Serena is an American former pornographic film actress.

Pornographic film career

Serena starred in over 110

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between 1975 and 1988, including ''Sweet Cakes'' (1976), '' Fantasm'' (1976), '' Fantasm Comes Again'' (1977), ''Sensual Encounters of Every Kind'' (1978), '' Honky Tonk Nights'' (1978), '' Dracula Sucks'' (aka ''Lust At First Bite'') (1978), ''Summertime Blue'' (1979), ''Pleasure Palace'' (1979), ''Small Town Girls'' (1979) and '' Insatiable'' (1980). Serena also made ''Accouplements pour voyeurs'' (1979), ''Le Droit de cuissage'' (1979) and ''Les Nymphomanes'' (shot 1979, released 1980) in France, and ''Glühende Haut'' (1979) and assorted loops in Germany. ''

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'' magazine published an interview with Serena in 1978, together with other "top adult performers". In 1976, she appeared in the film '' Body of My Enemy'', as Frida de Düsseldorf, an amazing stripper. In 1979, she appeared in the film '' Hardcore'' in an uncredited role. She has dated

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. Serena was inducted into the

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as a "film pioneer".

Magazine appearances

Pictorial

*''High Society'' (USA) March 1991, "Porn Star Hall of Fame" *''High Society'' (USA) May 1986 *''The Very Best of High Society'' (USA) 1986, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, pg. 81–86, "Serena: Brush Strokes" *''Eros Sex Stars'' (USA) February 1985, Vol. 1, Iss. 5, pg. 23–29, by: The POM Agency, "Her Highness Serena" *''Mr. February'' (USA) February 1984 *''Expose!'' (USA) September 1983, Vol. 3, Iss. 7, pg. 46–53, by: n/a, "Serena" *''Erotic Film Guide'' (USA) July 1983, Vol. 1, Iss. 7, pg. 20–25, by: Sneed Hearn, "Serena & Jamie: together again" *''Eros'' (USA) May 1983 *''High Society'' (USA) April 1983, by: Bruce Kennedy *''Mr. April'' (USA) April 1983 *''High Society'' (USA) March 1983, by: Don Lau, "What Ever Happened to Serena?" *''Adult Cinema Review'' (USA) January 1983, Vol. 2, Iss. 7, pg. 38–51, "Serena's Scrapbook: Staying Saucy in Sausalito..." *''Harvey'' (USA) December 1981 *''Velvet Talks'' (USA) August 1981 *''Eros'' (USA) May 1981 *''Playboy'' (USA) November 1980, Vol. 27, Iss. 11, pg. 180, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1980" *''Club'' (USA) August 1980, by: Serge Jacques *''Cinema-X Review'' (USA) April 1980, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, pg. 49–53, by: Ted Snyder, "Serena" *''Playboy'' (USA) November 1979, Vol. 26, Iss. 11, pg. 180, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1979" *''Playboy'' (USA) December 1978, Vol. 25, Iss. 12, pg. 245, by: Jim Harwood, "Sex Stars Of 1978" *''Mr. November'' (USA) November 1978 *''Playboy'' (USA) July 1977, Vol. 24, Iss. 7, pg. 136, "The New Girls Of Porn" *''Pix'' (USA) June 1975, Vol. 1, Iss. 6

Cover photos

*''Erotic Film Guide'' (USA) July 1983, Vol. 1, Iss. 7 *''Eros'' (USA) May 1983 *''Cinema-X Review'' (USA) April 1980, Vol. 1, Iss. 4 *''Pix'' (USA) June 1975, Vol. 1, Iss. 6 *''Beaver Fever'' (USA) 1975

Selected publications

*''Bright Lights, Lonely Nights - The Memories of Serena, Porn Star Pioneer of the 1970s'' (USA) 2014 *''Backstage Girls'' (USA) 2018 *''Poems From Mt. Tam'' (USA) 2019 *''Polk Street'' (USA) 2021 *''Stars In Our Eyes: An Unauthorized Biography'' (USA) 2021 *''Songs Of Silence'' (USA) 2022

Personal life

Serena lives in the

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where she works as a painter, writer, poet, and textile artist.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Serena American pornographic film actresses American female adult models Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women