Well look at who we found! It’s “Hooks,” as in “Officer Laverne Hooks,” the squeaky voiced, timid police officer from the classic “Police Academy” movies, played by actress, Marion Ramsey. Remember how Ramsey used to have us rollin’ on the floor laughing every time she would speak, or rather, whisper? And when “Captain Harris” would get fed up with her voice, it was hilarious.
It wasn’t until “Officer Hooks” finally belted out “Don’t move dirt bag!” in one of the “Police Academy” installments, that we really got to see her true aggression surface. Now that we took that trip back down 1980’s memory lane, let’s take a look at what Marion Ramsey is looking like these days. Check her out now…
Our girl Ramsey has pretty much stepped away from the glitz and limelight of Hollywood, but a while back, Ramsey revealed that there was going to be a “Police Academy” in the works. That ought to be interesting, but we have received any further info on that project. Throughout the years since we last saw her on the big screen, Marion has also starred in several musical stage plays such as “Cinderella,” “Grind,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Eubie” and “Scarlett/Gone With the Wind.” Her first non-musical stage play was in 2011 when she was the main star in a theatrical play centered around the Iraq war called “Operation Counter Men.”
Although she may have kind of backed away from the big screen, she hasn’t backed away from the mic. Many people don’t know that Marion is also a singer and she’s always up for the challenge when it comes to singing a song. That is exactly what happened when she was put up to the challenge and asked to sing at a venue where she nailed Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” and “Simply The Best.” I gotta admit that I was NOT expecting her teeny tiny voice to sound like this…
And this…
Still beautiful…
