Jessie St. James

For the Glee character, see Jesse St. James.

Jessie St. James
Born	1954 (age 56–57) California, U.S.
Alias(es)	Jesie St. James, Jessie Chandler, Sara Jean
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	125 lb (57 kg)
Eye colour	blue
Hair colour	Blonde
Skin colour	white
Ethnicity	Caucasian
No. of adult films	66 (per IAFD)

Jessie St. James is an American pornographic actress who was one of the biggest stars of the "Golden Age of Porn".^{[citation needed]}

Career

She made her debut in hardcore pornographic films in 1975 with a small part in Blue Heat.^[1] She acted on and off for several years, then began working full time in 1979.^[1] Among her earlier films were Blonde Fire, "EASY", and Insatiable. St. James was older than most of her contemporaries, and played characters like housewives or schoolteachers in most of her notable roles.^[1] She worked with some of the top names of the 1970s and 1980s such as Brooke West, Desiree West, Juliet Anderson, Marilyn Chambers, Lisa De Leeuw, Samantha Fox, Seka, Serena, Vanessa del Rio, John Holmes, Paul Thomas, and Herschel Savage. Her role in "EASY" with Georgina Spelvin & Desiree Clearbranch(Cousteau) established her as a top star. By the mid-1980s she was regarded as a veteran of the adult industry.^[2] In the film Boogie Nights Melora Walters's character Jessie St. Vincent was partly based on her.^[3] Her work has been anthologized in several retrospectives of classic performances. She has been inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and in 1998 to the XRCO Hall of Fame.^[4] St. James also shares the name of another adult film star using the same name who made a series of adult films between 2003 to 2006.^[5]

Partial Filmography

• Blue Heat (1978)
• Blond Fire (1979)
• Easy (1979)
• Fantasy World (1979)
• Female Athletes (1979)
• The Filthy Rich (1980)
• Insatiable (1980)
• Vista Valley P.T.A. (1980)^[6]
• Talk Dirty To Me (1981)^[2]
• Blondes Have More Fun (1981)
• Charli (1981)
• Centerspread Girls (1982)
• Swedish Erotica 43 (1982)
• Between Lovers (1983)
• Feels Like Silk (1983)
• Extremes Verlangen junger Hausfrauen(Silk Satin Sex) (1983)
• Only the Best (1986)
• True Legends Of Adult Cinema: The Golden Age (1992)
• Girls Who Were Porn's First Superstars (1999)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Jessie St James Biography
2. ^ ^{a b} Ian Charles Jarvie (1986). Thinking about society: theory and practice. Springer. pp. 410, 418. ISBN 9027720681. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bRRTSMf5cO4C. 
3. ^ James Mottram (2006). The Sundance kids: how the mavericks took back Hollywood. Macmillan. p. 193. ISBN 0571222676. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-GZvT_iUIhkC. 
4. ^ XRCO Hall of Fame
5. ^ http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=JessieStJames/gender=f/Jessie-St.-James.htm
6. ^ Spokane Daily Chronicle - Dec 24, 1980

External links

• Jessie St. James at the Internet Movie Database
• Jessie St. James at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Jessie St. James at the Adult Film Database

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Name	St. James, Jessie
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Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	California, U.S.
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