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- Shauna graduated high school in 1977. She grew up in Fullerton, CA. She attended Fullerton High School and graduated with top honors. After high school, Shauna was forced into the porn industry by an abusive ex-boyfriend who drugged her. Shauna escaped the pornography business in 2002, when her ex-boyfriend was arrested.
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Samantha Fox (a stage name) was a New York City girl. Born and raised in the Big Apple, she came under the Broadway influence and studied dance throughout her childhood and teens. These young years of continuous practice resulted in a dancer's taut, slim body, which was fashionable at that time. She began dancing professionally before graduating from high school. The exposure led her into the entertainment business, and soon she was co-hosting a New York City television show. After that she began getting small parts in the adult film industry. Her break came when she was noticed by porn director/producer Chuck Vincent, who cast her in the starring role of Bad Penny (1978). This established her as a leading-role actress and resulted in her starring in several more adult films. In 1980 she won the Erotica Award for her work with Jack Wrangler in Jack+Jill (1979). The following year she was recognized with the Erotica Award again for her role in Tramp (1980). With these honors she established herself as one of the leading stars in adult films of the day, capable of a full range of roles from sweet innocence to hard domination. However, when the adult industry went from shooting on film to shooting on video, Samantha did not come off well. Women with slim, natural bodies like Samantha's lost favor with the public, which turned to the larger, silicon-enhanced actresses who became prominent in the late 1980s on into the 1990s. Her integrity preventing her from jumping on that particular bandwagon (her pronounced "Noo Yawk" accent didn't help matters, either). Consequently, roles became more and more difficult to find. However, her long-time friendship with Chuck Vincent and a few others in the industry, such as Gloria Leonard and Veronica Hart, brought her numerous small roles and walk-ons in the late 1980s, but we saw very little of her since. Her stage name has resulted in her often being confused with British pop-rock singer Samantha Fox (which is her real name). However, only the name, the suggestive lyrics of several of the singer's recordings and a sultry modeling career launch as a Page Three Girl come close to resembling what the actress Samantha Fox had done to forward the human right of self-decision, sexual expression and freedom, acceptance of alternative lifestyles, and offering of love.- Buxom and shapely long-haired brunette Beth Anna was born on January 7, 1952 in Long Island, New York. Of mixed Asian, Caucasian, and Native American descent, Beth Anna began her career in porn by doing 8mm loops. She did her first hardcore feature in 1976. Among the notable adult film directors that Beth Anna worked for are Gerard Damiano, Carter Stevens, John Christopher, and Roberta Findlay. Beth Anna retired from porn in the early 1980s.
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Sharon Kane was without a doubt one of the single most prolific and ubiquitous actresses in hardcore porn. Born on February 24, 1956 in Ohio, Kane grew up as a tomboy in a rural community with her mother and grandparents. Sharon briefly worked as a secretary for the Salvation Army before beginning her career in the adult entertainment industry in the mid-1970's as an exotic dancer at the theater The Screening Room in San Francisco, California. After making her hardcore debut in Alex de Renzy's Pretty Peaches (1978), Kane went on to act profusely in a slew of X-rated features over the course of several decades that encompass gay, straight, bondage, and even transsexual fare as well as 8mm loops and video productions. Outside of her acting credits, the versatile Sharon also worked on adult movies in a variety of behind-the-scenes capacities that include director, writer, producer, set designer, make-up artist, art director, set decorator, production assistant, and even composer (she often sang and played multiple instruments for the latter). Kane has since retired from the adult film industry and now resides in a remote rural area.- Actress
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Juliet was born in Burbank, California on July 23, 1938. After teaching English as a second language for several years in Japan, Mexico, Greece and Finland, she moved to the United States wanting to radically change her life. She stumbled into the adult film industry at the age of 39. For the next couple years she went on to make several dozen movies including the renowned Aunt Peg series.- Long considered by many to be the single most classically, naturally beautiful woman to ever hit the porn industry, Angel burst onto the scene in 1984. Her freshness, her infectious smile and giggle, her enthusiasm, and--most importantly--her heart-stopping beauty and flawless, non-enhanced, virtually perfectly proportioned body mesmerized all who saw her. She made less than 40 films in her seven-year career, the vast majority of them between 1984-88. At a time when many actresses were averaging five or six films a month, Angel's career average was about six films a year, enabling her to avoid the tough, jaded look many porn queens get after several years (and several hundred films). She basically quit the business in 1989, although she made a few films that year and a few more in 1991 (she didn't make any in 1990). She made a return in 1991 with several new films, but whatever happened to her in the interim affected her looks; she had gained a fair amount of weight, looked somewhat puffy and didn't seem to have the spark and enthusiasm she did in her earlier films, and these new efforts weren't as successful as the ones she made at the beginning of her career. She apparently left the business for good in 1991, and nothing has been heard from her since.
- Desiree West broke into the adult film business in 1973 and soon became the industry's first black star. In addition to her volcanic sexual performances, she was noted for her ability to actually handle dialogue quite well, a fairly rare achievement for an adult film actress in those days. Her exotic looks - she appeared to be a combination of black and Asian - and spectacular body guaranteed her steady employment in the business, although she never reached the level of stardom that, frankly, she should have. She "officially" retired in 1980, although she would come back to make a video or two every so often just to see if she still "had it."
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Respected porn star of the 70s and 80s who went on to minor roles more mainstream movies. Awarded AFAA 1981/82 Best Actress, AFAA 1982 Best Supporting Actress, CAFA 1982 Best Actress.- Susan Hart was born on 25 June 1964 in the USA. She is an actress.
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Bunny Bleu has had two careers with two different looks in two different eras of porn. She started out in the early 1980s as a bleached blond, petite and almost underage-looking. She was featured with many of the legends of the day, such as Traci Lords and Christy Canyon, and left the business for a while. She came back in the early 1990s with new reddish brown hair (her natural color) and "enhanced" features, but still with the same enthusiasm, energy and willingness to do whatever was called for that made her one of the top draws in her early days.- Actress
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Raven-haired Clair Dia was born a redhead in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She attended City College in San Francisco and majored in occupational therapy. She then worked as a secretary until making her acting debut in What About Jane: An Erotic Soap Opera (1972). During the making of this film she was arrested and thrown in jail on obscenity charges, but spent only four hours there before being released. Clair went on to star in over 20 adult films and directed two more (she had attended Berkeley Film Institute where she studied filmmaking). Even in the films she directed, Clair managed to appear in brief walk-on roles.- Actress
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Tall (5'10"), lovely, and slender brunette Marlene Willoughby was born on May 17, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. Of mixed Polish and Italian descent, Willoughby was raised in a Catholic household and was an organist while growing up who played at funerals and church services. Marlene moved with her mother to New York City in 1961. Willoughby first started acting in controversial and experimental off-Broadway stage productions that include "Che" (as Fidel Castro), "Dracula Sabbat," and "Keepers of the Hippo Horn." (She was a member of such repertory theater groups as TNC (Theater for the New City), Cubiculo Theater, and Judson Poets.) Moreover, Marlene also did some modeling prior to making the leap into explicit hardcore fare in the fall of 1975. In addition, Willoughby wrote magazine columns for such adult publications as Pub, Velvet, and High Society, posed for photo layouts for assorted men's magazines that include Penthouse, Cheri, Swank, Purple, and Adult Cinema Review, organized film release parties, and spoke out about the industry whenever she had the opportunity at the height of her career in adult cinema. Outside of her work in porn, Marlene managed to secure bit roles in the occasional mainstream movie and walk-on parts in various television shows shot in the New York area. Willoughby retired from the adult entertainment industry in 1985.- Southern belle Desiree Cousteau is one of the most fondly remembered of the 1970s/1980s porn stars, and not only because of her gorgeous face and spectacular (and completely natural) body. She brought a dizzy, goofy and endearing charm to all of her roles, and plunged into her sexual performances with voracious abandon. Porn audiences absolutely adored her, and in turn she didn't disappoint them. In 1978 she was voted Best Actress by the AFAA for her performance in Pretty Peaches (1978). Of her many performances, one of her best remembered is her pseudo-autobiographical Inside Désirée Cousteau (1979).
Her post-porn career is something of a mystery. There were stories that she married, had a family and settled down. There were also stories that she had a breakdown and was confined to a mental hospital. The latest story, which is given somewhat more credibility by people who knew her, was that she had studied to become a psychologist, passed the exams and was practicing somewhere in her home state of Georgia. - Judy Angel was born on 24 October 1940 in Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Southern Comforts (1971). She died in 1970 in the USA.
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Tara Aire was born on 8 February 1958. She is an actress and production manager.- Rene Bond dominated early '70s Los Angeles porn, appearing in about 300 films and loops. She entered porn in the late 1960s for the usual reason--money. In her own words, "I had some friends who were working in porno, and I needed the money. So they said they'd introduce me to some people, and they did. I got used to the money". Rene began her career in the low-budget softcore schlock of producer Harry H. Novak, often appearing with her longtime boyfriend Ric Lutze. They would be a regular cinematic pair in both softcore and hardcore films for most of the 1970s. An industry observer described her as "a sinfully sexy and youthful-looking little strumpet whose well-rounded acting skills and vivacious approach to on-screen sexing made her an instant favorite." She had a petite, trim body that made her the go-to girl to play teenagers or farmers' daughters. She also had a deft touch with comedy. Her landmark linking segments in Teen-age Fantasies: An Adult Documentary (1972) epitomize her knack for coming across as sweet and winsome in even the raunchiest material. Rene was one of the first porn starlets to have breast implants to cater to what she called the "North American Breast Fetish". She got even more work after that. Rene incorporated herself in the mid-'70s and sold photos and slides of herself through her own mail-order company. She also sang, danced and stripped at the Ivar Burlesque Theater in Hollywood. She often brought her father on stage and sang "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (her mom also went everywhere with her). Rene happily signed autographs in the lobby for a dollar each after her performances. Rene and Ric vanished from the film scene in 1978. Rene stayed out of sight until the mid-'80s when she was spotted as a contestant on the TV quiz show Break the Bank (1985). She was introduced as a bankruptcy specialist and had a new husband in tow (she won over $9,000 in cash and prizes). Rene was seen around Las Vegas throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. She died of liver problems in the late 1990s.
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