C. J. Laing

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C.J. Laing
C.J. Laing at the AVN Awards in 2005
Hair color: Blonde
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Alias(es): Jessie Savage, C.J. Lang, Chris Jackson, Gwenn Starr, Gwen Fisher, Jessy Lang
No. of films: 56 (per IAFD)[1]
C.J. Laing at IMDb
C.J. Laing at IAFD
C.J. Laing at AFDB

C.J. Laing is a former American pornographic actress, appearing in adult films during the 1970s. She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.[2][3]

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[edit] Adult film career

C.J. Laing is originally from New York, and was living and working in San Francisco.[4] She was a follower for the Grateful Dead and in order raise money to follow the band, she auditioned before Mitchell Brothers and appeared in a short film "loop."[4][5] After travelling to Texas to meet the band, she returned to New York, where the Mitchell Brothers introduced her to film makers who cast her in her first feature film in 1974 under the name Gwenn Starr.[5][6]

Laing appeared in over 50 films and "loops" during the 1970s and is best known for her roles in Anyone But My Husband and Barbara Broadcast. In Anyone But My Husband, Laing stars as a neglected wife who has affairs with a series of lovers. Over the course of the film, Laing experiences bondage, whipping, fisting, and deep throat oral sex.[7]

Laing is quoted in Time Magazine as saying: "I purposely would not act, I despised the people in these films that said they were actors. I was like, 'You've got to be kidding me! This is about fucking and sucking!'"[8]

During the late-1970s, Laing performed live shows at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre and other theaters owned by the Mitchell Brothers.[5] Her last film was New York City Woman in 1979.[1]

Laing was inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame as a "Film Pioneer."[3] In 2005, she was also inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame as "one of the most exciting stars of the so-called Golden Age of porn" and as "an energetic performer who turned in some of the strongest performances of her time."[9]

[edit] Partial filmography

  • Anyone But My Husband (1975)
  • Sweet Punkin' (1976)
  • Water Power (1976)
  • Barbara Broadcast (1977)
  • Maraschino Cherry (1978)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b C.J. Laing at the Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  2. ^ AVN Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  3. ^ a b XRCO Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  4. ^ a b McNeil, Legs; Jennifer Osborne and Peter Pavia (2005). The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry. HarperCollins, pp. 82-83. ISBN 0060096594. 
  5. ^ a b c The C. J. Laing Thread. The DVD Maniacs. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. (Over 18 only)
  6. ^ McNeil, Legs; Jennifer Osborne and Peter Pavia (2005). The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry. HarperCollins, p. 145. ISBN 0060096594. 
  7. ^ C.J. Laing article at Luke Ford's website, Lukeisback.com. Accessed 2007-10-12.
  8. ^ Corliss, Richard. "That Old Feeling: When Porno Was Chic", Time, March 29, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  9. ^ Andersson, Acme. "The 2005 AVN Hall of Fame Inductees", Adult Video News. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. Archived from the original on 2005-03-18. 

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