: "King for a Day"
|-
| ''Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| 1985–1986
| ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
| [[Savannah Wilder]]
| 142 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1986
| ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''
| Vicki Barrington
| Season 6 episode 5: "[[List of Cagney & Lacey episodes#Season 6 (1986–87|Role Call]]"
|-
| ''[[Highway to Heaven]]''
| Nina Van Slyke
| Season 3 episode 12: "[[List of Highway to Heaven episodes#Season 3 (1986–87)|Oh Lucky Man]]"
|-
| rowspan=9|1987
| data-sort-value="Last Fling, The" | ''[[The Last Fling]]''
| Joanne Preston
| TV film
|-
| ''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]''
| Beth
| Season 1 episode 15: "Sirens"
|-
| ''[[Nine to Five (TV series)|Nine to Five]]''
| Tiffany Crystal
| Season 5 episode 1: "Meet Mr. Felb"
|-
| ''[[Ohara (TV series)|Ohara]]''
| Randi
| Season 2 episode 1: "Y' Wanna Live Forever?"
|-
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| Jocelyn Miller
| Season 2 episode 1: "[[List of L.A. Law episodes#Season 2 (1987–88)|The Lung Goodbye]]"
|-
| ''[[21 Jump Street]]''
| Jody Kleinman
| Season 2 episode 9: "[[List of 21 Jump Street episodes#Season 2 (1987–88)|You Oughta Be in Prison]]"
|-
| ''[[Hooperman]]''
|
| Season 1 episode 7: "Hot Wired"
|-
| ''[[Rags to Riches (TV series)|Rags to Riches]]''
| Babe Adair
| Season 2 episode 9: "Beauty and the Babe"
|-
| ''Sex Symbols; Past, Present and Future''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=2|1988
| ''[[Our House (1986 TV series)|Our House]]''
| Maxine Denton
| Season 2 episodes 16 and 17: "Trouble in Paradise: Part 1" and "Trouble in Paradise: Part 2"
|-
| ''[[Longarm (film)|Longarm]]''
| Sally "Crazy Sally"
| TV film
|-
| rowspan=2|1989
| ''[[Dear John (U.S. TV series)|Dear John]]''
| Margo
| Season 1 episode 20: "Margo"
|-
| ''[[Desperado (film series)#Desperado: The Outlaw Wars|Desperado: The Outlaw Wars]]''
|
| Uncredited
|-
| 1989–1991
| ''1st & Ten: The Championship''
| Kristy Fullbright
| 30 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''Hollywood Dog''
|
| TV film
|-
| rowspan=4|1991
| ''Tagteam''
| Leona
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]''
| Ms. Mason
| Season 2 episode 5: "[[List of Parker Lewis Can't Lose episodes#Season 2 (1991–92)|The Undergraduate]]"
|-
| ''[[Baywatch]]''
| Allison Fowles
| Season 2 episode 11: "[[List of Baywatch episodes#Season 2 (1991–92)|If Looks Could Kill]]"
|-
| ''[[Fly by Night (TV series)|Fly by Night]]''
| Sally "Slick" Monroe
| 13 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1992
| ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]''
| Luree
| Season 1 episode 8: "For Better or Perverse"
|-
| ''[[Sexual Response (1992 film)|Sexual Response]]''
| Eve Anderson
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Matrix (TV series)|Matrix]]''
| Andrea Hopper
| Episode 2: "To Err Is Human"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994
| ''[[Hot Line (TV series)|Hot Line]]''
| Rebecca
| Season 1 episodes 5 and 6: ""Payback" and "Payback"
|-
| ''Model by Day''
| Shannon
| TV film
|-
| rowspan=3|1995
| ''[[Married... with Children]]''
| Shannon Tweed
| Season 10 episode 9: "[[Married... with Children (season 10)|The Two That Got Away]]"
|-
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Priscilla Lake
|Season 11 episode 15: "[[List of Murder, She Wrote episodes#Season 11 (1994–95)|Twice Dead]]"
|-
| ''[[Marker (TV series)|Marker]]''
| Samantha Kent
| Episode 12: "Factor X"
|-
| 1995–2001
| ''[[Frasier]]''
| Dr. Honey Snow
| Season 2 episode 15: "[[You Scratch My Book...]]"<br /> Season 9 episode 2: "[[Don Juan in Hell (Frasier episode)|Don Juan in Hell: Part 2]]"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Pacific Blue (TV series)|Pacific Blue]]''
| Sheila Silver
| Season 1 episodes 1 and 8: ''[[List of Pacific Blue episodes#Season 1 (1996)|Pilot]]'' and "[[List of Pacific Blue episodes#Season 1 (1996)|Burnout]]"
|-
| rowspan=4|1997
| ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]''
| Delia
| Episode 18: "The Naked and the Dred, or the Toast of the Town"
|-
| ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]''
| Emily Palmer
| Season 8 episode 21: "[[List of Wings episodes#Season 8 (1996–97)|Oedipus Wrecks]]"
|-
| ''[[Nash Bridges]]''
| Bess
| Season 3 episode 2: "[[List of Nash Bridges episodes#Season 3 (1997–1998)|Payback]]"
|-
| ''[[Assault on Devil's Island]]''
| Hunter Wiley
| TV film
|-
| 1997–1998
| data-sort-value="Tom Show, The" | ''[[The Tom Show]]''
| Maggie Amross
| Episodes 2, 12, and 16: "Bad Publicity," "Maggie Returns," and "The Centerfold"
|-
| rowspan=5|1999
| ''[[Assault on Death Mountain]]''
| Hunter Wiley
| TV film
|-
| ''Powerplay''
| Jacqueline Knight
| TV film
|-
| ''[[V.I.P. (American TV series)|V.I.P.]]''
| Herself
| Season 1 episode 15: "[[List of V.I.P. episodes#eason 1 (1998–99)|Val on the Run]]"
|-
| ''[[Beggars and Choosers (TV series)|Beggars and Choosers]]''
| Shannon Tweed
| Season 1 episode 8: "Unsafe Sex"
|-
| ''[[Get Real (U.S. TV series)|Get Real]]''
| Joanna Parsons
| Episode 3: "Passages"
|-
| 2000–2003
| data-sort-value="Parkers, The" | ''[[The Parkers]]''
| Sophia Van Lowe
| Season 1 episode 19: "[[List of The Parkers episodes#Season 1: 1999–2000|Moving on Out]]"<br /> Season 3 episode 20: "[[List of The Parkers episodes#Season 3 (2001–02)|Mother's Day Blues]]"<br /> Season 5 episode 11: "[[List of The Parkers episodes#Season 5 (2003–04)|Out with the Old, in with the New]]"
|-
| 2002
| ''[[My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star]]''
| Mom
| 11 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2003
| ''[[Run of the House]]''
| Ms. Dee Dee Cole
| Episode 5: "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire"
|-
| ''[[Banzai (TV series)|Banzai]]''
| Herself
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan=2|2004
| ''Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter''
| Dr. Honey Snow
| Uncredited
|-
| ''When Playboy Ruled the World''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| 2006
| ''Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| 2006–2012
| ''[[Gene Simmons Family Jewels]]''
| Herself
| 158 episodes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
| [[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|Woman Fish]]
| Voice<br /> [[SpongeBob SquarePants (season 5)|Season 5 episode 17]]: "[[SpongeBob SquarePants (season 5)#Episodes|20,000 Patties Under the Sea/The Battle of Bikini Bottom]]"
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?]]''
| Herself, Audience Member
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel''
| Herself: Playmate of the Year 1982 / Actress
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
| ''[[United States of Tara]]''
| Knatasha Knightblade
| Season 2 episode 7: "[[List of United States of Tara episodes#Season 2 (2010)|Dept. of F'd Up Family Services]]"
|-
| ''Bill Zucker's Day with the Simmons''
| Herself
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''How Playboy Changed the World''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| ''America's Book of Secrets''
| Herself
| Season 1 episode 6: "The Playboy Mansion"
|-
| 2012–2013
| ''[[Republic of Doyle]]''
| Frances Lemont
| Season 3 episode 2: "[[List of Republic of Doyle episodes#Season 3: 2012|Head Over Heels]]"<br /> Season 5 episode 7: "[[List of Republic of Doyle episodes#Season 5: 2013–142|Hook, Line and Sinker]]"
|-
| rowspan=2|2014
| ''[[Seed (TV series)|Seed]]''
| Wendy Maybely
| Season 2 episode 7: "Mother Sucker"<br /> Credited as Shannon Tweed-Simmons
|-
| ''[[Canada's Smartest Person]]''
| Herself, Lie Detector Guest
| Season 1 episode 6: "#1.6"<br /> Credited as Shannon Tweed-Simmons
|-
| 2013
| ''Ex-Wives of Rock''
| Herself
| Narrator
|-
| rowspan=2|2014
| ''Shannon & Sophie''
| Herself
| Executive producer
|-
| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre#2014: 13 Nights of Elvira|13 Nights of Elvira]]''
| Dr. Margo Hunt
| Episode 1: ''[[Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death]]''
|-
| 2015
| ''Sunday Brunch''
|
| Set decorator<br /> Episode 6: "The Smoking Pistol"
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 17)|Hell's Kitchen]]''
| Herself
| Season 17 episode 4: "[[Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 17)#Episodes|Just Letter Cook]]"
|}

== See also ==

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* [[List of people in Playboy 1980–1989]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0000238|name=Shannon Tweed}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061025121850/http://ca.askmen.com/women/actress_100/102_shannon_tweed.html AskMen.com: Shannon Tweed]

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