Marina Hedman
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Marina Hedman, also known as Marina Lotar (born 1944, Göteborg) is a Swedish former porn star and model. Hedman used to live in Sweden where she worked as a model and stewardess. In late 1960s, she married RAI reporter Paolo Frajese and settled in Italy. The couple had a son named Paolo Attilio and a daughter named Liselotte.
Hedman saw her marriage with Frajese as an obstacle to her future aspirations and they divorced in 1975. The following year she made her filming debut with Febbre a 40 (Fever of 40) by Marius Mattei. In 1977, she was discovered by Joe d'Amato and played a minor role in Emanuelle in America (appearing in her first hardcore scene). In 1978, she won the Lady Europa contest and started to grow her publicity through her appearance in RAI show Carosello and posing for Playboy magazine. In 1979, she played a major role in Immagini di un convento ("Dreams in a Convent"), again by d'Amato, an indelicate adaptation of La Religieuse.
With La zia svedese (The Swedish Aunt) (1980) by Mario Siciliano, she had the opportunity to fully display her sexual potential. In 1983, with the attraction of the flourishing industry, she decided to appear only in pornographic films. Standing 176 cm tall and with her blue eyes, she became a favourite of porn viewers. 1984 and 1985 were the most prolific years for her, playing in films named after her, such as Marina e la sua bestia(Marina and her beasts). She took part in pornographic films depicting actual or simulated bestiality such as L'Amore e la bestia(The love of the animals) by Roberto Bianchi Montero (1986). She was also renowned for her eager participation in double penetration and facial scenes, at a time when these sexual acts were far from being mainstream pornographic conventions.
She appeared in her last film in 1991 and eventually retired from public life.
