Maria Tortuga
Also Known As: Mana La Fantuna, Brenda Hale, Maria Tartuga, Marie Tortuga, Robin Comings, Maria Sharp, Maria Torres, Tara, Maria Maines
Biography: Maria Tortuga was born on September 14, 1949 in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was a member of the first Mexican folk dance company in the United States. Maria grew up in a family with three other siblings. Following graduation from high school Tortuga moved to California to pursue her interest in conceptual art. Maria studied with feminist artist Judy Chicago at the nonprofit arts and education center the Woman's Building in Los Angeles. In addition, Tortuga also studied both Spanish and flamenco dancing with renowned performer Roberto Amaral in the late 1970's as well as served as the flamenco soloist in the Layalina Folkloric Ensemble. After graduating with an MFA, Maria went on to work for many years as the principal designer at local carpet mills. Tortuga decided to supplement her income and express herself sexually by doing hardcore loops and modeling for assorted men's magazines (she often posed for photos with a bondage motif). Maria began appearing in explicit hardcore movies in the late 1970's; among the notable adult cinema directors she worked for are Gerard Damiano, William Margold, Don Christian, David Worth, Ed De Priest, Alan Colberg, and Vinnie Rossi. After retiring from the adult film industry in 1987, Maria decided to follow her key passion for dancing full time by moving to Chicago, Illinois and changing her name to Maria Gitana. Tortuga studied with the Spanish Dance Society and traveled over to Europe to dance for a while at Amor de Dios with Maria Magdalena, who was the Ballet Mistress of the Ballet Nacional de Espana. Maria was awarded a grant to study classical Spanish dance with Spanish Dance Society founding member Dame Marina Keet in 1992. After achieving the status of Maestra de Baile with the Spanish Dance Society, Tortuga returned to Chicago and started the flamenco dance troupe Manteca Colora. Maria moved back to her home state of Washington to be closer to her aging parents in 1998 and started the performing dance troupe Flamenco Gitana in 2004. Moreover, Tortuga taught dance and pilates at several local schools and community centers. Starting in 2010 Maria was the recipient of several Youth Arts Awards from the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Affairs. Tortuga used the associated grant to establish cultural arts programs in flamenco dance at local youth centers. Maria also did the choreography for a number of local theater productions. Tortuga died from cancer at age 65 on November 3, 2014.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
Birthday: September 14, 1949
Deathday: November 03, 2014
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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I Wanna Be Teased!
Overview: Maria Tortuga and Melanie Scott are a pair of unlikely sisters who get into all manner of sexy hijinks. Trouble looms when Maria refuses to look for a job and gets so behind on rent that the pair are evicted from their apartment.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Taxi Girls 2
Overview: These girls know the intimate details of the taxi business, that's how they're seducing fares away from the local cabbies of LA. In retribution the cabbies capture one of the girls. So what are hot sultry taxi girls to do? Why call on their nymphet French connection of course. Watch as these ladies cum all over town fucking and sucking everyone to find their missing girl.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-04
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Susie's Bed
Overview: Susie writhes around naked on her bed talking dirty. She also introduces us to some of her horny friends. Meet Janice and Mike, Ann and Marty, Donna and Dean, Maria and Dan, Toby and Roy, and Jeanie and Marty, couples with only one thing on their mind – coitus interruptus.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Nude Aerobics
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Love Goddesses
Overview: Classic porn of the early 80s.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-12
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Remember Connie
Overview: coming soon
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-15
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John Holmes: The Lost Tapes
Overview: The legend returns. The long awaited missing films of John Holmes from the golden age of adult entertainment. The one and only John Holmes returns in this long awaited collection of classic erotic. Adam and eve is proud to present the King, "John Holmes" in an explosive look at some of the greatest adult entertainment ever filmed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-13
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Loving Lesbos
Overview: The very best in Sapphic lust is featured as horny harem muff-drive maidens pearl-dive with each other. Loving touches, compassionate caresses, and tender kisses are matched by the lewdest tongue lashers on video. Unmatched in Europhic ecstasy. "Loving Lesbos" offers the girl on girl fancier a real treat in pure passion!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Vanessa Obsession
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova 2
Overview: Set in the renaissance era, this prequel finds the great lover battling villains and saving maidens in a variety of hilarious experiences.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Seka Triple Feature 2
Overview: Classic porn icon Seka is a platinum blonde sex goddess who can perform any sex act with gusto and is able to raise temperatures with just a glance from her liquid eyes. Includes: Love Goddesses, Platos the Movie and Between the Sheets.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-28
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Tawny Pearl Collection
Overview: Young Tawny was a delicious teen starlet with a killer smile and a set of nice perky little breasts. Her long blonde hair perfectly set off Tawny's petite and lean figure, making her one of the hottest looks in early 80's porn. Tawny was always a red-hot performer, willing to engage in any sort of wild sexual activity. She was an enthusiastic participant in lots of the standard early 80's end-the-film-with-a-wild-orgy sequences, always standing out as the most energetic woman out there. This dynamite collection contains many of Tawny's early, sought after Limited Edition and Rolls Royce loop releases titled Disco Girls, Roller Derby, Teacher's Pet, Anal Express, Two Mouth's Full and Young Girls in Love (anal)! Plus hot scenes from feature films Sexual Heights, Extremes and more!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-31
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What Would Your Mother Say?
Overview: Inside auditions with over 40 erotic film stars who didn’t know why they were being filmed!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Frat House
Overview: The guys in the 'I Phelta Thi' fraternity want to live out all their fantasies before they graduate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-22
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Never So Deep
Overview: Magazine mogul, Hugh Heffer, sends private eye Ginger Trueheart on a sex-sizzling search through San Francisco's infamous "Tenderloin" district. It seems that Mr. Heffer is looking for a missing enchantress who is "the best in the world".
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-17
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Pleasure Dome
Overview: A young woman gets hold of a magic mask, and it brings her back to her previous life in the Middle Ages as a sorceress, in which she seduces knights, maidens and various combinations of both.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-26
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Intimate Lessons
Overview: A group of students go on an excursion in the country to a castle for a lab course in sex education. Once there, they are subject to the whims of the owners of the castle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Jezebel
Overview: Throughout history one name, by its very mention, has been able to not only strike fear but also electrify man's sexual desire. Songs have been written about her, books recount her cunning. Her name, of course is Jezebel. Able to lure men and women into her evil web of passion, Jezebel intoxicates with her beauty, destroys with her guile. And so it is with our modern day enchantress. Things were not always this way...the transformation came about through a mysterious figure that suddenly appears before her in a spectacular flash of light & color. He promises to fulfill her every sexual fantasy & experience every erotic pleasure known to man. However, she must pay the price for causing such anguish!
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-23
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Ballgame
Overview: Here's the pitch - 12 of the most beautiful, talented women ever to play ball, 24 of the most incredible breasts to ever hide in a wet T-shirt. 10 of the most handsome, virile men ever seen in an adult movie. The top-in-line in anyone's double-header, it's a home run guaranteed to make everyone score! Beautiful Lolita, queen of all the hookers, incarcerated in the city jail, finds more thrills than bargained for when she aggressively solicits her warden for improved jail conditions. She finds the sex starved public servant has one goal - to be governor - and has spent the jail refurbishing funds for his campaign. Lolita and the warden decide to have a "whing ding" of a baseball game to refill the jail fund and to quell his desires. The burly studs of Cellblock B, a melee that contests brawn against brains, and bawdy bodies, see the Beavers against the Dicks, it's a game you'll never forget and a ballgame played like you've never seen before!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-01
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For Services Rendered
Overview: The evil Nocturna Vigil and her hot hit girl Tasi Delite steal some sexually incriminating microfilm from the Soviet Embassy. Called to the London office, James Bomb must retrieve the microfilm in "Operation Thunderpussy".
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-18
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A Lacy Affair
Overview: An electrifying mix of beautiful women, superb photography, and non-stop sex combine to make this one outstanding lesbian extravaganza! With foxy K.C. Valentine and Maria Tortuga as her orally adept guide, we are introduced to an exciting, enticing world of girl/girl gropefests that would make Sappho herself anxious to join in on the fun. Thirteen of the sexiest ladies in the biz -- including Becky Savage, Angel Cash and Cherry Adams -- devour each other's ripe, sensual bodies in every conceivable way. Filled with naturally alluring, naughtily nubile beauties, this all-girl erotic extravaganza is sure to please any fan of red-hot lesbian liaisons. 'A Lacy Affair' is definitely one to remember
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-27
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Plato's: The Movie
Overview: Two intrepid female reporters enter Hollywood's most exclusive club, Plato's Retreat West. Between two orgies, they try to elucidate mysterious crimes. Because an assassin would defeat his female partners with the knife after honoring them in the room fantasies.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-29
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Love to Mother
Overview: Her son is having problems with his mother's choice of lovers. The mother decides to seduce him as well and adds a few girls to spice things up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Foreplay
Overview: Chloe works as a receptionist at a boarding house. She's unaware that the guests are there to act out their sexual fantasies until she begins to spy on them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Skintight
Overview: The doctor in charge of a sex clinic finds himself fantasizing about the sex therapist he has just hired.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-01
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Carnal Encounters of the Barest Kind
Overview: UFO expert, Dr. Yes, has some startling news to reveal to a college calss -"we do not sleep alone!" Yes he has come to campus to lecture on the sexual influence of aliens from other worlds.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Pink Champagne
Overview: A 1920s-era producer and his inamorata visit a brothel that specializes in movie-star lookalikes.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-13
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The Sensuous Detective
Overview: Some people think the life of a private detective is filled with cheap thrills and gorgeous babes. And they're right. Take detective Mac Donald for instance. When he's not dodging bullets, he's ducking between the sheets with a beautiful client or two. What a life!
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Scared Stiff
Overview: Little did Roy and Karen realize when they moved into their Hollywood "Dream Mansion" that it was haunted by Fred and Ginger, two of the horniest ghosts ever to come from the other side.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Bad Girl
Overview: Angel decides to skip school to fantasize about a coupling with her dream lover. When her boyfriend drops by, she's so worked up that she tries to seduce him, but he's too shy to act. More frustrated than ever, Angel goes out in search of a way to satisfy her budding sexuality.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Weekend Fantasy
Overview: A group of hedonists capture a television star while she is out jogging, and have their way with her in (among other places) a chicken coop.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Trouble Down Below
Overview: Helen Heine has some serious trouble "down below", she tells her doctor that she can only climax through anal sex but her husband doesn't like that.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Inspirations
Overview: Feast your eyes on a carnal cornucopia of lust-filled erotic Inspirations, featuring a sizzling superstar cast. Ron Jeremy plays a down-and-out doctor who recalls his horny hobby, secretly filming his sex-crazed patients in action.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-14
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The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue
Overview: The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue is set in a futuristic society which adores its sexual Satisfiers more than anything else. A space-age resort environment exists where Satisfiers and their guests raise sex to a fine art, creating a society whose entire purpose is sexual fulfillment.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-17
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Undercovers
Overview: Two former Siamese twins - Q and Grossfinger - are the respective leaders of good and evil. The evil Grossfinger sends agent Ken Starbuck to seduce call girl Luciana and recruit her into their sinister organization. She agrees to let doctors implant an atomic device in her vagina, a device which will suck the brains of the johns into a tiny computer while they climax. Meanwhile, Q finds out about the sinister plot and sends Commander James to resolve the situation with the help of a special decoder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Ginger Lynn & Company
Overview: Beautiful, blonde, shapely Ginger Lynn, one of the all-time hottest superstars of x-rated video entertainment, reveals in intimate detail the built-for-sex body and the sexual know how that has continued to keep her high on everybody's list of wet dream fodder. Here, her first encounter is with a big-boobed brunette in a swimming pool. Ginger's hands and mouth go into action to turn the other girl on, after which she sits at the side of the pool with her luscious legs spread and let herself be fingered and kissed and licked. Super stud Marc Wallace wanders onto the patio; you can bet that he gets it from both girls at the same time. Is Marc equal to the occasion? Are you kidding? As always, his awesome equipment plunges into hot juicy action in a performance that delivers everything you, he and the two horny girls want.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-09
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Voyeur's Delight
Overview: A telescope becomes a peephole into a world of sensual delights as a brunette beauty spies on her naughty neighbors. The voyeuristic premise serves as a clever way to link collected scenes featuring some of the most alluring starlets in porn history. From a youthful Ginger Lynn frolicking with Tom Byron and a spiky-haired brunette hottie to a wild group session involving the ravishing Rhonda Jo Petty, there's no shortage of sexy star power on hand! And when a vacuum salesman eventually stops by the voyeur's place, he's treated to the torrid time of his life. The scenes are culled from some of the 1970's and 1980's hottest flicks and are filled with plenty of amazing all-natural eye- candy.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-31
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Golden Age of Porn: Annette Haven
Overview: See what porn was like in the golden age of porn. Annette Haven is an all natural beauty who knows how to pleasure a man. She could outsuck any of the new girls, hands down. Watch a classic pro in action!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Heat of the Moment
Overview: John Holmes stars in this cavalcade of couplings with well-paced presentation of straight ahead sex. Before trimming muffs become popular, watch as the girls drive with the rag top (& their tops) down. John Holmes has a special moment where he screws the young lady with his Big TOE-yes, his toe! Featuring Pat Manning & Maria Tortuga in this presentation of adult film talent.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Cherry Ettes For Hire
Overview: Young ladies from the country head to the city for adventure
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Night Flight
Overview: A mysterious man arranges special flights. This one contains an oriental woman who smuggles diamonds, an embezzler, a female movie star, a male rock-star, a nurse and more.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Young and Restless
Overview: Women want to go to a brothel resort where men cater to their every sexual desire
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Sounds of Sex
Overview: A divorcée eavesdrops on couples having sex and gets involved in their lives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout White Chicks
Overview: A pimp and his jive-talking black brothers reminiscence about their erotic encounters with kinky white women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Hot Love
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Burning Desire
Overview: Burning Desire(s) will scorch your eyeballs! Jill Hunter and Tony Ellis, our prim and proper young guides present the revealing world of eroticism with a devilish twist; their contract with a gentleman to act out their imaginative fantasies on film. These diligent newcomers layout quite a spread. With the help of such SuperStars as the insatiable Becky Savage, fair-haired Cherry Adams, the sultry Maria Tortuga and a ray of Sunshine; they deliver a goldmine of sexual encounters that runs from the sensual to the outrageous! Watersports, shaved slits, a policeman making an arrest, and more, are all captured in this explicit non-stop movie. Burning Desire(s) with its talented cast of foxy ladies and well-hung men is a red hot film that will exceed your wildest fantasies! Don't miss it, it's devilishly good!!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Why Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Overview: Gentlemen prefer blondes; blondes have more fun; and with the foxy Cindy Shepard and Desiree Lane as out guides, you'll see why these gorgeous women with sunshine hair are so irresistible. With their All-Star circle of friends we'll share those outrageous scenes of total sexual abandon that make a relationship with a shimmering blonde lady a very special affair. Join the classy and sultry K.C. Valentine, Cherry Adams the pouting fair- haired tigress and sexy Susan West in their passionate interludes with and endless succession of eager studs. Only Hollywood Video could put together such an exciting collection of beautiful blondes in so many explicit scenes of all-out sex. For love, money or just pure enjoyment, these stunning ladies will show you why...Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-22
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Bisexual Fantasies
Overview: Shane Michaels plays the editor of a magazine that gets a lot of bisexual fan mail. As he reads the letters, we see the action – five of the hottest bisexual encounters ever! From a dominatrix P.E. teacher who puts her students through an unusual workout, to new discovery Jason Lowe as a male exotic dancer who gives a private show for Amber Lynn, it is a breathtaking excursion into the world of switch-hitting sex.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Colleen Brennan Collection
Overview: Known as one of the classiest ladies in adult entertainment, Colleen Brennan (a.k.a Sharon Kelly) started her career in the soft-core sexploitation films of the early '70s. Turning her attention to hard-core adult fare in 1975, Colleen Brennan went on to thrill audiences in over 75 features, making films until her retirement in 1987. With her flaming red hair, milky white skin and tons of freckles, this sophisticated lady of porn could leave a viewer breathless with her carnal abilities and naturally smooth presentation of any dialogue thrown her way. Presented here is an exemplary collection of her greatest scenes from the following films: Mother's Pride, Deep Ghost, Trinity Brown, The Animal In Me, Secret Mistress and Suzy's Birthday Ball! A must have for the fan of hot, sizzling older redheads!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-17
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