Ajita Victoria Wilson (January 12, 1950 – May 26, 1987) was an American transgender actress who starred in European exploitation and hardcore films in the 1970s and 1980s.

Biography

Wilson was born in either

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on January 12, 1950, to Florine, a

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, and James A. Wilson, an

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, and

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. She began her career as a drag entertainer in the red-light district of New York and underwent

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in the early 1970s. She was discovered by photographer Bill King, who made her an international model and allowed her to travel the world. Wilson later decided to move to Italy and settled in Milan. In 1976, she took part in her first film, ''The Nude Princess'' by Cesare Canevari, inspired by the life of Princess Elizabeth of Tooro. She worked with many genre directors such as

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and

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, in erotic and later pornographic films. Many of her Italian films were shot in two versions, one censored for the national market, a more explicit one for the foreign market. Ajita Wilson appeared in the August 20, 1981 issue of African-American weekly ''Jet'' Magazine as their Beauty of The Week. In her last years she performed as a singer. Wilson died from a

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that followed a car accident in Rome, Italy on May 26, 1987, at age 37. Her body was transported to the United States and cremated according to the actress's instructions.

Partial filmography

*''The Nude Princess'' (1976) - Princess Mariam *''Gola profonda nera'' (1977) - Claudine *''Sylvia im Reich der Wollust'' (1977) - Cula Caballé *''La sorprendente eredità del tontodimammà'' (1977) *''Mavri Aphroditi'' (English titles: ''Black Aphrodite'' and ''Blue Passion'') (1977) - Tamara *''La bravata'' (1977) - Jeanette *''D'improvviso al terzo piano'' (1977) *''Amori morbosi di una contessina'' (1977) *''L'amour chez les poids lourds'' (English title: ''Truck Stop'') (1978) - Calypso (uncredited) *''Follie Di Notte'' aka ''Joe D'Amato – Follie Di Notte'' (1978) - Sex Show Performer *''Le notti porno nel mondo nº 2'' (English title: ''Scandinavian Erotica'') (1978) - Stewardess *''Proibito erotico'' (English title: ''Erotic Fantasies'') (1978) - Julie *''Adolescenza morbosa'' (1978) *''Bactron 317 ou L'espionne qui venait du show'' (1979) - Barbara *''Una donna di notte'' (1979) *''Pensione amore - SerVizio completo'' (1979) - Karina *''Libidine'' (1979) - Mary *''Los Energéticos'' (1979) - Carla *''Eros Perversion'' (1979) - Antonia *'' Escape from Hell'' (1980) - Zaira *''

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'' (1980) - Luisa *''Orinoco: Prigioniere del sesso'' (1980) - Muriel *''Eva man (Due sessi in uno)'' (1980) - Ajita *''Pensieri Morbosi'' (English title: ''Deep Thoughts'') (1980) - Prostitute *'' Sadomania'' (1981) - Magda Hurtado / Man Having Sex with Lucas *''Pasiones desenfrenadas'' (1981) - Enrica *''Erotiki ekstasi'' (1981) - Sara *''Erotiko pathos'' (1981) - Samantha *''Apocalipsis sexual'' (1982) - Liza *''Bacanales romanas'' (1982) - Venus de Ébano *''Catherine Chérie'' (1982) - Ajita *' (1982) - Monika *''El regreso de Eva Man'' (1982) - Ajita *''Orgia stin Kerkyra'' (English Title: ''The Pussycat Syndrome'') (1983) - Donna Washington *''Macumba sexual'' (1983) - Princesa Obongo *''La doppia bocca di Erika'' (1983) - Erika *''Corpi nudi'' (1983) *''Anomaloi erotes sti santorini'' (1983) *''Perverse oltre le sbarre'' (1984) - Conchita *''Detenute violente'' (1984) - Eureka Thompson *''To mikrofono tis Alikis'' (1984) * (1984) *''Stin Athina simera... oles ton pernoun fanera!'' (1984) *''Kai to proto pinelo'' (1984) *''Idones sto Aigaio'' (1984) - Ajita *''Savage Island'' (1985) - Marla (archive footage) *''Bocca Bianca Bocca Nera'' (1986) - Ramona *''Diakopes Stin Idra'' (English Title: ''Holidays in Hydra'') (1986) - (final film role)

References

External links

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Created By Cinema: The Enigma of Ajita Wilson (The Grindhouse Effect)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Ajita 1950 births 1987 deaths Actresses from Brooklyn American emigrants to Italy American film actresses American people of Brazilian descent American transgender actresses African-American LGBTQ people Deaths from intracranial haemorrhage 20th-century African-American actresses 20th-century American actresses Transgender female models 20th-century American LGBTQ people