Marilyn Jess

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Marilyn Jess
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Birthdate: October 26, 1959
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Marilyn Jess (born Dominique Troyes [1] on October 26, 1959), is the stage name of a French porn actress who was active from 1977 through 1991.

[edit] Biography[2]

Jess was discovered by a photographer when she was bringing some risqué pictures taken during her holidays in Greece for development. From there she went to sexy pictures, lingerie modeling and finally porn films.

Her first movie in 1977 was Collégiennes à tout faire by Jean Desvilles under the alias of Marilyn Wild. However, as this name being was already being used by an American performer, she chose the last name of Jess, the name of the shop where she was purchasing her clothes.

She had her major breakthrough with director Frédéric Lansac in the 1980 film la Femme objet, a film where she is the ideal woman, a robot, created by a scientist. This success came at the right time to succeed Brigitte Lahaie, who had just ended her porn career with Les petites écolières (a film also featuring Jess).

She dropped out of porn after a final lesbian scene with Traci Lords in the film Traci, I Love You in 1987.

She then worked in various Parisian peep shows till the beginning of the '90s; and as a guest star in a few softcore erotic films.

Jess only played in one real anal scene, in Gamines en chaleur by Jean Rollin. She had a body double in all other anal scenes such as Initiation d'une jeune marquise or during the double penetration of Sens interdits.

In parallel to this porn activity she became the muse of the French satirical magazine Hara-Kiri, for which she modeled. From this period she got her nickname of platinette (later patinette) due to the colour of her hair.

According to director John B. Root, she is married to porn director Michel Barny and has two children, and now sells paintings in an art gallery.

[edit] Partial filmography

  • Traci, I Love You [ 1987 - her last porno movie, as Monique, with Traci Lords ]
  • Sens interdits [ 1985 - she had a body double in the double penetration scene ]
  • Emmanuelle IV [ 1984 - featuring Mia Nygren as Emmanuelle IV ]
  • Vacances à Ibiza [ 1982 ]
  • Dans la chaleur de St-Tropez [ 1982 ]
  • Chaudes adolescentes [ 1981 ]
  • Les Petites écolières [ 1980 - she is uncredited prostitute in net-stockings, featuring Brigitte Lahaie ]
  • La Femme-objet [ 1980 ]
  • Collégiennes à tout faire [ 1977 - her first porno movie, as Marilyn Wild, by Jean Desvilles, featuring Céline ]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jean-François Davy (Director). (1979-07-11). Exhibition 79.
  2. ^ Regarding the career of this actress, see her biography in the French magazine Hot-Vidéo (Issue 182 January 2006).