Laura Gemser

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Laura Gemser

Laura Gemser in Emanuelle nera (1975).
Born (1950-10-05) October 5, 1950
Surabaya, Indonesia
Occupation Actress

Laurette Marcia "Laura" Gemser (born October 5, 1950, Surabaya, Indonesia) is a Dutch actress of Indo descent, now Italian citizen. She is known for her work with director Joe D'Amato and Bruno Mattei, in particular, for doing a set of exploitation-style and Black Emanuelle films. Gemser has also been credited as Moira Chen, most notably in Love Is Forever (1983).

Life and career

Gemser left Indonesia in 1955, at the age of four, and moved with her parents to the Netherlands.[1] She grew up in the Dutch city of Utrecht, where she attended the MULO Regentesseschool high school.[1] After that, she attended the Artibus Art School in Utrecht, where she specialized in fashion design.[1] After modelling in various magazines in the Netherlands and Belgium, in 1974 she moved to Italy to star in the erotic film Amore libero - Free Love.[2] The film was a box office success and launched the career of Gemser, who later became internationally recognised after starring in a number of Black Emanuelle films in the 1970s.[1][2]

Her most mainstream and well-received role was as Laotian refugee Keo Sirisomphone in Michael Landon's 1983 American television movie, Love is Forever, in which she was credited as Moira Chen. Gemser continued to do films: at times, she worked with her actor husband, Gabriele Tinti. In the 1990s, she left the movies to do costume designing for film. In addition, she lost her husband, who died of cancer in 1991. Today she lives in retirement and low profile in Rome.

Filmography

Costume designer credits

  • Top Model (1988 film)
  • Amore sporco (1988)
  • La Stanza della parole (1990)
  • Troll 3 (Contamination .7) (1990)
  • La Casa (1990)
  • Metamorphosis (1990)
  • Troll 2 (1990)
  • Hot steps – passi caldi (1990)
  • Ritorno dalla morte (1991)
  • La Donna di una sera (1991)
  • Door to Silence (1991)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Article on Laura Gemser in Leeuwarder Courant, February 5, 1977
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gordiano Lupi, Laura Gemser e le altre. Edizioni Profondo Rosso, 2011. pp. 18-19.

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