Shelby Chong
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Comedian Shelby Chong is known as
Tommy Chong's favorite co-star on the big
screen and in live stage performances. Fans remember her as the sexy
"French Fifi" in
Things Are Tough All Over (1982),
the "Princess" in
Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers (1984),
and the blond body builder that Cheech got choked up over in
Nice Dreams (1981). She has associate
producer credits from several
Cheech & Chong movies. Shelby went on to
appear in several other feature films, television, and theater,
including Tripwire (1989),
The Spirit of '76 (1990),
Far Out Man (1990) and "General
Hospital". She has been seen on HBO, Comedy Central, and
The Howard Stern Show (1990).
She stepped onto the comedy stage in 1996 during Chong's world tour as
a show opener and has toured every year since. In January 2000, the
official announcement was made that Tommy Chong had replaced Cheech
with a new comedy partner - the duo "Tommy Chong & Shelby" was born.