Born in Baileyville Maine in 1941 Currier migrated to Los Angeles in the late 1950s She became a popular glamour model of the 1960s and also appeared in sexploitation and nudie cutie films of the era including several by Russ Meyer She was a dancer who taught classes at Arthur Murray Studios and also worked as an exotic dancer at the Largo club in Los Angeles Currier also had a column in the mens magazine Adam entitled Ask Althea in which she answered readers questions She retired from entertainment in the late 1960s