Actress. A dark haired beauty known simply as "Haji," she is remembered for her role in Russ Meyer's 1965 sexploitation classic "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Raised in Quebec City, she had the misfortune to be well-developed too early for her own good and by 14 was working as an exotic dancer, of necessity hiding her underage status. Moving to Southern California, she was performing in a topless bar when she was spotted by Playboy photographer Russ Meyer and cast as Rosie, Tura Satana's lesbian girlfriend in "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Haji went on to appear in several more of Meyer's pieces with such forgettable titles as "Motor Psycho" (1965) and 1967's "Good Morning and...Goodbye," sometimes doubling as production assistant and casting director. For the next decade she worked steadily under such names as "Hadji" and "Haji Cat," her credits including Roger Ebert's 1970 "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," the 1975 "Supervixens," 1977's "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," and the 1978 "Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell." Haji was seen in 1981's "Demonoid: Messenger of Death" but then dropped from view. She made a comeback in the 2001 "Double-D Avenger" and 2003's "Killer Drag Queens on Dope," then lived out her days in Malibu. She was featured in the book "Glamorous Girls of the Century" and her story was told in Jewel Shepard's "Invasion of the B-Girls." One source lists her real first name as "Cerlet."
Actress. A dark haired beauty known simply as "Haji," she is remembered for her role in Russ Meyer's 1965 sexploitation classic "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Raised in Quebec City, she had the misfortune to be well-developed too early for her own good and by 14 was working as an exotic dancer, of necessity hiding her underage status. Moving to Southern California, she was performing in a topless bar when she was spotted by Playboy photographer Russ Meyer and cast as Rosie, Tura Satana's lesbian girlfriend in "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Haji went on to appear in several more of Meyer's pieces with such forgettable titles as "Motor Psycho" (1965) and 1967's "Good Morning and...Goodbye," sometimes doubling as production assistant and casting director. For the next decade she worked steadily under such names as "Hadji" and "Haji Cat," her credits including Roger Ebert's 1970 "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," the 1975 "Supervixens," 1977's "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," and the 1978 "Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell." Haji was seen in 1981's "Demonoid: Messenger of Death" but then dropped from view. She made a comeback in the 2001 "Double-D Avenger" and 2003's "Killer Drag Queens on Dope," then lived out her days in Malibu. She was featured in the book "Glamorous Girls of the Century" and her story was told in Jewel Shepard's "Invasion of the B-Girls." One source lists her real first name as "Cerlet."
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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