Annette Haven (born December 1, 1954) is an American former pornographic actress popular during the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Haven was born in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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, and raised in a
Mormon
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family. Haven later claimed that part of her reason for entering porn was that she wanted to show that "sex is not sinful" and could be pleasurable. When she was 17 years old, she married her boyfriend, but they were divorced two years later. Following the dissolution of her marriage, Haven moved to
San Francisco
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, where she began dancing in erotic shows, and she eventually worked as a
stripper
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Mo ...
. While working in one of the strip clubs, she met porn star Bonnie Holiday and moved in with her and Holiday's boyfriend.Official webpage accessed July 29, 2015.
She was introduced to the
sex industry
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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
''Dracula Sucks'' is a 1978 American pornographic horror film directed and co-written by Philip Marshak. The film is based on the 1931 film ''Dracula'', and the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. It stars Jamie Gillis as Count Dracula, a ...
'' (aka ''Lust At First Bite'') (1978), ''
Maraschino Cherry
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'' (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
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'', but it was eventually given to
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.
Born in Manhattan, New York City, ...
, who, according to director
Brian De Palma
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, got the role because she gave a better dramatic screen test than Haven. Afterwards she became one of the director's consultants for the film and as a coach for Griffith. 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."
Haven is a member of the
AVN
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and
XRCO
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Halls of Fame.
Awards
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AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.Profile avnawards.com; accessed July 29, 2015.
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XRCO Hall of Fame
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inductee
See also
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Golden Age of Porn
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