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- Bruno Alias was born on 8 January 1928 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was an actor. He died on 10 April 1996 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.Actor in a lot of Italian comedies and b-movies. He played in several porno films for Franco Lo Cascio in 1984 and 1985. He participated in the hardcore scenes in these films - doing both straight and gay scenes (but more gay).
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Jack Baker was born on 4 June 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer. He died on 13 November 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.He is perhaps best known (credited as John Anthony Bailey), as Sticks on "Happy Days" and C.C. McNamara in "Wonderbug" ("The Sid & Marty Kroft Super Show"). During the 1980s, Bailey began a career in pornographic films under the pseudonym Jack Baker. He appeared in more than 140 films and produced one movie.- John Wayne Bobbit made national headlines when his Ecuadorian wife, Lorena, sexually maimed him on grounds of cheating, abuse, forcing her to get an abortion, and other heinous acts. He appeared in a gimmick adult biopic of his own life, as well as a dominatrix video in order to pay his medical (a nine-hour operation) and legal bills. Eventually he began dating someone new, publicly claiming that they would remain abstinent until they married, but after a while he got thrown in jail for hitting her. Early in 1997, he became a minister at a Las Vegas church, but told Comedy Central's The Daily Show (1996) that a sequel to John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut (1994) was not out of the question.He gained worldwide notoriety for an incident in 1993 when his wife Lorena severed his penis with a knife. The penis was subsequently surgically re-attached. After the incident, John Wayne Bobbitt attempted to generate money from his notoriety by John appeared in the adult film "John Wayne Bobbitt: Uncut" (1994). In 1996, he appeared in another adult film, "Frankenpenis".
- Lilli Carati was born on 23 September 1956 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for Skin Deep (1979), A Lustful Mind (1986) and L'alcova (1985). She died on 20 October 2014 in Besano, Lombardy, Italy.Model, then actress, most of her box office hits were in the genre of "sex comedy," but she also appeared in films of different genres, in which she displayed considerable talent in acting. But she became addicted to heroin, and after a soft-core, "Lilli Carati's dream", she switched to hardcore: five porn movies from 1987 to 1990. Then she retired from public life, but she's now working to a new (mainstream) movie, the supernatural thriller "La fiaba di Dorian".
- Gabrielle Carmouche was born on 22 May 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress, known for Big Brother Jake (1990) and The Cosby Show (1984).American actress, she is best known for her role as Kateri Monroe on The Family Channel sitcom "Big Brother Jake". She also had recurring roles in the sitcoms "The Cosby Show" and "In the House". Later, she did porn under the alias Too Pretty for Porn: Imdb lists four movies from 2000 to 2002, but I'm sure there's more.
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Chyna had been called "The First Lady of Sports Entertainment". Her accomplishments went far beyond the wrestling ring and anyone's guess. Before exchanging body slams, modeling for top magazines and guest-starring on hundreds of shows,
Chyna was a shy girl who was born Joan Marie Laurer in Rochester, New York, to Janet Carol (Wahl) and Joseph "Joe" Von Laurer, Jr. She spent most of her childhood in a home filled with alcoholism and domestic problems. She found her escape through working out, and began doing aerobics and lifting weights at a gym near her home. This is where she found her true niche: the world of fitness.
As the only female in the gym, Chyna always stood out but developed bonds and friendships with the gym members, who gave her the encouragement to keep going. She broke all gender barriers everywhere she went, and continued her love of fitness throughout her college days. Chyna graduated from the University of Tampa with a 3.9 GPA, and a double major in Spanish Literature, in under two years. She also studied foreign languages, and could speak English, Spanish, German and French. Chyna was a true humanitarian, and served in the U.S. Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) and the Peace Corps, helping to teach illiterate third-world children to read. She was a strong supporter of the National Animal Rescue charity, which helps domesticated animals find good, loving homes.
Throughout her life, Chyna dreamed of being an entertainer. She began that career in the early 1990s, as a belly dancer, and soon moved on to fitness competitions, but the star found her real calling in the entertainment world: professional wrestling. She began training to be a professional under the guidance of the wrestling legend Walter 'Killer' Kowalski, in a professional wrestling school in which all other students were men. She soon took the world of women's wrestling by storm and began competing in the PGWA, where she was given the 1996 Rookie of the Year award for the Women's Championship.
After dominating the world of women's wrestling, Chyna was discovered by Paul Levesque (aka "Triple H") and Shawn Michaels (HBK), two WWF (World Wrestling Federation) superstars who helped Chyna break into the big-time. She made her worldwide television debut in February 1997 as a bodyguard for Triple H, but soon went on to break all gender stereotypes by competing with some of the toughest men in the WWF, under the name "Chyna". Years later, she was the only woman to qualify for the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring tournaments, and became the only female Intercontinental Champion and the only undefeated Women's Champion in WWF history.
Five years after she debuted as a professional wrestler in the WWF, Chyna parted ways with the company. She then toured Japan, taking the country by storm and battling in the ring with the likes of such champions as Keiji Mutô, The Great Kabuki, and most notably, Masahiro Chôno. Her 2002 Tokyo Dome match against Chono earned her the title of Nikkian Sport's 2002 Women's Wrestler of the Year.
Meanwhile, back in the US, Chyna appeared in several films, hosted a variety of shows, and showed that women can combine strength and beauty in two top-selling issues of "Playboy" magazine, which proved to the world that women can be beautiful without having the anorexic "Twiggy" look. She also appeared in the first-ever Playboy documentary, which conducted in-depth interviews with Chyna, her former manager Rich Minzer, her friend Joe Gold, and Hugh Hefner himself.
Her strong will to the best and "survival of the fittest" attitude made her one of the top wrestlers in history. She served as a role model to millions of men and women by proving anything is possible, through hard work and determination. In her best-selling autobiography "If They Only Knew", she discussed what it took to make it to the top, and showed the world what she had to overcome to make her one of the most well-known pop culture icons in the world. Shortly after her first appearance in "Playboy", she released her own fitness video, Chyna Fitness: More Than Meets the Eye (2000), which won awards from fitness and lifestyle magazines. The video is still popular with both Chyna's fans and fitness fans alike.
Unlike most former pro wrestlers, Chyna had success on her own two feet. She was on nearly every talk show, and was featured on hundreds of magazine covers, from "Playboy" and "Newsweek" to "TV Guide" and "People". She was featured on Reggie Benjamin's CD "2X-Centrix", performing drums and back up vocals. She was on the top of the "dance music" billboard charts for five weeks with the CD single "Ride", and also sang with her own rock band, "The Chynna Dolls", for a short time, playing venues like The Roxy, Elrey Theater, Hollywood Athletic Center, and two performances on Howard Stern (1994). She starred in the comedies Cougar Club (2007) and Illegal Aliens (2007), and also hosted a variety of shows, from Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors (2001) to FYE and AMC's "Tough Guys series. She had many guest-starring roles on TV series, such as Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), Pacific Blue (1996), The Nick Cannon Show (2002), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), Mad TV (1995), MTV's "Diary" and many others. She was also featured on season four of The Surreal Life (2003) and VH1's spin off, The Surreal Life: Fame Games (2007), as well as in films, including Alien Tracker (2003), Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000), Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002), Hunter: Back in Force (2003). In 2008, she appeared on VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008) TV series to conquer personal demons and depression caused from an abusive relationship and childhood trauma.
In 2009, she released a fashion book, "Paper Doll", which became a best-seller. In May 2011, she returned to the world of wrestling with TNA, debuting on the May 12 edition of TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), and followed it up with one last match at the TNA TNA: Sacrifice (2011) Pay-per-view, where she and Kurt Angle took on Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett. The episode was one of the highest-rated for the company in many years. Although her match with TNA was a one-time-only deal, Chyna showed the world she had turned her life around - she had overcome depression, emotional trauma and was finally where she wanted to be in life.
In June 2011, Chyna released her first adult video with Vivid Entertainment, Backdoor to Chyna (2011), which sold over a million copies. She said the movie allowed her to regain control of her life, gave her a newfound confidence and got her back on her feet. She embarked on a huge media tour, appearing all over the US. She began feature dancing at high-end nightclubs, appeared on dozens of radio shows, including Howard Stern on Demand (2005) and ABC radio, and in November 2011 won a Fleshbot Award for her "Backdoor to Chyna" video. In 2012, she appeared in A Night at the Silent Movie Theater (2012) and appeared in the music video "Gonna Make You Love Me" for the band Lovechild. She also appeared in a tell-all interview with KayFabe Commentaries, in which she discussed everything from her childhood to drugs, porn and everything in between.
Chyna died on April 20, 2016, in Redondo Beach, California. She was 46.Chyna (real name: Joan Marie Laurer) was a popular professional wrestler. She appeared in a lot of movies and TV shows. In 2004 she made a sextape with her boyfriend (and fellow wrestler) Sean Waltman, which was released commercially as "1 Night in China". In 2009 she appeared in a second pornographic video, "Another Night in China", and in 2011 she officially entered the industry: "Backdoor to Chyna" (2011) and "Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody" (2012) were released.- Italian Big Brother contestant, ended up appearing in two cheesy porn movies: "La bella e il porcone" and "Vip, sesso e potere".
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Chris Crocker was born on 7 December 1987. He is an actor and cinematographer.Yes, he's the "leave Britney alone" guy. It was a viral video in which he tearfully defended pop singer Britney Spears's comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. Then there was music: he released an EP and a bunch of singles. Then there was a movie documenting his life, "Me at the Zoo". Then there was gay porn: he debuted in October 2012 for Maverick Men.- Steven Daigle was born on 24 May 1973 in the USA. He is an actor.Big Brother 10 contestant (in America), he then ventured into gay porn. His first porn film was "Steven Daigle XXXposed", released in 2010, then he appeared in a lot of scenes, mostly gay, but heterosexual too, and had a minor role in the mainstream movie "Eating Out 4: Drama Camp".
- Amy Fisher was born on 21 August 1974 in Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress. She was previously married to Louis Bellera.She became known as "the Long Island Lolita" by the media in 1992, when, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco. After her parole in 1999, Fisher became a journalist and writer, before embarking on a career as a pornographic actress in 2007.
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Jaimee Foxworth was born on 17 December 1979 in Belleville, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Family Matters (1989), Amen (1986) and TV 101 (1988).She's an American actress who played the part of Judy Winslow, the youngest daughter, for four seasons on "Family Matters". With very little acting work coming in the subsequent years, she later battled substance abuse (alcohol and painkillers), depression and destitution, and transitioned to pornographic films using the name Crave, starring in several titles.- Actor
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Stephen Geoffreys made a strong and distinct impression with his winning blend of wild energy and manic intensity that he brought to a handful of hugely enjoyable comedies and horror films made throughout the 1980s. He was born Stephen Geoffrey Miller on November 22, 1964, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Geoffreys first began acting at a performing arts high school in Cincinnati and attended acting classes at New York University. Geoffreys gave an excellent and inspired performance as obnoxious horror movie geek "Evil" Ed Thompson in the terrific Fright Night (1985). Stephen displayed a real flair for comedy with his amusing turns as the antsy Williams in Heaven Help Us (1985) and the nerdy Wendell in Fraternity Vacation (1985). Other memorable roles include persecuted wimp Hoax in 976-EVIL (1988), hardened inmate Roach in the dreary haunted prison dud The Chair (1988), and slimy drug dealer Cookie in Moon 44 (1990). Geoffreys did guest appearances on the TV anthology shows Amazing Stories (1985) and The Twilight Zone (1985). Stephen has also had a very respectable stage career: he's acted in the Off-Broadway productions "The Human Comedy" (Geoffreys was nominated for a Broadway Tony Award for Best Actor for the subsequent Broadway production of this play), "Maggie/Magalita," and "Songs on the Shipwrecked Sofa." In a startling and unexpected career move, Geoffreys wound up acting in numerous gay hardcore porno pictures under the pseudonyms Sam Ritter and Stephan Bordeaux. Outside of acting, Geoffreys writes short stories and is an avid bodybuilder. After a regrettably lengthy absence from the big screen, Stephen Geoffreys made a welcome comeback with a co-starring role in the indie fright feature Sick Girl (2007).He first began acting on the stage, but he is best known for playing the creepy "Evil Ed" in the 1985 vampire horror classic "Fright Night"... and his refusal to appear in the sequel was a major career misstep. During the 1990s, Geoffreys appeared for several years in gay pornographic movies, using the aliases Sam Ritter. In the 2000s he returned to horror.- Kelly Van Dyke was born on 5 June 1958 in Danville, Illinois, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Jack Nance and Jeffrey Archer. She died on 17 November 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.Kelly Van Dyke was the daughter of actor Jerry Van Dyke. She did some acting as a child, appearing the the TV series "My Mother the Car" and "Accidental Family". In the early '90s she worked in adult films using the name Nancee Kelley.
- Luigi Ornaghi was born in 1931 in Treviglio, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978). He died on 10 December 2006 in Treviglio, Lombardy, Italy.Italian peasant, he was choosen by Ermanno Olmi for the role of Batistì in the famous film "L'albero degli zoccoli". The film was very successful but he returned to his peasant life. In 1995, when he was 63, he was offered a role in a porn spoof of the movie who made him famous, titled "L'albero delle zoccole".
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Italian adult-film star Moana Pozzi was born on April 27, 1961, in Genova, Italy. In 1981 she began her film career, appearing in small uncredited parts in films and on television. Five years later she appeared in the Federico Fellini film Ginger & Fred (1986). It was on the set of this film that she met Ilona Staller, known better by her porn name of "Cicciolina". It was soon afterwards that Pozzi began appearing in hardcore sex films, under her real name. It wasn't long before she became a national sensation in Italy, eventually exceeding even Cicciolina's popularity.
In her 1991 autobiography, "La Filosofia di Moana", she hints at affairs and sexual liaisons with a variety of prominent and important men in Italian society (including, rumor had it, former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. That same year she and Staller started the Partito dellAmore (Party of Love), a short-lived political organization whose platform called for the legalization of brothels, improved sexual health and "love parks", but the party did poorly in the 1992 elections, and did no better in the next round of elections in 1993.
Unfortunately, she contracted liver cancer and died of the disease in Lyon, France, in 1994, at age 33. It wasn't long, though, before dark rumors began circulating about her death; one was that she actually died of AIDS instead of liver cancer, another being that she had faked her death because she wanted to leave both porn and politics, and yet another claiming that prominent members of the new government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had been among those who had had affairs with Pozzi, and in order to avoid embarrassment they had her quietly "silenced". The fact that no one except her family had actually seen her body added fuel to the rumors.
In 1999 the film Guardami (1999) was released, which was largely based on Pozzi's life. In September of 2005, Italian federal prosecutors announced that they would re-open the investigation of her death, due to the discovery of many errors and inconsistencies in the original official report. The next month a report on Italian television aired that gave the official register of deaths of the cemetery in Lyon where she was buried, revealing that she had indeed died of liver cancer and that her body had been cremated.It's difficult to put cult porn actress Moana Pozzi in just one category, cause she did everything. She began with modeling and minor roles in comedies. She took part in very low-budget porn flicks using pseudonyms. She was the host of the TV show (for children) "Tip Tap Club", and she was fired when her involvement in porn was discovered. She began one of the most famous porn starts of all times. She published books, she even co-founded a political party. She died at the age of 33 and her myth still survives.- Holly Sampson was born on 4 September 1973 in Prescott, Arizona, USA. She is an actress, known for Emmanuelle 2000 (2001), Pump Up the Volume (1990) and Platinum Blonde (2001).As a teenager, she had minor mainstream acting roles. She began her career in the porn industry in 1998, firstly under the single-name aliases Nicolette and Zoe, then Holly Sampson. She has continued to have infrequent mainstream roles.
- Karin Schubert was born on 26 November 1944 in Hamburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Panther Squad (1984).Karin Schubert is a German actress, who mainly worked (and now still lives) in Italy. In her early years she was directed by Gérard Oury, Edward Dmytryk and Yves Boisset, then she appeared in a lot of Italian B-movies (sex comedies, adventure movies, spaghetti western and erotic films such as Joe D'Amato's "Emanuelle – Perchè violenza alle donne?"). In 1985, aged 40, unemployed and with a drug-addict son, she began doing hardcore films out of desperation. Her last movie was in 1994 and by then she tried suicide two times.
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Evan Seinfeld was born on 29 December 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Oz (1997) and Judgment Night (1993).Founding member of the hardcore band Biohazard, he portrayed Jaz Hoyt in the HBO prison drama "Oz" for the majority of the series' six-year run (1998-2003). He then married adult film star Tera Patrick, and began performing with her in several films under the stage name "Spyder Jonez". The first should be Chi Chi LaRue's "Tera Tera Tera" (2004). He's still busy with the adult industry.- Actor
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Jeremy Snider was born on 5 September 1990 in California, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for The Bay (2010), Emergence 2028 and The 21st Survivor (2013).Son of actress Katherine Kelly Lang, he appeared from 1991 to 2010 in episodes of "Beautiful", the soap opera in which his mother played one of the major roles. Later, in 2011, he filmed gay porn under the alias of Nick: a masturbation scene and a duo for the website seancody.com.- Director
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Paul Thomas was born on 17 April 1949 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). He has been married to Judy Epstein since 14 December 1985.He acted in Broadway theatre, playing a starring role in "Hair". He also played Peter in the 1973 film version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" he appeared in several in television shows. He started working in pornography in 1974 started directing porn films in 1985: has acted in over 500 films and directed nearly 300 films, winning seven Adult Video News Awards and two X-Rated Critics Organization Awards for best director.- Sara Tommasi was born on 9 June 1981 in Narni, Umbria, Italy. She is an actress, known for Tutto l'amore del mondo (2010), Distretto di polizia (2000) and Ultimi della classe (2008). She has been married to Antonio Orso since 21 March 2021.Now that's a sad story. Sara Tommasi is (was?) an Italian showgirl, model and actress too, very well known for her television appearances, her nude calendar shoots and her romances with famous footballers. She was involved in the huge scandal following the discovering of what happened at former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's private parties and she (apparently) began dealing with heavy drug addiction and mental disorder. This (maybe) led her to porn: her first hardcore film, "Sara Tommasi: Il Mio Primo Film Hard", was released in 2012. Her second one, "Confessioni private" never saw the light because she sued the producers when she tried to come back to "normality". Then... porn, again.
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Phil Varone was born on 15 October 1967 in Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Him (2022), Beyond the Law (1993) and The Golden Door (2023).Drummer, music producer and songwriter, he is a founding member of the band Saigon Kick and played for Prunella Scales, Skid Row, and Vince Neil. In 2011 Vivid Entertainment released his sextape and now he's very busy with porn, both as a director and as a performer.- Fernando Vitale gained some notoriety with his participation to the Italian *beep* TV-show "Uomini e donne", in which he was a "tronista". He then played a small part in the short movie "Scacco matto" (2008). Unable to obtain roles in mainstream cinema, he announced his first porn movie in 2009, cheaply entitled "Da tronista a trombista". After 51 movies he left the industry to marry the decayed actress Nadia Cassini.
- Teri Weigel was born on 24 February 1962 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Predator 2 (1990), Savage Beach (1989) and The Banker (1989). She was previously married to Sam Hoffart and Murrill Maglio.She appeared on Playboy and Penthouse and in a number of Playboy videos. She subsequently had several minor roles in mainstream film, including "Predator 2" and "Marked for Death", and made several appearances as Jade on "Married... with Children". Later she went broke and turned to adult films as a means to earn money: her first film was "Inferno" in 1991.