Ebony Ayes

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Ebony Ayes
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Birthdate: January 28, 1962 (1962-01-28) (age 46)[1]
Measurements: (as of 2000): 36JJ-26-38 (91-66-97)[1]
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Natural breasts: Yes[2]
Ethnicity: African American
Alias(es): Ebony Ayers, Ebony Eyes, Cocoa, Taffy[2]
No. of films: 178[2]
Ebony Ayes at IMDb
Ebony Ayes at IAFD
Ebony Ayes at AFDB

Ebony Ayes (born January 28, 1962) is a retired adult model and pornographic actress. With Jeannie Pepper and Heather Hunter, Ayes was among the first African-American women to "cross over" into mainstream porn video.[3]

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[edit] Film career

Ayes began her film career in 1985. During the period in which she was most active, 1987 through 1989, Ayes made more than 110 original films — 56 in 1988 alone — but by the early 1990s she was appearing in fewer than 5 films a year. Ayes's last sexual performance in an original film was in 1994.[1]

Most of Ayes's films fell into one of two categories:

[edit] Modeling career

Beside her film appearances, Ayes was a model in men's magazines. She was especially popular in magazines such as D-Cup, Score, and Juggs that feature large-breasted women. Ayes was also featured in magazines that cater to Black men, such as Players and Black Tail.

During the mid-1990s, Ayes wrote a column, "Sex Talk with Ebony Ayes, for Black Tail.[4]

[edit] Career as a dominatrix and a dancer

After her retirement from adult films, Ayes worked as a dominatrix in Atlanta, Georgia.[5] She also performed occasionally as a dancer at strip clubs on the East Coast of the United States.[6]

[edit] Retirement

Ayes retired from the adult entertainment industry during the early 2000s.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Ebony Ayes, Internet Adult Film Database.
  2. ^ a b c Patrick Riley (1999). The X-Rated Videotape Star Index III: A Guide to Your Favorite Adult Film Stars. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, pages 234-235. ISBN 1-57392-689-2. 
  3. ^ Mireille Miller-Young, "Hardcore Desire: Black Women Laboring in Porn — Is It Just Another Job?", Colorlines Magazine: Race, Action, Culture, Winter 2005.
  4. ^ See, for example, Black Tail, September 1994, at pp. 65–67.
  5. ^ Goddess Ebony Ayes, archived as of June 12, 2002 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ See, for example, Black Tail, April 1994.
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