Julie K. Smith

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Julie K. Smith
Born (1967-08-18) August 18, 1967 (age 56) [1]
NationalityAmerican [2]
Other namesJulie Smith [3]
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [1]

Julie K. Smith (born August 18, 1967) is an American actress [2] and was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for February 1993. [4]

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Career

As a child, Smith studied acting with Stella Adler. [2] Smith appeared in a number of mainstream Hollywood films and B-movies before settling into the world of softcore pornography. She had an early starring role in the 1987 sex comedy Pretty Smart , alongside Patricia Arquette, [5] as a rich sexpot at a private school in Greece, but her other roles in mainstream films of the late 1980s and early 1990s (such as The Last Boy Scout [6] and Disorderlies [7] ) were minor non-speaking parts. She had an uncredited role in the 1976 Alan Parker film Bugsy Malone . [8]

With her entry into softcore films came more leading roles. She became a staple of the softcore scene in the late 1990s, appearing in three episodes of Erotic Confessions in 1996–97, [9] The Bare Wench Project series, and several Andy Sidaris films, such as L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach . [10]

Smith had a long-running professional relationship with director Jim Wynorski, having appeared in numerous films of his during the 1990s and 2000s.[ citation needed ] According to the documentary Popatopolis , Smith announced her retirement from acting in 2005 after the completion of The Witches of Breastwick. However, in 2007, she came out of retirement and resumed making films with Wynorski. [11]

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