Kitten Natividad

Female adult bio
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location= Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
birthname= Francesca Isabel Natividad
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ethnicity= White Hispanic
alias= Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad, Francesca Natividad, Frances Natividad
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homepage= http://www.kittenklub.com
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Kitten Natividad (born Francesca Isabel Natividad on February 14, 1948) is a Mexican American film actress and exotic dancer, noted for her 44-inch chest and appearances in cult films by her ex-partner, director Russ Meyer.

Early years

Natividad was born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the eldest of nine children, and did not speak English until she was 10. At that time her mother married a U.S. citizen and they moved to Texas.cite news
url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,526274,00.html
title=Return of the Ultravixens!
author=Jessica Berens
publisher=The Observer
date=July 22 2001
accessdate=2007-02-08] Natividad attended high school in El Paso, where she was her senior class president. [cite web
url=http://www.nofimagazine.com/kittenint1.htm
title= the no-fi "interview" with Kitten Natividad
author=Chris Beyond
publisher=No-Fi Magazine
month=August | year=2002
accessdate=2007-02-08]

After moving to California, she worked as a maid and cook for Stella Stevens and as a key punch operator for IBM before turning to go-go dancing to make ends meet. Her stage name Kitten came from her shyness.cite web
url=http://www.photoclubs.com/model/md_kit.htm
title=Kitten Natividad bio
publisher=Photoclub.com
accessdate=2007-02-08] At age 21, she had her first breast implant surgery in Tijuana, where it was legal, in order to move into topless dancing. Due to the tragic results of her breast enhancement she deeply regretted having been talked into doing it (see below).

Career

Kitten Natividad was introduced to Russ Meyer by fellow dancer Shari Eubank, a performer in Meyer's 1975 film "Supervixens". [cite web
url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262272/
title=Shari Eubank
publisher=Internet Movie Database
accessdate=2007-02-08] Meyer hired her as the narrator of his movie "Up!", where she was shown sitting nude in a tree, quoting the poetry of Hilda Doolittle and acting as a Greek chorus to the nonsensical action.cite news
url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1449095,00.html
title=Breast in show
author=Roger Ebert
date=April 1, 2005
accessdate=2007-02-08] Meyer was so impressed he wanted her to star in his next feature, "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens" (one of several collaborations between Meyer and film critic Roger Ebert), but he paid for a second breast enhancement and voice lessons to eliminate her accent. She left her husband for Meyer during the filming, and they lived together as a couple for most of the next 15 years.

After this, Natividad moved into pornographic modeling, mainly doing glamour or girl-girl shoots with the likes of Candy Samples, Uschi Digard, and Patty Plenty. The appearances increased her dancing income many times over. She incorporated a giant champagne glass into her act (similar to Lili St. Cyr), accompanied by Bobby Darin hit "Splish Spash".

In 1970-1980s she took part in some short-footage "sexy wrestling" films, mainly with companies like Curtis Dont and Triumph Studios. During the 1980s, Natividad began appearing in hardcore productions, initially limiting her performances to appearing topless, but eventually doing hardcore performances, usually with younger men. She also founded the private photo and video studio Kitten Klub. She famously appeared as a stripper at the bachelor party held by Sean Penn to celebrate his 1985 marriage to Madonna.

In pop culture

* Kitten Natividad appeared on The Gong Show in the late 1970s.
* She appeared in a 1980s music video for Mitch Ryder's version of the song, "When You Were Mine", which was written by Prince.
* Kitten Natividad had a noteworthy topless scene as a prostitute in the film "My Tutor," where the sight of her large bosom causes her young client to pass out for some moments, only to regain consciousness and pass out indefinitely as soon as he actually touches it.
* In August 2006, Kitten Natividad appeared in "Playboy" in "The History of Bikinis"

Personal life

In October 1999, Kitten Natividad underwent double-mastectomy surgery for treatment of breast cancer. [cite web
url=http://www.avn.com/video/articles/12516.html |title=KITTEN NATIVIDAD UNDERGOES BREAST SURGERY |publisher=Adult Video News
date=October 27 1999 |accessdate=2008-06-18] After her breasts were removed, it was discovered that the silicone used in her implants was of an industrial grade. She currently lives alone with a pit bull and three cats (all featured in the 2005 documentary movie "Pornstar Pets"), and supports herself with sales of her porn videos and phone sex, with an international clientele. She appeared in the Adam Rifkin independent feature "A Night at the Golden Eagle"; according to her, Rifkin remembered recognizing her when their cars were both stopped at the same stoplight 25 years earlier. [cite web
url=http://usedwigs.com/interview_kitten.html
title=Kitten Natividad interview
author=Scott Shrake
publisher=UsedWigs.com
accessdate=2007-02-08]

In January 2008, Natividad was inducted in the Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame. [cite web
url=http://www.avn.com/performer/articles/2721.html
title=Legends of Erotica Inducts Six Adult Superstars
author=Jared Rutter
publisher=Adult Video News
date=January 12 2008
accessdate=2008-06-18]

elected filmography

Kitten Natividad has appeared in more than 65 films and video productions. Career highlights and major studio features include:

* "The New Centurions" (1972)
* "Up!" (1976)
* "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens" (1979)
* "Airplane!" (1980) (uncredited)
* "Deep Jaws" (1976)
* "" (1982) (uncredited)
* "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982)
* "My Tutor" (1983)
* "Night Patrol" (1984)
* "The Wild Life" (1984)
* "Takin' it off" (1985)
* "An Evening With Kitten" (1985; according to Luke Ford, her best-sellercite web
url=http://www.lukeford.com/stars/female/kitten_natividad.html
title=Kitten Natividad
author=Luke Ford
publisher=lukeford.net
accessdate=2007-02-08] )
* "Takin' it All Off (1987)
* "Another 48 Hrs." (1990)
* "40 The Hard Way" (1990; her first hardcore intercourse on camera)
* "Die 120 Tage von Bottrop" (1997)
* "The Double-D Avenger" (2001)
* "Night at the Golden Eagle" (2002)

References

External links

* [http://www.kittenklub.com Official site]