Bunty Bailey

{{short description|British actress, model and dancer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Bunty Bailey | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Therese Bailey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Camborne, Cornwall, England | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|dancer}} | years_active = 1980–2008 | spouse = | website = }} '''Therese''' "'''Bunty'''" '''Bailey''' (born 23 May 1964)<ref>[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3995 "Take On Me by a-ha"] at Song Facts.com</ref> is an English former actress, model and dancer. Bunty started her career as a dancer in the dance group Hot Gossip in the early 1980s.<ref name="MaidAd">{{cite web|url=http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/m/news/article-11398-eighties-dancer-s-breakfast-with-prime-minister/ |title=Eighties dancer's breakfast with Prime Minister |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722113929/http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/m/news/article-11398-eighties-dancer-s-breakfast-with-prime-minister/ |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}</ref> She became known as the girl in the music videos of a-ha's singles "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." made in 1985. She is the former girlfriend of the band's lead vocalist, Morten Harket, whom she met while working on the videos.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bunty Bailey: What the Girl From A-ha’s Legendary ‘Take on Me’ Music Video Is Up to 40 Years Later |url=https://www.womansworld.com/entertainment/music/bunty-bailey-what-happened-to-the-take-on-me-girl |access-date=30 October 2025 |work=Women's World}}</ref>

She has since appeared in several films, with her most recent role in 2008 as a Gypsy Momma in ''Defunct''.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056132/ | publisher = IMdB | title = Defunct (2008) | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130524073615/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056132/ | archivedate = 24 May 2013 }}</ref> She lives in Wraysbury, Berkshire. She has also worked as a children's dance teacher at Wraysbury and Datchet Village Hall.<ref name="MaidAd"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-girl-in-video-take-on-me-1985.html|title=Noblemania: The Girl in the Video: "Take On Me" (1985)|work=Blogger|accessdate=7 January 2014}}</ref> Bunty has two sons, who were born in 1996 and 1997 respectively.<ref name="MaidAd"/> In June 2009, she was one of the first people to take advantage of the UK government car scrappage scheme and was invited to breakfast with the prime minister at the time, Gordon Brown.<ref name="MaidAd"/>

In September 2012, Bailey appeared as the mystery guest on Channel 4's ''Big Fat Quiz of the '80s'', with her appearance in the a-ha videos being the correct answer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5095U8whV4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/J5095U8whV4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Bunty Bailey from the 'Take On Me' video on Big Fat Quiz of the 80's.|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''The Kenny Everett Show'' (early 1980s) with Hot Gossip * "Talking Loud and Clear", OMD (1984) * "Take On Me", a-ha (1985) as the Girl * "The Sun Always Shines on TV", a-ha (1985) as the Girl * "To Be A Lover", Billy Idol (1986) dancer * ''Spellcaster'' (1987) as Cassandra Castle * ''Dolls'' (1987) as Isabel Prange * ''Rock and the Money-Hungry Party Girls'' (1988) * ''Glitch!'' (1988) as Bimbo * ''a-ha: Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of a-ha'' (1991) * ''Essential Music Videos: Hits of the 80s'' (2003) * ''Video on Trial'': "Episode No.2.6" (2006) * ''Defunct'' (2008) as Gypsy Momma

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150114073203/http://www.crawfordscommercials.co.uk/profile_women.php?modelID=13&cat=azall Bunty Bailey] at Crawfords Commercials Agency * {{IMDb name|0047170}}

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