Bonnie Beecher


Bonnie Jean Beecher, née Boettcher,' and later known as Jahanara Romney,', is an American activist, and retired actress and singer.

About

Bonnie Jean Boettcher was born April 25, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Art and Jean Boettcher.
She knew Bob Dylan during his early career, they dated briefly in college, and she may have been the inspiration for his song "Girl from the North Country" however alternatively it may have been about his high school girlfriend, Echo Helstrom Casey or another college-era girlfriend Suze Rotolo. Beecher's singing is heard on the 1960 bootleg recording of Bob Dylan known as the "Minneapolis Party Tape", which was recorded while they were dating. Some of Dylan's earliest recordings in 1961 were recorded at her Minneapolis home.
She made her television debut in an episode of The Twilight Zone, "Come Wander with Me". She also played Sylvia, Chekov's love interest, in "Spectre of the Gun", an episode of wherein the crew of the Enterprise re-enacts the gunfight at the OK Corral.

Personal life

Beecher married Wavy Gravy on May 22, 1967. She adopted the name Jahanara Romney, shortly after marriage. The couple have a son together, born in 1971 as Howdy Do-Good Gravy Tomahawk Truckstop Romney, who has since become known as Jordan Romney.
She has worked as Administrative Director of Camp Winnarainbow since 1983. Her husband serves as director of the camp, which is located near Laytonville, Mendocino County in Northern California.

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