Annette Haven

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Annette Haven
Born (1954-12-01) December 1, 1954 (age 70)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Other namesNanette Heaven, Annette Funette, Cheryl Nelson, Annette Robinson
Years active1973–2003
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Annette Haven (born December 1, 1954) is an American former pornographic actress popular during the 1970s and 1980s. [1]

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Biography

Haven was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in a Mormon family. [2] Following the dissolution of her marriage, Haven moved to San Francisco, where she worked early on as a nurse's aide, exotic dancer, massage parlor girl and eventually as a stripper. While working in one of the strip clubs, she met porn star Bonnie Holiday and moved in with her and Holiday's boyfriend. [3]

She was introduced to the sex industry through a role in a film called Lady Freaks in 1973 starring Holiday. Annette Haven went on to work in nearly 100 porn movies, including Desires Within Young Girls (1977), Barbara Broadcast (1977), A Coming of Angels (1977), Obsessed (1977), Sex World (1977), Dracula Sucks (aka Lust At First Bite) (1978), Maraschino Cherry (1978), Charli (1981) and The Grafenberg Spot (1985).

Haven had a mainstream cameo role in Blake Edwards's 10 . Subsequently, she was considered to play the lead female role in Body Double , but the role went to Melanie Griffith because Brian De Palma believed she gave a better dramatic screen test than Haven. [4] Afterwards she became one of the director's consultants for Body Double and was a coach for Griffith. [4] Before filming Body Double De Palma commented, "I'm already thinking of casting. I don't know if there's any good young porno stars out here, but the older ones—Annette Haven, Seka—some of them can really act. And Annette Haven has a terrific body." [5]

Haven is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Stephen Prince; Charles Harpole (2002). A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989 . University of California Press. p.  122. ISBN   0-520-23266-6.
  2. ↑ "Annette Haven". AnnetteHaven.net. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ Official webpage; accessed July 29, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Baltake, Joe (1984-10-29). "'Scarface' De Palma defends 'Body Double'". Boca Raton News. Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Brian De Palma; Laurence F. Knapp (2003). Brian De Palma: interviews. University Press of Mississippi. p. 91. ISBN   1-57806-516-X.
  6. 1 2 "XRCO Hall of Fame" . Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ Profile, avnawards.com; accessed July 29, 2015.
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