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| name = Bambi Woods |
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| photo = [[Image:BambiWoods_DebbieDoesDallas_Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bambi Woods in ''[[Debbie Does Dallas]]'']] |
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| image = Bambi Woods.jpg |
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| birth = c. 1959 - |
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| caption = Woods in ''[[Debbie Does Dallas]]'' (1978) |
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| location = She is rumored to be living in Omaha, Nebraska. |
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| birthname = Esther Morrison |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|07|12}} |
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| death = unknown |
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| measurements = 37-23-32 |
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} |
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| weight = 115 pds. (52.1 kg) |
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| hair color = Blonde |
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| skin color = Pale |
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| natural bust = Yes |
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| ethnicity = Caucasian |
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| films = Debbie Does Dallas (Parts I-III), Swedish Erotica 12 |
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| iafd = BambiWoods |
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'''Bambi Woods''' (born July 12, 1955) is an American former [[pornography|pornographic]] actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bambi Woods |url=https://mubi.com/cast/bambi-woods |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=MUBI |language=en}}</ref> and [[exotic dancer]] best known for her appearance as the title character in the 1978 film ''[[Debbie Does Dallas]]''. Her meteoric success in the [[Golden Age of Porn]] and later disappearance intrigued adult industry writers and caused interest in her whereabouts, and a myth about her having met a sordid fate several years after her heyday began to be accepted as fact. |
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==Biography== |
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'''Bambi Woods''' (believed to have been born c. 1959 in [[Pierre, South Dakota]]) is one of the most famous [[pornographic actress]]es in the [[adult film]] [[industry]], due to her appearance as the [[title character]] in the [[1978]] [[film]] ''[[Debbie Does Dallas]]''. |
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[[File:Debbiedoesdallas.jpg|thumb|220px|Film poster for ''Debbie does Dallas'']] |
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Woods was known for her first role as the eponymous character of "Debbie" in the 1978 feature adult film ''[[Debbie Does Dallas]]''. She received top billing and a photo of her in a bogus uniform was prominently advertised on theater marquees where she was billed as a "former Dallas Cowgirl."<ref name=Dark>{{cite web | title= The Dark Side of Porn - Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered | series = An episode of a British documentary television series on the pornography industry | publisher = YouTube | work= [[Channel 4]] | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzIhA_z3AJQ| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022084510/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzIhA_z3AJQ| archive-date=2013-10-22 | url-status=dead}}</ref> Woods had previously tried out for the real [[Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders]], but never made the squad; in the trailer for ''Debbie Does Dallas'', Woods insists that none of her experiences were used for the completely fictional storyline, though she surmised that they could have happened.<ref name=Mansour>{{cite book|title=From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century|publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]]|author=Mansour, David |year=2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1ruwF6xYNIC|isbn=0-7407-5118-2|page=114}}</ref> The partners with whom she had unsimulated [[sexual intercourse]] in the film included [[Robert Kerman]] and others drawn from the small group of veteran performers who appeared in most [[hard-core pornography|hard-core]] films made in the U.S. during that era.<ref name=Dark/> |
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Woods said her involvement in adult films was arranged by a female friend to whom she owed money.<ref name=NYC>{{cite web | publisher = YouTube | title = Television interview with Bambi Woods in NYC | year = 1979 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8wBMDbNRTU}}</ref> The producer/director of ''Debbie Does Dallas'', Jim Clark, said he created the stage name "Bambi Woods" in an allusion to the [[Bambi (film)|Disney character]]: "I named her Bambi Woods. There wasn't any real reason behind it. Bambi ... a deer. In the woods. Do you want to get deeper?" One reviewer in a [[Television documentary|TV documentary]] about the film expressed the opinion that Woods' [[Social behavior|demeanor]] during sex scenes was in keeping with her [[pseudonym]], being reminiscent of a deer caught in car headlights.<ref name=Dark/> |
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Appearing in only four known films - ''Debbie Does Dallas'' and its [[1981]] and [[1985]] [[sequel]]s, and another film called ''[[Swedish Erotica 12]]'' in 1981 - the common story is that she died of an [[overdose]] of [[illegal drugs]] in [[1986]], but this is unconfirmed. Another strong theory is that she died during the making of another film called "Debbie Does Farmland"; the film was apparently abandoned. |
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Woods' adult-entertainment career occurred towards the end of the [[Golden Age of Porn]], when the filmmakers operated in a legal gray area, making them vulnerable to [[extortion]] by [[organized crime|organized criminals]] who controlled distribution. At the time, there were no laws requiring mandatory verification and record keeping of participants' true identities and ages, and the real names of even the most prolific actors remained unknown outside their profession until decades later, when the identities of almost all famous performers were circulated on the Internet. Despite the huge profits being made, female performers' fees rarely exceeded the low hundreds of dollars.<ref name=Dark/> Although Woods ostensibly performed in ''Debbie Does Dallas'' as a one-off to clear a debt, she spent all her earnings, so the still-owed friend arranged for her to become an [[Stripper|exotic dancer]]. An interviewer, told about the background to Woods' career, remarked of the creditor that she had "a heart of gold".<ref name=NYC/> |
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Woods' birth name and eventual fate remain unknown. It has been suggested that her real name was Debbie DeSanto or Barbara Woodson. A [[2005]] [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Channel 4]] [[documentary film|documentary]], ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476984/combined The Dark Side of Porn: Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered]'', employed the services of a [[private investigator]] to track down Woods, yet the investigator was unable to find anyone by the name Barbara Woodson, or even verify that anyone of this name had died in 1986. In this same documentary, Woods's co-stars in ''Debbie'' speculate that she simply retired from the adult film business to live a life of anonymity under her legal name. |
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The film became a huge success.<ref name=Dark/> According to one account, and interviews she gave, Woods was feted in [[New York City]] clubs, including [[Studio 54]] and [[Plato's Retreat]], and mixed with celebrities. However, she was distraught when a level of publicity she had not anticipated led to her family's discovery of her career in pornography. She also became increasingly disillusioned with approbation as a porn star and disconcerted by being sought by those bringing a [[Lawsuit|civil suit]].<ref name=Dark/><ref name=Yes>{{cite web | website= YesButNoButYes.com | url= http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2007/05/debbie_does_dal_2.html |title = The Bambi Woods Interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330085818/http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2007/05/debbie_does_dal_2.html|archive-date= March 30, 2010}}</ref> |
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In publicity for ''Debbie Does Dallas'' it was sometimes claimed that Woods had been a [[Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders|Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader]]. For example, a [[theatrical trailer]] has Woods stating "in real life I was a Dallas Cowgirl." This is untrue. |
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Two years after her pornographic debut, she had not made another film. She did not have sex on camera for any production she is credited with subsequent to 1981; these may have used clips years after they were filmed. Woods disappeared completely from the public eye by the mid-1980s.<ref name=Dark/><ref name=Yes/> |
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==Disappearance== |
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In 1986, Woods was reported missing as she had disappeared without a trace,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dove|first=Pete |title=The Disappearance of Bambi Woods: An anthology of True Crime|url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/enwiki/w/the-disappearance-of-bambi-woods-an-anthology-of-true-crime/22936644/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |publisher=[[ThriftBooks]] |isbn=9781084198449}}</ref> and searches were undertaken to find her.<ref>{{Citation|last=Cooper|first=James|website=[[YouTube]] |title=Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA7B4jndN6k |access-date=2023-07-10 |language=en}}</ref> |
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A 2005 article in the [[Australia]]n newspaper ''[[The Age]]'' claimed that Woods had died in 1986 of a [[drug overdose]] under lurid circumstances.<ref>{{cite web | title = Porn to Be Mild | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/02/04/1107476786325.html | date = 2005-02-06 | accessdate = 2008-08-14 | work= [[The Age]]| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080914122712/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/02/04/1107476786325.html| archivedate= 14 September 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> The same year, however, in a [[Channel 4]] documentary, ''[[Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered]]'', Clark said the real name of Woods, which he declined to specify on camera, was used to trace her family in the mid-1990s and that a [[private investigator]] had been informed through indirect communications that she was living an ordinary life in the [[Des Moines, Iowa]] area. He added she wished to have no further involvement with nor publicity concerning her former career.<ref name=Dark/> |
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==See also== |
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{{Porn-stub}} |
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{{Portal|Erotica and pornography|Biography}} |
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*[[List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000|List of solved missing person cases]] |
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{{sister | project=commons | text='''[[commons:Debbie Does Dallas|Debbie Does Dallas]]''' available at Wikimedia Commons.}} |
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*{{IMDb name|0940503|Bambi Woods}} |
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Latest revision as of 04:34, 14 November 2024
Bambi Woods | |
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 Woods in Debbie Does Dallas (1978) | |
| Born | July 12, 1955 |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Bambi Woods (born July 12, 1955) is an American former pornographic actress[1] and exotic dancer best known for her appearance as the title character in the 1978 film Debbie Does Dallas. Her meteoric success in the Golden Age of Porn and later disappearance intrigued adult industry writers and caused interest in her whereabouts, and a myth about her having met a sordid fate several years after her heyday began to be accepted as fact.
Biography
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Woods was known for her first role as the eponymous character of "Debbie" in the 1978 feature adult film Debbie Does Dallas. She received top billing and a photo of her in a bogus uniform was prominently advertised on theater marquees where she was billed as a "former Dallas Cowgirl."[2] Woods had previously tried out for the real Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, but never made the squad; in the trailer for Debbie Does Dallas, Woods insists that none of her experiences were used for the completely fictional storyline, though she surmised that they could have happened.[3] The partners with whom she had unsimulated sexual intercourse in the film included Robert Kerman and others drawn from the small group of veteran performers who appeared in most hard-core films made in the U.S. during that era.[2]
Woods said her involvement in adult films was arranged by a female friend to whom she owed money.[4] The producer/director of Debbie Does Dallas, Jim Clark, said he created the stage name "Bambi Woods" in an allusion to the Disney character: "I named her Bambi Woods. There wasn't any real reason behind it. Bambi ... a deer. In the woods. Do you want to get deeper?" One reviewer in a TV documentary about the film expressed the opinion that Woods' demeanor during sex scenes was in keeping with her pseudonym, being reminiscent of a deer caught in car headlights.[2]
Woods' adult-entertainment career occurred towards the end of the Golden Age of Porn, when the filmmakers operated in a legal gray area, making them vulnerable to extortion by organized criminals who controlled distribution. At the time, there were no laws requiring mandatory verification and record keeping of participants' true identities and ages, and the real names of even the most prolific actors remained unknown outside their profession until decades later, when the identities of almost all famous performers were circulated on the Internet. Despite the huge profits being made, female performers' fees rarely exceeded the low hundreds of dollars.[2] Although Woods ostensibly performed in Debbie Does Dallas as a one-off to clear a debt, she spent all her earnings, so the still-owed friend arranged for her to become an exotic dancer. An interviewer, told about the background to Woods' career, remarked of the creditor that she had "a heart of gold".[4]
The film became a huge success.[2] According to one account, and interviews she gave, Woods was feted in New York City clubs, including Studio 54 and Plato's Retreat, and mixed with celebrities. However, she was distraught when a level of publicity she had not anticipated led to her family's discovery of her career in pornography. She also became increasingly disillusioned with approbation as a porn star and disconcerted by being sought by those bringing a civil suit.[2][5]
Two years after her pornographic debut, she had not made another film. She did not have sex on camera for any production she is credited with subsequent to 1981; these may have used clips years after they were filmed. Woods disappeared completely from the public eye by the mid-1980s.[2][5]
Disappearance
[edit]In 1986, Woods was reported missing as she had disappeared without a trace,[6] and searches were undertaken to find her.[7]
A 2005 article in the Australian newspaper The Age claimed that Woods had died in 1986 of a drug overdose under lurid circumstances.[8] The same year, however, in a Channel 4 documentary, Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered, Clark said the real name of Woods, which he declined to specify on camera, was used to trace her family in the mid-1990s and that a private investigator had been informed through indirect communications that she was living an ordinary life in the Des Moines, Iowa area. He added she wished to have no further involvement with nor publicity concerning her former career.[2]
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bambi Woods". MUBI. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Dark Side of Porn - Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered". Channel 4. An episode of a British documentary television series on the pornography industry. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22.
- ^ Mansour, David (2005). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 0-7407-5118-2.
- ^ a b "Television interview with Bambi Woods in NYC". YouTube. 1979.
- ^ a b "The Bambi Woods Interview". YesButNoButYes.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010.
- ^ Dove, Pete. The Disappearance of Bambi Woods: An anthology of True Crime. ThriftBooks. ISBN 9781084198449. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ Cooper, James, "Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered", YouTube, retrieved 2023-07-10
- ^ "Porn to Be Mild". The Age. 2005-02-06. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
External links
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- Bambi Woods at IMDb
- Bambi Woods at the Adult Film Database
- Bambi Woods at the Internet Adult Film Database