Rebecca Gayheart as Mary Newlie
"Prequel" to the first From Dusk Till Dawn is set in Mexico in the early 1900's which begins with the escape of Johnny Madrid, a dangerous local outlaw, from the gallows who then kidnaps his hangman's beautiful daughter, Esmeralda, with a little help from Reece, a female outlaw from the U.S. With the hangman and a local posse on their trail, Johnny meets with his gang who all rob a stagecoach which contains American author Ambrose Bierce along with newlywed couble John and Mary Newlie. As night falls, all parties coindicently seek shelter in an isolated inn/whorehouse which is run by vampires led by the high priestess Quixtla who targets Esmeralda, since Esmeralda is revealed to be the half-human, half-vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium, whom the vampires want as their heir in which all the humans must join forces if they are to survive the night from the vicious blood-suckers.
Biography for Rebecca Gayheart
Date of birth
12 August 1972,
Hazard, Kentucky, USA
Nickname
The Noxzema girl
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Trivia
(1997) Engaged to director Brett Ratner whom she has dated since 1991.
Attended Knott County Central High School, Hindman, Kentucky.
Former model.
Studied at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
(13 June 2001) On 13 June 2001, Gayheart struck 9-year-old Jorge Cruz Jr. as he jaywalked across the street. According to the police report, the boy was walking home from school, and crossed the street about 160 feet from the nearest crosswalk. While several cars stopped to let him go, Gayheart allegedly swerved around the traffic and into a two-way left-turn lane, striking the boy; he died the next day at Los Angeles Children's Hospital. His parents, Jorge Cruz and Silvia Martinez, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on 6 August 2001 against her. Gayheart paid for Cruz's hospital and funeral expenses.
(27 November 2001) Pleaded no contest to the criminal charge and was sentenced to 3 years probation, a suspended license, a fine, and to produce a safe driving video.
After the accident with Jorge Cruz Jr. not only were all her commericals on TV and adds on magazines terminated but she lost all current and future contracts with companies whom were planning to hire her as their poster woman. (12.29.01)
Pipe Dream (2001) .... Marliss Funt
Harvard Man (2001) .... Kelly
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) (uncredited) .... Nurse Brenda Bates
... aka Leyendas urbanas: Corte final (2000) (USA: Spanish title)
... aka L�gendes urbaines 2 (2000) (Canada: French title)
Shadow Hours (2000) .... Chloe Holloway
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) .... Mary Newlie
Life After Donna Dell (1999)
Puppet (1999) .... Lori Myers
"Wasteland" (1999) TV Series .... Samantha 'Sam' Price
Jawbreaker (1999) .... Julie Freeman
Hairshirt (1998) .... Jennifer Scott
... aka Too Smooth (2001) (USA: reissue title)
Urban Legend (1998) .... Brenda Bates
... aka Mixed Culture (1998) (USA)
... aka Urban Legend (1998) (France)
... aka Urban Legends (1998) (USA)
"Hercules" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Medea
... aka "Disney's Hercules" (1998) (USA)
Scream 2 (1997) .... Lois
Nothing to Lose (1997) .... Danielle
"Invasion" (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Cassy Winslow
... aka "Robin Cook's Invasion" (1997) (mini) (USA: complete title)
Somebody Is Waiting (1996) .... Lilli
"Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) TV Series .... Antonia Elisabeth 'Toni' Marchette/McKay (1995)
"Earth 2" (1994) TV Series .... Bess Martin
Earth 2 (1994) (TV) .... Bess Martin
Vanishing Son IV (1994) (TV) .... Clair
Vanishing Son III (1994) (TV) .... Clair
Vanishing Son (1994) (TV) .... Clair
"Loving" (1983) TV Series .... Hannah Mayberry (1992-1993)
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (1990) .... Rebecca
Other Rebecca Gayheart pages on Women of Horror:
Urban Legend