M.A.E. Performers

1. John Holmes

Actor | The Jade Pussycat

Born John Curtis Estes on August 8, 1944, in rural Pickaway County, Ohio, the youngest of four children, porn legend John Holmes was raised by a religious fanatic mother named Mary and an abusive alcoholic stepfather named Harold Bowman. He was a bible student, but at the age of 16 dropped out of ...

2. Seka

Actress | Careful, He May Be Watching

Seka was born on April 15, 1954 in Radford, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and writer. She has been married to Carl G. since August 23, 2006. She was previously married to Patrick Connelly, Ken Yontz and Frank Patton.

3. Jamie Gillis

Actor | The Opening of Misty Beethoven

Born in New York City, Jamie Gillis trained as a legitimate actor. In the early 1970s he drifted into performing in pornographic films, and continued to work in that field through the late 1990s. Despite the occasional foray into "legitimate" film, such as a cameo in Nighthawks (1981), Gillis ...

4. Desiree Cousteau

Actress | Randy

Southern belle Desiree Cousteau is one of the most fondly remembered of the 1970s/1980s porn stars, and not only because of her gorgeous face and spectacular (and completely natural) body. She brought a dizzy, goofy and endearing charm to all of her roles, and plunged into her sexual performances ...

5. John Leslie

Director | The Chameleon

A veteran of over three decades in the X-film business, John Leslie has acted in, directed and produced hundreds of films. He has long been considered to be one of the finest "actors" in the business, in addition to one of its most reliable "performers". He has worked with many, if not most, of the...

6. Marilyn Chambers

Actress | Rabid

Marilyn Chambers was born on April 22, 1952 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Rabid (1977) and Angel of H.E.A.T. (1983). She was married to William Taylor, Jr., Chuck Traynor and Doug Chapin. She died on April 11, 2009 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.

7. Harry Reems

Actor | Deep Throat

Harry Reems was born on August 27, 1947 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director. He was married to Jeanne Sterret. He died on March 19, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

8. Juliet Anderson

Actress | Educating Nina

Juliet was born in Burbank, California on July 23, 1938. After teaching English as a second language for several years in Japan, Mexico, Greece and Finland, she moved to the United States wanting to radically change her life. She stumbled into the adult film industry at the age of 39. For the next ...

9. Eric Edwards

Actor | Great Sexpectations

Eric Edwards was born on November 30, 1945 in Michigan, USA. He is an actor and editor.

10. Annette Haven

Actress | Cave Women

Annette Haven is considered a legend in the porn business and ironically, something of a feminist. She was born Annette Robinson on December 1, 1954 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in a sexually conservative Mormon family. She worked when adult films were still shot on film and not videotape. ...

11. Paul Thomas

Actor | Jesus Christ Superstar

Paul Thomas was born on April 17, 1949 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). He has been married to Judy Epstein since December 14, 1985.

12. Linda Lovelace

Actress | Deep Throat

Linda Lovelace, the most famous porn star of all time, was born Linda Boreman in 1949. In the late 1960s she began a relationship with Chuck Traynor and eventually married him. She appeared in eight 8mm hardcore fetish loops, including one in which she had sex with a dog. She is most well known for...

13. Helen Wood

Actress | Give a Girl a Break

Helen Wood was born on April 25, 1935 in Port Arthur, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Give a Girl a Break (1953). She died on November 1, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Lisa De Leeuw

Actress | Amanda by Night

Illinois-born Lisa De Leeuw got into porn because of a boyfriend who managed a movie house that showed X-rated films. At first reluctant, she eventually decided to give it a shot, and made her debut in the classic 800 Fantasy Lane (1979). She quickly became a favorite with fans, who appreciated her...

15. Serena

Actress | Heavenly Desire

Serena was a gorgeous redhead porn actress whose career lasted from the early 1970s up until the late 1980s. She lived for a while in Hawaii when she was a little girl and took both dance and voice lessons as a kid. She ran away from home while still a teenager and wound up in Los Angeles. She ...

16. Ron Jeremy

Actor | The Boondock Saints

Since the demise of the legendary John Holmes in March 1988, the short, mustachioed, heavyset Ron Jeremy has assumed the mantle as the number one U.S. male star of adult cinema. However, don't confuse Ron with the similar looking mustachioed 1970/'80s adult film star, Harry Reems, who has long since...

17. Hyapatia Lee

Actress | The Masseuse

Hyapatia Lee (pronounced "high-a-PAY-sha") was born Vicki Lynch. By 1977 she was performing regularly on stage as an actress at the Black Curtain Dinner Theater, Footlite Musicals, and Indianapolis Civic Theater, among others. In 1979 she became a regularly featured dancer at the Red Garter Lounge....

18. Janette Littledove

Actress | Angel of the Night

Janette Littledove was born on September 4, 1966 in Cache, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress.

19. Peter North

Actor | Euromen

For over 20 years Canadian-born Peter North has been one of the most reliable performers in porn, with youthful good looks and a body sculpted almost to perfection from long hours spent in the gym. His career began in the days when porn movies were take-offs of legit films; they had plots, dialogue...

20. Viper

Actress | Mystery of the Golden Lotus

Viper was one of porn's most notorious stars but now is out of the business. Born near the super secret atomic bomb center in Tennessee, she moved to New Hampshire in the 1960's and took up ballet. She danced in the New Hampshire Ballet Co. from 1968-76 and appeared in regional theater until age 18...

21. Jesie St. James

Actress | Oriental Hawaii

Jesie St. James was born in 1954 in California, USA. She is an actress.

22. Kay Parker

Actress | Sweet Young Foxes

Kay Parker was born on August 28, 1944 in Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress. She died on October 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

23. Nancy Suiter

Actress | The Beauty Pageant

Nancy Suiter was a phenomenon in the porn industry. She burst onto the scene in a small part in The Ecstasy Girls (1979), then burned up the screen over the next few years before disappearing. She was a petite but absolutely gorgeous blonde, who put everything she had--and then some--into a scene, ...

24. Sharon Mitchell

Actress | Sexcapades

Sharon Mitchell was born on January 18, 1956 in New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and director.

25. Candy Samples

Actress | Million Dollar Mona

This amazingly buxom blond bombshell is one of the true legends on the adult circuit. Porn star Candy Samples' name has become synonymous with huge-breasted bodaciousness over the course of her decades-long career. She's been in and out of the sex business since the early 1970s. She became a fan ...

26. Herschel Savage

Actor | DarkSide

Herschel Savage, the star of such tongue-in-cheek productions as Orifice Party (1985), is one of the old lions of the porno film business, having appeared in close to a thousand features, videos and assorted shoots. Born Harvey Cowen on November 25, 1952 in New York City, the renamed Savage got his...

27. Honey Wilder

Actress | Private Teacher

Throughout the 1980s Honey Wilder represented the "older woman" segment of X-films. Often cast in supporting roles, she was known for her good acting, good body and energetic performances. Her best work was often as a "mother"-type figure, which she played in such films as the "Taboo" series (I-V) ...

28. Randy West

Basic Instinct

Randy West was born on October 12, 1947 in New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Basic Instinct (1992).

29. Carol Connors

Actress | Desire for Men

Carol Connors was a staple of the porn business in the 1970s, making a name for herself in such productions as Deep Throat (1972) and Erotic Adventures of Candy (1978). In the 1970s, she turned to adult entertainment ushering a career as a hardcore porn actress with the new decade. Connors famously ...

30. Bambi Woods

Actress | Debbie Does Dallas

Bambi Woods was born on July 12, 1955 in Pierre, South Dakota, USA. She is an actress.

31. Annie Sprinkle

Actress | Rites of Passion

Annie Sprinkle was born Ellen F. Steinberg on July 23, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A self-described "nice Jewish girl" whose parents were academics, she grew up in the greater Los Angeles area, and was a bashful girl well into her teens. Of her youth, Annie has said, "I was not a sexual ...

32. Brandi Love

Actress | The Candidate

Buxom, sexy, and slender 5'7" blonde knockout Brandi Love was born Tracey Lynne Livermore on March 29, 1973 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Love was a dancer at age three and began ice skating at age four. Moreover, Brandi also ran track and played both soccer and tennis as a kid. Love was the owner of...

33. Adrianna Nicole

Actress | Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge

Extremely buxom and curvy blonde bombshell Adrianna Nicole was born Adrianna Michelle Suplick on March 25, 1977, in the East Bay Area of California, one of three daughters. Her first job was as a babysitter at a gym, and she later worked in a retail store prior to becoming involved in the adult ...

34. Julia Ann

Actress | Hidden Obsessions

Julia Ann was born on October 8, 1969 in Glendale, California, USA. She is an actress and director. She was previously married to Michael Raven.

35. Cherie DeVille

Actress | Trans-Active

Comely, busty and shapely 5'3" blonde bombshell of French-Canadian descent, Cherie DeVille was born on August 30, 1978 in Durham, NC and lived there until she was three when her father graduated with his Ph.D. and relocated the family to Maryland where he worked for the National Institute of Health...

36. Sophie Dee

Actress | Criminal

Born in Llanelli, South Wales, Sophie Dee moved to England to attend. school. Later she moved back to Wales to finish secondary school. Upon graduation she held a variety of jobs, ranging from working in a café to door-to-door saleswoman.

She eventually became a dancer, specializing in lap dances. ...

37. Veronica Avluv

Actress | Cinderella: An Axel Braun Parody

Gorgeous, buxom, and shapely brunette knockout Veronica Avluv was born on February 16, 1973 in Dallas, Texas. Her mother was a concert pianist. Avluv grew up in Rowlett, Texas, where she was in both an all-state choir and an all-state drill team, was the sole female skateboarder in her high school,...

38. Syren De Mer

Actress | Model Time 7

Gorgeously buxom and shapely 5'6" brunette knockout Syren De Mer was born Shannon L. Pollock on June 24, 1969 in Bellingham, Washington. Syren grew up in the small town of Yakima, Washington. Her first job was working as a gymnastics instructor. Following graduation from high school, De Mer moved ...

39. Amber Lynn Bach

Actress | Seduced by a Cougar

Amber Lynn Bach was born on July 3, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress.

40. Lorelei Lee

Actress | Barbarella: A Kinky Parody

The Buffalo, New York native graduated from San Francisco State University in 2008, and, as of 2009, was accepted to New York University's Graduate Program and is pursuing a master's in creative writing. Acting on advice from former professors. For now, she juggles both porn and academia by flying ...

41. Milton Ingley

Director | Tracie Lords

Pioneer adult film actor Milton Ingley was born in Lubbock, Texas. He attended Texas Tech University before he served as a corporal in the U.S Army during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1968. Ingley entered the adult industry in 1977 appearing in a film as a favor to a girlfriend. He became very ...

42. Robert Kerman

Actor | Cannibal Holocaust

Robert Charles Kerman was born on December 16, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York City. His father was a pickle maker and his mother did bookkeeping for the family business. He grew up in a in a middle-class Italian-Jewish neighborhood of Bensonhurst, sharing a two-family row house with his aunt and ...

43. Rene Bond

Actress | Five Loose Women

Rene Bond dominated early '70s Los Angeles porn, appearing in about 300 films and loops. She entered porn in the late 1960s for the usual reason--money. In her own words, "I had some friends who were working in porno, and I needed the money. So they said they'd introduce me to some people, and they...

44. Corinne Cléry

Actress | Moonraker

Corinne Cléry was born on March 23, 1950 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Moonraker (1979), The Story of O (1975) and Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983).

45. Riley Nixon

Actress | Teenage Lesbian

Riley Nixon was born on February 13, 1995 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. She is an actress.

46. Dee Williams

Actress | Teenage Lesbian

Dee Williams was born on June 24, 1977 in Texas, USA. She is an actress.

48. Chris Anderson

Actress | 'F'

49. Simone Sonay

Actress | Cougars on the Hunt

Simone Sonay was born on February 28, 1972 in "The Golden State" of California. During her teens, she socialized with "older boys" and also excelled in soccer. A bad knee injury stopped any aspirations of a soccer career. Self-described as a good student, but not very social as she described never ...

50. RayVeness

Actress | Women Seeking Women 44

RayVeness was born Karen M. Swaim in High Point, NC. RayVeness is an American with a British-Finnish ethnicity. She was raised in the Quaker faith and she got married a year prior to graduating from high school. RayVeness worked at various fast food restaurants as well as an Avon saleswoman prior ...

51. Jody Maxwell

Actress | The Devil Inside Her

Jody,a baby boomer and the daughter and granddaughter of prominent attorneys, was born on November 20th, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was a scholarship winner to her high school, St. Teresa's Academy, where she maintained an A average for 4 years. She graduated from the University of Missouri (KC)...

52. William Margold

Actor | Carnal's Cuties

William Margold was born on October 2, 1943 in Washington, D.C. Margold was the son of Nathan Margold, who was a Harvard Law School graduate who served as the Solicitor General of the Department of Interior under President Harry S. Truman. William attended Alexander Hamilton High School in West Los...

53. Svetlana Mischoff

Director | The Pink Lagoon: A Sex Romp in Paradise

Appears somewhere in Rosemary's Baby (1968) according to an Adam Film World magazine article.

54. Renee Summers

Actress | Sex Spa U.S.A.

Lovely, busty and shapely knockout Renee Summers was born Cheri Roberdes on October 15, 1961, in California. She first began acting in hardcore X-rated films in her early 20s in 1983, and went on to appear in a little over 100 adult movies. She was nominated for three XRCO Awards in 1985 for Best ...

55. Brandi Love

Self | Cold Justice: Sex Crimes