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Georgina Spelvin
Birthdate: January 3, 1936
Birth location: Texas
Birth name: Michelle Graham
Measurements: 35-24-36
Height: 5 feet, 4 inches (162 cm)
Weight: 118 lbs (54 kg)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Natural bust: Yes
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Stage Name(s): Shelley Abels, Claudia Clitoris, Tia Von Davis, Dorothy May, Merle Miller, Ruth Raymond, Georgette Spelvin, Ona Tural
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Georgina Spelvin (born January 3, 1936)is a former American pornographic film actress. Born Michelle Graham, she suffered from polio as a child, but recovered well enough to become a dancer. She began her career in mainstream films as a chorus girl in Guys and Dolls. When her friend, actor Harry Reems, introduced her to adult film director Gerard Damiano, Graham moved away from the mainstream into porn. Her stage name is a variation on George Spelvin, a name traditionally used as a pseudonym by stage actors. A child on her first birthday A birthday is the date on which a person is born, marking the day a life begins. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Human height, or stature, is the height of a human being. ... Weight in measuring human body weight in the medical sciences and in sports is used synonymously with mass (rather than the correct technical definition of weight), expressed in units of mass, such as kilograms (kg) or weight, such as pounds (lb). ... Eye color or eye colour is a polygenic trait and is determined by the amount and type of pigments, primarily melanin, present in the eyes iris[1][2]. Although there seem to be three genotypic eye colors (brown, green, and blue), humans and other animals have many phenotypic variations... Human beings have many variations in hair color (or colour) and hair texture. ... A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a womans breasts (known as breast augmentation) for cosmetic reasons, to reconstruct the breast (e. ... This is a list of names of ethnic groups. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pornographic movies appeared shortly after the creation of the movie technology that made them possible. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. ... Guys and Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. ... Harry Reems is the stage name of a US theater and adult film actor, born Herbert Streicher to a Jewish family in Bronx, New York on August 27, 1947. ... Pornographic movies appeared shortly after the creation of the movie technology that made them possible. ... Gerard Damiano is a former adult film director. ... PORN can refer to: An abbreviation for pornography Progressive outer retinal necrosis, a disease of the retina This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... George Spelvin and Georgina Spelvin are the traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theatre by actors who dont want to be credited or whose names would otherwise appear twice because they are playing more than one role in a production. ...


She acted in several pornographic films between 1969 and 1972, but became well-known for her starring role in The Devil in Miss Jones in 1973. Spelvin went on to appear in over 70 adult films. In addition, she appeared in the low-budget horror film I Spit on Your Corpse! -- for which she also served as costume designer -- and made cameos in Police Academy and Police Academy 3: Back in Training. These were "straight," mainstream films, but she was cast as a hooker (the audience was expected to recognize the well-known porn star) and fellatio was implied. She also had straight roles in Bad Blood (under the name "Ruth Raymond") and Next Year in Jerusalem. The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) The Devil in Miss Jones is a 1973 Pornographic movie, written and directed by Gerard Damiano. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Police Academy is a long-running series of comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. ... Hooker may be: A prostitute Galway Hooker, a traditional sailing vessel from the west coast of Ireland Hooker (rugby), a position in rugby union or rugby league Hooker Glacier, a glacier close to the slopes of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand An expert practitioner of catch... Oral sex consists of all those sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ... Bad Blood is the title of several different pieces of entertainment, including: Four movies: Bad Blood, a 1981 movie starring Jack Thompson about mass murderer Stanley Graham. ...


Georgina Spelvin epitomized the era of porn chic. In 1973, Robert Berkvist, writing in The New York Times, commented that "'Miss Jones' is as familiar in [the respectable and well-to-do New York suburb of] Scarsdale as she is on Broadway." The term porn chic was first used in the early 1970s to describe the wave of pornographic movies like Behind the Green Door, Debbie Does Dallas, Deep Throat, The Devil in Miss Jones, and Score that appeared in mainstream moviehouses for the first time. ... Scarsdale is both a town and village located in Westchester County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, it had a total population of 17,823. ...


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Georgina Spelvin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (291 words)
Georgina Spelvin (born January 3, 1936)is a former American pornographic film actress.
Her stage name is a variation on George Spelvin, a name traditionally used as a pseudonym by stage actors.
Georgina Spelvin epitomized the era of porn chic.
George Spelvin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (174 words)
George Spelvin, Georgette Spelvin, and Georgina Spelvin are the traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theater by actors who don't want to be credited or whose names would otherwise appear twice because they are playing more than one role in a production.
"Georgina Spelvin" has fallen out of general use since it was adopted as a screen name by pornographic actress Dorothy May, who was credited by that name in The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) and her subsequent films.
The columnist Westbrook Pegler used this name in his writings; one of his books of collected columns is titled George Spelvin, American.
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