C. J. Laing

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C.J. Laing is a former American pornographic actress, appearing in adult films during the 1970s. She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame. [cite web|url=http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php|title=AVN Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-08-16] cite web|url=http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/hall.htm|title=XRCO Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-08-16]

Adult film career

C.J. Laing is originally from New York, and was living and working in San Francisco.cite book|last=McNeil|first=Legs|authorlink=Legs McNeil|coauthors=Jennifer Osborne and Peter Pavia|title=The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry|year= 2005|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=0060096594|pages=pp. 82-83] She was a follower for the Grateful Dead and in order raise money to follow the band, she auditioned before Mitchell Brothers and appeared in a short film "loop."cite web|url=http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-13699.html|title=The C. J. Laing Thread|publisher=The DVD Maniacs|accessdate=2007-10-12 (Over 18 only)] After travelling to Texas to meet the band, she returned to New York, where the Mitchell Brothers introduced her to film makers who cast her in her first feature film in 1974 under the name Gwenn Starr. [cite book|last=McNeil|first=Legs|authorlink=Legs McNeil|coauthors=Jennifer Osborne and Peter Pavia|title=The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry|year= 2005|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=0060096594|pages=p. 145]

Laing appeared in over 50 films and "loops" during the 1970s and is best known for her roles in "Anyone But My Husband" and "Barbara Broadcast". In "Anyone But My Husband", Laing stars as a neglected wife who has affairs with a series of lovers. Over the course of the film, Laing experiences bondage, whipping, fisting, and deep throat oral sex. [ [http://www.lukeisback.com/stars/stars/stars/female/cj_laing.html C.J. Laing] article at Luke Ford's website, Lukeisback.com. Accessed 2007-10-12.]

Laing is quoted in "Time Magazine" as saying: "I purposely would not act, I despised the people in these films that said they were actors. I was like, 'You've got to be kidding me! This is about fucking and sucking!'"cite news|last=Corliss|first=Richard|title=That Old Feeling: When Porno Was Chic|authorlink=Richard Corliss|work=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,1043267-2,00.html|date=March 29, 2005|accessdate=2007-09-25]

During the late-1970s, Laing performed live shows at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre and other theaters owned by the Mitchell Brothers. Her last film was "New York City Woman" in 1979.

Laing was inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame as a "Film Pioneer." In 2005, she was also inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame as "one of the most exciting stars of the so-called Golden Age of porn" and as "an energetic performer who turned in some of the strongest performances of her time." [cite news|last=Andersson|first=Acme|title=The 2005 AVN Hall of Fame Inductees|work=Adult Video News|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/hall/hall0305_01.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050318015401/http://www.adultvideonews.com/hall/hall0305_01.html|archivedate=2005-03-18|accessdate=2007-10-12]

Partial filmography

*"Anyone But My Husband" (1975)
*"Sweet Punkin"' (1976)
*"Water Power" (1976)
*"Barbara Broadcast" (1977)
*"Maraschino Cherry" (1978)

References

External links

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* [http://www.lukeisback.com/stars/stars/stars/female/cj_laing.html C.J. Laing] article at Luke Ford's website, Lukeisback.com