Laura Gemser
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Laurette Marcia Gemser (born 5 October 1950) is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer.[1] She is primarily known for her work in Italian erotic cinema, such as the Emanuelle series. Many of her films were collaborations with directors Joe D'Amato and Bruno Mattei.[1]
Gemser has also been credited as Moira Chen in Love Is Forever (1983).
Early life
Gemser left Indonesia in 1955, at the age of four, and moved with her parents to the Netherlands.[2] She grew up in the Dutch city of Utrecht, where she attended the MULO Regentesseschool high school. After that, she attended the Artibus Art School in Utrecht, where she specialised in fashion design.[2]
Career
After modelling in various magazines in the Netherlands and Belgium, in 1974 she moved to Italy to star in the erotic film Amore libero - Free Love.[3] The film was a box office success and launched Gemser's career. She played one of the masseuses in the 1975 film Emmanuelle 2 (aka Emmanuelle, The Joys of a Woman), and later that year took the starring role in Bitto Albertini's Black Emanuelle.[4] She starred in 5 Black Emanuelle films in less than three years.[5][2][3]
She starred as Laotian actress Keo Sirisomphone in Michael Landon's 1983 American television film, Love Is Forever, in which she was credited as Moira Chen. During the 1970s and 1980s, she made many movies with Joe D'Amato. Gemser continued to make films, at times working with her actor husband, Gabriele Tinti (m. 1976–1991). In the 1990s, she retired from films to work on costume designing for film, and completely vanished from the public life.[6]
Partial filmography
- Note: The films listed with a "-" are not necessarily chronological.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Role | Notes | Refs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Costume designer | Other | |||||
| Amore libero - Free Love | 1974 | Yes | Jeannie | Credited as Emanuelle in the film. | [7] | ||
| Black Emanuelle | 1975 | Yes | [8] | ||||
| Emanuelle in Bangkok | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Emanuelle | [9] | |||
| Voyage of the Damned | 1976 | Yes | Estredes Geliebte | [10] | |||
| Black Cobra Woman | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Eva | [11] | |||
| Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Emanuelle | [12] | |||
| Emanuelle in America | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Emanuelle | [13] | |||
| La spiaggia del desiderio | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Haidé | [14] | |||
| Voto di castità | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Iliana | [15] | |||
| Crime Busters | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Susy Li | [16] | |||
| Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals | 1977 | Yes | Emanuelle | [17] | |||
| Emanuelle Around the World | 1977 | Yes | Emanuelle | [18]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. | |||
| Le notti porno nel mondo | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Herself | [19] | |||
| Suor Emanuelle | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | suor Emanuelle | [20] | |||
| Emanuelle e le pornonotti | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only | [21] | |||
| Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Emanuelle | [22] | |||
| Voglia di donna | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | principessa africana | [23] | |||
| La mujer de la tierra caliente | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only | [24] | |||
| ...And Give Us Our Daily Sex | 1979 | Yes | Verónica's Friend | [25] | |||
| Erotic Nights of the Living Dead | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | indigena | [26] | |||
| Porno Esotic Love | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only | [27] | |||
| Murder Obsession | 1981 | Yes | Betty | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. | |||
| Script error: No such module "sort". | 1981 | Yes | Die Göttliche | [28] | |||
| Melani Queen of Sados | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only | [29] | |||
| Ator, the Fighting Eagle | 1982 | Yes | Indunn | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. | |||
| Violence in a Women's Prison | 1982 | Yes | Emanuelle Larson | [30][31] | |||
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Sheila | [32] | |||
| Caligula, the Untold Story | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Myriam | [33] | |||
| Invaders of the Lost Gold | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only | [34] | |||
| Women's Prison Massacre | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Emmanuelle | [35] | |||
| Love Is Forever | 1983 | Yes | Keo Sirisomphone | Credited as Moira Chen | [36] | ||
| Endgame | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Lilith | Credited as Moira Chen | [37] | ||
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Zerbal, la schiava | [38] | |||
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Haunani | [39] | |||
| Voglia di guardare | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only | [40] | |||
| Riflessi di luce | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only | [41] | |||
| Top Model | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Dorothy | [42] | |||
| Hot Steps | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | [43] | ||||
| Quest for the Mighty Sword | 1990 | Yes | Grimilde | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. | |||
| Troll 2 | 1990 | Yes | [44] | ||||
| Passion's Flowers | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | Yes | Scene designer | [45] | ||
| Woman's Secret - Il segreto di una donna | Template:Screen reader-only | Yes | [46] | ||||
References
Footnotes
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Laura Gemser". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Article on Laura Gemser in Leeuwarder Courant, 5 February 1977
- ^ a b Gordiano Lupi, Laura Gemser e le altre. Edizioni Profondo Rosso, 2011. pp. 18–19.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Paul, Louis (2013). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. p. 184. ISBN 978-0786487493. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.www.critic.de (13 October 2020). "Emanuelle Around the World | Kritik". critic.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gabriele (2 November 2020). "Ricordate Laura Gemser? Che fine ha fatto Emanuelle Nera - FOTO". Ck12 Giornale. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amore libero (1974)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Emanuelle nera n. 2 (1976)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Emanuelle nera - Orient Reportage (1976)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voyage of the Damned". Filmportal.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Eva nera". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Velluto nero (1976)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Emanuelle in America (1976)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."La spiaggia del desiderio (1976)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voto di castità (1976)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."I due superpiedi quasi piatti". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Emanuelle e gli ultimi cannibali". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Emanuelle - Perché violenza alle donne? (1977)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Le notti porno nel mondo (1977)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."suor Emanuelle". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Emanuelle e le pornonotti (1978)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."La via della prostituzione (1978)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."La mujer de la tierra caliente [La donna della calda terra] (1978)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voglia di donna (1978)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Le notti erotiche (1980)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Porno Esotic Love (1980)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Die Todesgöttin des Liebescamps". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."* * Melani Queen of Sados [Sexy Moon] (1980". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Release". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Violenza in un carcere femminile (1982)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."La belva dalla calda pelle". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (1982)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."* * Invaders of the Lost Gold [Horror Safari] (1982)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blade Violent (1983)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Love Is Forever" (in Deutsch). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (1983)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."L'alcova (1985)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Il piacere (1985)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voglia di guardare (1986)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Riflessi di luce". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Model". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hot Steps". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in italiano). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Troll 2". American Film Institute. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Passion's Flowers". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Woman's Secret - Il segreto di una donna (1992)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
Sources
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4888-3.
External links
- Laura Gemser at IMDb
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- Laura Gemser Biography
- Honey-Dipped Caramel: Laura Gemser (The Grindhouse Effect)
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