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===Acting=== Her first film role was in the comedy ''[[All I Want Is You... and You... and You...]]'' (1974), produced by her father. In 1975 she appeared in ''Las adolescentes'' (The Adolescents), opposite [[Anthony Andrews]],<ref>"Adolescentes, Las", in Luis Gasca, ''Un siglo de cine español'' (Planeta, 1998), p. 17</ref> and starred in an episode of ''[[Shades of Greene]]''.<ref>Quentin Falk, ''Travels in Greeneland: The Complete Guide to the Cinema of Graham Greene'' (2000), p. 149</ref> Also that year she had an uncredited role as a bridesmaid in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/metropolitan-life-why-are-they-famous-no-4-koo-stark-1311337.html "Metropolitan Life: Why Are They Famous?"]. ''[[The Independent]]''. 8 August 1996. Retrieved 21 February 2020.</ref> Her best-remembered performance is the lead role in the erotic film ''[[Emily (1976 film)|Emily]]'' (1976), directed by [[Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke]].<ref>[[Christopher Neame]], ''A Take on British TV Drama: Stories from the Golden Years'' (Scarecrow Press, 2004), p. xiv-xv</ref> Uncertain whether to accept the part, Stark did so on the advice of [[Graham Greene]], with whom she had worked the year before. Of working with her in ''Emily'', actor [[Victor Spinetti]] later wrote "I found Koo Stark to be an enchanting girl and terribly bright and interesting".<ref>''Beatlefan'', volume 7 (Goody Press, 1985), p. 12</ref> She also appeared in ''[[Cruel Passion]]'' (1977), a film based on the novel ''[[Justine (Sade)|Justine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title = Justine (1977) |first = Mark |last = Deming |url = http://www.allmovie.com/movie/justine-v146684 |publisher = [[AllMovie]] |access-date = January 23, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170131190350/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/justine-v146684 |archive-date = January 31, 2017 }}</ref> Around the same time, she played the part of Camie Marstrap in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977); the scenes in which she appeared were cut from the film before its original release,<ref>Marcus Hearn, ''The Cinema of George Lucas'' (2005), p. 106</ref> but can be seen in ''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]'' (1998).<ref>''[[Newsweek]]'', Volume 132 (1998), p. 122</ref> Stark also began to work as a fashion model, particularly for [[Norman Parkinson]].<ref>[[Hugh Massingberd|Hugh Montgomery Massingberd]], ''The Daily Telegraph Third Book of Obituaries: Entertainers'' (1998), p. 122</ref> In February 1981, she was an understudy in the [[Edward Albee]] play ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]].<!-- The National Theatre did not become the Royal National Theatre until 1988--><!--[[CTRL+F]] does not find Albee, Woolf, Theatre, or Theater in cited article<ref name=rebuttal/>--> She appeared in the comedy ''[[Eat the Rich (film)|Eat the Rich]]'' (1987), and then featured in "[[Timeslides]]", an episode of the sci-fi show ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' (1989), playing Lady Sabrina Mulholland-Jjones, the fiancée of a more successful Dave Lister. <ref>Paul Green, ''Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements'' (2017), p. 148</ref> In September 1987, she returned to the stage, taking the part of Vera Claythorne in [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]].<ref>[https://theatricalia.com/play/5ms/and-then-there-were-none/production/s0p And Then There Were None] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134425/https://theatricalia.com/play/5ms/and-then-there-were-none/production/s0p |date=2017-11-09 }} at theatricalia.com, accessed 7 November 2017</ref> The ''London Theatre Record'' posed the question "Why has a girl so obviously three-dimensional chosen a part so obviously two-dimensional?"<ref>''London Theatre Record'', Volume 8, Issues 1-13, p. 184.</ref> She played [[Miss Scarlett]] in the 1991 series of ''[[Cluedo (UK game show)|Cluedo]]'', succeeding [[Toyah Willcox]] and befriending [[Rula Lenska]].<ref>Karen Louise Hollis, ''The Other Side of the Table'' (2011), p. 61</ref>
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