Veronica Hart

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Veronica Hart
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Hart in 2002
Born1956or1957(age 68–69)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Other namesJane Hamilton
Children2
Website Veronicahart.biz

Jane Hamilton (born 1956or1957 [1] ) is an American film director and former pornographic film actress who performed under the stage name Veronica Hart. [1] [2] [3] Described by columnist Frank Rich as "a leading porn star of the late '70s and early '80s", [4] Hart is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. [5] [6] Director Paul Thomas Anderson has called her "the Meryl Streep of porn." [7]

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Early life and education

Hart was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. [8] She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1976 [2] with a bachelor's degree in theater arts. [1] After school she worked in England before returning to the United States and moving to New York City. [8]

Career

Hart began appearing in pornographic films in the 1970s, becoming a major star by the 1980s. [1] [4] According to film scholar Chuck Kleinhans, she portrayed the "stylish 'native New Yorker'" type. [9] She is best known for her performances in Amanda by Night, Wanda Whips Wall Street , Roommates and A Scent of Heather. [8]

Around 1984, Hart began directing segments on the Playboy TV series Electric Blue, appearing in B-Movies and working as a stripper. [4] After retiring from performing in pornographic films, Hart became an executive at film distributor VCA Pictures. [4] With the sale of VCA to Hustler Video in 2003, and the direction of the company moving from feature, storyline-driven films to gonzo, she left the company when her existing contract expired. [10] Afterwards, Hart moved on to other work, including working as a tour guide at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas. [11]

Hart has acted in off-Broadway theater productions such as The House of Bernarda Alba , [2] A Thurber Carnival , [2] The Dyke And The Porn Star, [12] [13] and The Deep Throat Sex Scandal . [14] [15] She portrayed a judge in the film Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. [2]

As of 2014 Hart had become a sex educator in China. An article in AVN magazine stated that she has been instructing women through an arrangement with a chain of adult retail stores and clubs called Sediva Maison. [11]

Personal life

Hart has two sons who attended magnet schools for highly gifted students. [16]

Selected TV appearances

Awards

Wins

AFAA for Best Actress – Amanda by Night

AFAA Award for Best Actress – Roommates

AFAA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Foxtrot

Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award [17]

AVN Award for Best Non-Sex Performance – Nylon [18]

XRCO Award for Best Video - Torn (directed and produced by Hart) [19]

XRCO Award for Best Comedy or Parody - Misty Beethoven: The Musical (directed, edited and produced by Hart) [20]

Nominations

AVN Best Director – Video for White Lightning [22]

AVN Best Director – Film for Taken [23]

AVN Best Director – Video for Crime and Passion [24]

AVN Best Director – Film for Barbara Broadcast Too [25]

AVN Best Director – Film for Misty Beethoven: The Musical [26]

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Eternity [27]

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Sex Pix [28]

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Delilah [29]

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Roller Dollz [30]

Literature

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lieberman, Hallie (September 30, 2023). "Club 90: The Secret Women's Club That Rocked the Porn World" . The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025. Jane, who went by Veronica Hart on screen, was at a crossroads. The 26-year-old, classically beautiful [...]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Weatherford, Mike (November 2, 1997). "Movie sparks memories for porn star". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on September 17, 2000.
  3. ↑ Frammolino, Ralph; Huffstutter, P. J. (January 6, 2002). "The Actress, the Producer and Their Porn Revolution" . Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rich, Frank (May 20, 2001). "Naked Capitalists" . The New York Times Magazine. section 6, pp. 51 ff. ISSN   0028-7822 . Retrieved May 5, 2025. Reprinted as:
    Rich, Frank (2003). "Naked Capitalists" . In Dines, Gail; Humez, Jean M. (eds.). Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications. pp. 48–60. ISBN   978-0-7619-2260-5.
  5. 1 2 "AVN Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  6. 1 2 "AVN Awards". Archived from the original on April 15, 2009.
  7. ↑ Bona, Damien (2002). Inside Oscar 2. New York: Random House Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-345-44800-2.[ page needed ]
  8. 1 2 3 Smith, Kent; Moore, Darrell W.; Reagle, Merl (1983). Adult Movies. New York: Pocket Books. p. 120. ISBN   978-0-671-46844-6.
  9. ↑ Kleinhans, Chuck (2006). "The Change from Film to Video Pornography: Implications for Analysis". In Lehman, Peter (ed.). Pornography: Film and Culture. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 166. ISBN   978-0-8135-3871-6.
  10. ↑ Anthony, Andrew (August 1, 2004). "Risky Business". The Observer. ISSN   9976-1971 . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Kernes, Mark (August 18, 2014). "So ... What's Veronica Hart Up To These Days?". AVN. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ Monji, Jana J. (August 27, 1999). "New Steps in Dance Toward Romance" . Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ "HOT! Gay/Bi Thespian Action!". Paper. March 1, 2000. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  14. ↑ Ng, David (December 10, 2012). "'Deep Throat' play set for L.A. with porn star Veronica Hart" . Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  15. ↑ Morris, Steven Leigh (February 7, 2013). "The Deep Throat Sex Scandal Celebrates a Famous First Amendment Victory But Ignores the Bigger Issue". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016.
  16. ↑ Rich (2003), p. 57.
  17. ↑ "Night of the Stars". Archived from the original on June 11, 1998.
  18. ↑ "Past AVN Award Winners". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  19. ↑ "PREVIOUS WINNERS and NOMS - 2002 & Before)" . Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  20. ↑ "XRCO 2004 Winners" . Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  21. ↑ "XRCO Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  22. ↑ "AVN 2001 Nominations". Archived from the original on March 9, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  23. ↑ "AVN 2002 Nominations". Archived from the original on December 8, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  24. ↑ "AVN 2003 Nominations". Archived from the original on November 27, 2002. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  25. ↑ "AVN 2004 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2003. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  26. ↑ "AVN 2005 Nominations". Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  27. ↑ "AVN 2006 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  28. ↑ "AVN 2007 Nominations". Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  29. ↑ "AVN 2008 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  30. ↑ "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). AVNAwards.com. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2008.

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