Claudine Beccarie (born 14 June 1945) is a French

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of the 1970s. She has been called "the French

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" and she was described by ''

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'' as being "one of France's most successful pornography performers."

Career

Beccarie was working as an

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when

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introduced her to

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. Bourdon had told Beccarie about Braun's pornographic films. Beccarie traveled to Breda, Netherlands with Bourdon to meet Braun. In 1972, she starred her first film, an 8 mm loop of her performing with Braun. The film was released in the

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. Beccarie and Bourdon came up with the concept for ''Cake Orgy'', Braun's iconic 1973 film. Beccarie was one of the stars of the film, which ended with her

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on her fellow cast members. ''Cake Orgy'' was banned in the United States and

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was charged, and later acquitted, on obscenity charges. In 1975, she starred in the documentary ''

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'', which contained several staged hardcore scenes and gained the title "first French porn star". In 1976, she appeared in the role of Claudine in the original '' Lèvres de sang'' and starred as Jennifer the remake of the film. Months later, she quite hardcore pornography. From the late 1970s until the 1980s, Beccarie appeared in several Nazi exploitation films.Quand Davy croquait le X
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Views on sexuality and pornography

Beccarie identified as sexually liberated. In a 1975 interview with '' Cinema X'', she shared "I'm not a lesbian. Nor bisexual. I believe in men. Sexually liberated is what I am!"

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