Ginger Lynn Allen

Ginger Lynn Allen (born December 14, 1962), known professionally as Ginger Lynn, is an American pornographic actress and model who was a premier adult-entertainment star of the 1980s. She also had minor roles in various B movies. '' Adult Video News'' ranked her at #7 of the 50 greatest porn stars of all time in 2002. After ending her pornography career, she began using her full name and found work in a variety of B-movies. She had a late-career return to the adult industry and made a brief series of movies. Allen is a member of AVN, NightMoves Adult Entertainment, and XRCO Halls of Fame.

Early life

Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, Allen moved to California in 1982 to become her grandfather's caregiver following his heart attack. After he died, she had her "first nice boyfriend" move in with her. Allen, the breadwinner of the two, felt obligated to find a lucrative occupation. When she answered an advertisement from the World Modeling Agency in September 1983, she immediately signed a contract with that agency and did pictorials for ''Cheri'', '' Club'', '' Hustler'', and '' Penthouse'', which brought her to the attention of the adult entertainment industry.

Career

Adult industry

Allen began as a nude model and then began performing in hardcore sex films as Ginger Lynn by December 1983. Her first pornographic movie role was in ''Surrender in Paradise'', in which she starred with Jerry Butler. Allen's " girl next door" good looks led to a quick rise in her popularity and eventually she became one of the most popular female performers in adult-entertainment history. She had her own line of videos through Vivid Entertainment with the director Bruce Seven. Allen received the Best New Starlet award in 1985 and is an inductee to the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) and '' Adult Video News'' (AVN) halls of fame. Allen signed a contract with Vivid Entertainment founder, Steven Hirsch, making her the first 'Vivid Girl' and beating out the then-underaged Traci Lords. She was later called to testify on Lords' behalf against porn producers; she refused, and according to her, was then targeted by the Internal Revenue Service for falsification of a tax return.

Mainstream

In February 1986, Allen left adult video in order to establish herself in mainstream films by using her full name. She appeared in several non-adult films, television shows and interactive movie segments of the ''Wing Commander'' computer games. She started her career in mainstream features with a small part in the western '' Young Guns II'', which co-starred her future boyfriend Charlie Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez.

Allen was the subject of an episode of the documentary series E! '' True Hollywood Story'' in 2002. Allen appeared in another episode about her relationship with actor Charlie Sheen in 2010.

In December 2005, she appeared in '' American Pie Presents: Band Camp'' (2005) playing the supporting role of Nurse Sanders. In the same year, she portrayed Fanny in Rob Zombie's thriller film '' The Devil's Rejects'' and later starred as Cherry Bomb in Zombie's slasher film '' 31''.

Adult return

Allen returned to the adult-entertainment industry in 1999 for three movies: ''Torn'' (1999), ''White Lightning'' (2000), and ''New Wave Hookers 6'' (2000). In March 2006, she became a host of Playboy Radio's Sirius Satellite Radio show, ''Night Calls Radio'', with former adult-entertainment performer Christy Canyon. In June 2007, Allen performed for two of Kink.com's hardcore websites, ''Ultimate Surrender'' and ''Sex and Submission''.

Personal life

Allen had a relationship with Charlie Sheen from 1990 to 1992 and accompanied him through drug rehabilitation. Despite consistent claims that Sheen has been physically abusive towards women, Lynn said she never experienced abuse; "Not one time did he raise his voice. No violence". She had a relationship with actor George Clooney.

In 1991, Lynn served four and a half months in prison for tax evasion. In 1996, Lynn had a son with Steve Hirsch.

Filmography

Adult film

* 1984 ''Surrender In Paradise'' as Tammy
* 1984 ''Too Good to Be True'' as Felicia
* 1984 ''The Pink Lagoon'' as Tammy
* 1984 ''Panty Raid'' as Wendy
* 1984 ''Night of Loving Dangerously'' as Trixie
* 1984 '' Kinky Business'' - AVN Awards 1985 Best Couple in a Sex Scene (with Tom Byron) as Gloria
* 1984 ''Illusions of Ecstasy'' as Melanie
* 1984 '' Electric Blue 17'' as Miss Johnson
* 1984 ''Suze's Centerfolds 8'' as Tennis Player (Sex Athletics)
* 1984 ''Up Up and Away'' as Gail
* 1984 ''China and Silk'' as Mandy Walker
* 1984 ''Those Young Girls'' as Ginger
* 1984 ''Girls on Fire'' as Suzie
* 1984 ''Slumber Party'' – AVN Awards 1986 Best Couple in a Sex Scene (with Eric Edwards) as Dawn
* 1984 ''Jailhouse Girls'' as Joanne MacIntyre
* 1984 '' Electric Blue 19'' as Bev
* 1985 ''Trashy Lady'' as Kitty
* 1985 ''Ten Little Maidens'' - AVN Awards 1986 Best Couples Sex Scene as Carol
* 1985 ''Taboo 4: The Younger Generation'' as Robin Lodge
* 1985 ''Suzie Superstar II'' as Tina
* 1985 '' New Wave Hookers'' as Cherry
* 1985 ''Ginger Lynn: The Movie'' - AVN Awards 2006 Best Classic Release on DVD as Ginger
* 1985 ''Surrender In Paradise'' as Tammy
* 1985 ''Project: Ginger'' - AVN Awards 1986 Best Actress - Video as Ginger
* 1985 '' Electric Blue: Beverly Hills Wives'' as Rich Woman
* 1985 ''Ginger On The Rocks'' as Ginger
* 1986 ''Blame It on Ginger'' as Ginger
* 1986 ''Beverly Hills Cox'' as Suzy Cox
* 1986 '' Electric Blue 39'' as Pepper
* 1986 '' Electric Blue 42'' as Nurse Diane
* 1986 '' Electric Blue 43'' as Rachel
* 1987 ''Blow-Off'' as Mrs. White
* 1987 ''Ginger & Spice'' as Ginger / Ricebird
* 1987 ''Ginger Snaps'' as Ginger
* 1987 '' Electric Blue 47'' as Bumper
* 1987 '' Electric Blue 51'' as Muffin Delight
* 1999 ''Ginger Lynn's Torn'' - XRCO Awards 1999 Best Lesbo Scene (with Chloe) as Clarisse Bijou
* 2000 ''New Wave Hookers 6'' as Audrey
* 2000 ''White Lightning'' as Gabby White
* 2001 ''Taken'' – 2002 AVN Award for Best Actress as Kim
* 2002 ''Devon Stripped'' as Wanda
* 2002 ''Crime & Passion'' as Kim
* 2002 ''Sunset Stripped'' as Katherine Connors
* 2002 ''Behind Closed Doors'' as Woman
* 2004 ''Last Movie'' as Ginger
* 2004 ''Love and Bullets'' as Karen Roman
* 2007 ''Dirty Rotten Mother Fucker''
* 2008 ''Big Loves 4''
* 2008 ''Blacks On Cougars''
* 2008 ''Watching My Mom Go Black''
* 2009 ''My First Sex Teacher 17''
* 2009 ''The Cougar Club 2''
* 2009 ''White Mommas''
* 2009 ''Ginger Loves Girls!'' as Ginger
* 2010 ''Saw: A Hardcore Parody'' as Police Secretary

Director

* 1994 ''Lingerie Gallery''
* 1994 ''Lingerie Gallery, Volume 2''
* 2003 ''Ginger Lynn's School of Head''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 1''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 2''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 3''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 4''

Mainstream film

* 1984 '' Bachelor Party'' as Herself, Angel and the Reruns
* 1989 '' Dr. Alien'' as Rocker Chick #1
* 1989 ''Cleo/Leo'' as Karen
* 1989 ''Vice Academy'' as Holly Wells
* 1989 ''Wild Man'' as Dawn Hall
* 1989 ''Satan's Storybook'' as Christeeth
* 1990 '' Buried Alive'' as Debbie
* 1990 '' Young Guns II'' as Dove
* 1990 ''Hollywood Boulevard II'' as Candy Chandler
* 1990 ''Vice Academy Part 2'' as Holly Wells
* 1991 '' Whore'' as Wounded Girl
* 1991 '' Leather Jackets'' as Bree
* 1991 ''Vice Academy Part 3'' as Holly Wells
* 1992 ''Mind, Body & Soul'' as Brenda
* 1993 '' Trouble Bound'' as Girl In Porn Movie On TV
* 1993 ''Bound & Gagged: A Love Story'' as Leslie
* 1995 ''Ultimate Taboo'' as Shannon
* 1995 '' The Stranger'' as Sally Womack
* 1996 ''God's Lonely Man'' as AA Speaker
* 1996 ''Vice Academy 5'' as Prison Inmate
* 1998 ''Vice Academy 6'' as Holly
* 2000 '' The Independent'' as Mayor Kitty Storm
* 2000 ''The Last Late Night'' as Sophia Carteris
* 2003 '' Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain'' as Pandora
* 2004 ''Save Virgil'' as Virgil's Mother
* 2005 '' The Devil's Rejects'' as Fanny
* 2005 ''American Pie Presents Band Camp'' as Nurse Sanders
* 2006 ''Kisses and Caroms (aka American Pool)'' as Mrs. Whiteman
* 2016 '' 31'' as "Cherry Bomb"
* 2016 ''Streets of Vengeance'' as Roxy Carmichael
* 2020 ''Slashlorette Party'' as Dr. Petra Jordan
* 2021 '' New York Ninja'' as Nita Liu

Television

* 1991-1992 ''Super Force'' as Crystal Chandler
* 1993 ''NYPD Blue'' as Monique
* 1994 '' Silk Stalkings'' as Laura Gallow / Galatea
* 2003 '' Skin'' as Amber Synn
* 2003 '' X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story'' as Herself
* 2006 '' Gene Simmons Family Jewels'' as Herself
* 2010 '' The Dog Whisperer'' as Herself
* 2012 '' Dave's Old Porn'' as Herself
* 2016 ''X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time'' as Herself
* 2017 ''After Porn Ends 2'' as Herself
* 2018 '' Porndemic'' as Herself

Other media

* '' Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger'', '' Wing Commander: Prophecy'' (computer games) as Chief Technician Rachel Coriolis
* '' Sang on 12" 33rp
[Fantasy World
(with Janus Jarrow) on Mach IV productions label.
* ''Night Calls'' on Playboy Radio with Christy Canyon on Sirius Satellite Radio
* She has appeared in pictorials for ''Playboy'', ''Cinema Blue'', ''Chéri'', ''High Society'', ''Club International'', and ''Celebrity Sleuth''
* ''The Ginger Lynn Show'' on KSEX Radio in Los Angeles
* In the 1998 music video for Metallica's cover of " Turn the Page (Bob Seger song), Turn the Page", she portrayed a stripper/prostitute traveling with her child.
* She provided a voice for the song "Ginger Snaps/Monkey Business" for Danger Danger's second album, '' Screw It!''

Literature

She fictionally appears in Andrés Spinova's novel "Marilyn y un par de Ases".

Awards

See also

* Golden Age of Porn

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynn, Ginger
1962 births
American female adult models
American film actresses
American pornographic film actresses
American people convicted of tax crimes
Living people
Actors from Rockford, Illinois
Pornographic film actors from Illinois
21st-century American women