Annette Haven (born December 1, 1954) is an American former pornographic actress popular during the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
Annette Haven | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 1, 1954 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Other names | Nanette Heaven, Annette Funette, Cheryl Nelson, Annette Robinson |
| Years active | 1973– |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Biography
editHaven was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in a Mormon family.[2] Following the dissolution of her marriage, Haven moved to San Francisco, where she worked early on as a nurse's aide, exotic dancer, massage parlor girl and she eventually worked as a stripper. While working in one of the strip clubs, she met porn star Bonnie Holiday and moved in with her and Holiday's boyfriend.[3]
She was introduced to the sex industry through a role in a film called Lady Freaks in 1973 starring Holiday. Annette Haven went on to work in nearly 100 porn movies, including Desires Within Young Girls (1977), Barbara Broadcast (1977), A Coming of Angels (1977), Obsessed (1977), Sex World (1977), Dracula Sucks (aka Lust At First Bite) (1978), Maraschino Cherry (1978), Charli (1981) and The Grafenberg Spot (1985).
Haven had a mainstream cameo role in Blake Edwards's 10. Subsequently, she was considered to play the lead female role in Body Double, but the role went to Melanie Griffith because Brian De Palma believed she gave a better dramatic screen test than Haven.[4] Afterwards she became one of the director's consultants for Body Double and was a coach for Griffith.[4] Before filming Body Double De Palma commented, "I'm already thinking of casting. I don't know if there's any good young porno stars out here, but the older ones—Annette Haven, Seka—some of them can really act. And Annette Haven has a terrific body."[5]
Awards
edit- AVN Hall of Fame inductee[7]
- XRCO Hall of Fame inductee[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Stephen Prince; Charles Harpole (2002). A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989. University of California Press. p. 122. ISBN 0-520-23266-6.
- ^ "Annette Haven". AnnetteHaven.net. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ Official webpage; accessed July 29, 2015.
- ^ a b Baltake, Joe (1984-10-29). "'Scarface' De Palma defends 'Body Double'". Boca Raton News. Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Brian De Palma; Laurence F. Knapp (2003). Brian De Palma: interviews. University Press of Mississippi. p. 91. ISBN 1-57806-516-X.
- ^ a b "XRCO Hall of Fame". Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ^ Profile, avnawards.com; accessed July 29, 2015.
