Annette Haven (born December 1, 1954) is an American former pornographic actress popular during the 1970s and 1980s.

Biography

Haven was born in

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, and raised in a

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family. Following the dissolution of her marriage, Haven moved to

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, where she worked early on as a nurse's aide, exotic dancer,

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girl and eventually as a

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. 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

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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'' (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 ''

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'', but the role went to

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because

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believed she gave a better dramatic screen test than Haven. Afterwards she became one of the director's consultants for ''Body Double'' and was 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 and XRCO Halls of Fame.

Awards

* AVN Hall of Fame inducteeProfile
avnawards.com; accessed July 29, 2015. *

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inductee

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