Veronica Hart
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Jane Hamilton (born Script error: No such module "Birth based on age as of dates".[1]Template:R/superscript) is an American film director and former pornographic film actress who performed under the stage name Veronica Hart.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript[3] Described by columnist Frank Rich as "a leading porn star of the late '70s and early '80s",[4]Template:R/superscript Hart is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.[5][6] Director Paul Thomas Anderson has called her "the Meryl Streep of porn."[7]
Early life and education
Hart was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.[8] She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1976[2] with a bachelor's degree in theater arts.[1] After school she worked in England before returning to the United States and moving to New York City.[8]
Career
Hart began appearing in pornographic films in the 1970s, becoming a major star by the 1980s.[1]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript According to film scholar Chuck Kleinhans, she portrayed the "stylish 'native New Yorker'" type.[9] She is best known for her performances in Amanda by Night, Wanda Whips Wall Street, Roommates and A Scent of Heather.[8]
Around 1984, Hart began directing segments on the Playboy TV series Electric Blue, appearing in B movies and working as a stripper.[4] After retiring from performing in pornographic films, Hart became an executive at film distributor VCA Pictures.[4]Template:R/superscript With the sale of VCA to Hustler Video in 2003, and the direction of the company moving from feature, storyline-driven films to gonzo, she left the company when her existing contract expired.[10] Afterwards, Hart moved on to other work, including working as a tour guide at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas.[11]
Hart has acted in off-Broadway theater productions such as The House of Bernarda Alba,[2] A Thurber Carnival,[2] The Dyke And The Porn Star,[12][13] and The Deep Throat Sex Scandal.[14][15]
She has also made appearances in non-pornographic films. She played "Telephone Trixie" in Ruby[16] and a judge in the film Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.[2]
As of 2014 Hart had become a sex educator in China. An article in AVN magazine stated that she has been instructing women through an arrangement with a chain of adult retail stores and clubs called Sediva Maison.[11]
Personal life
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Selected TV appearances
- Six Feet Under, Jean Louise Macarthur a.k.a. Viveca St. John - in season 1's episode "An Open Book" (2001)
- Lady Chatterly's Stories, Amy (as Jane Hamilton) - in the episode "The Manuscript" (2001)
- First Years, Lola - in the episode "Porn in the USA" (2001)
Awards
Wins
- 1981
AFAA for Best Actress – Amanda by Night
- 1982
AFAA Award for Best Actress – Roommates
AFAA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Foxtrot
- 1991
- 1994
Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award[18]
- 1996
AVN Award for Best Non-Sex Performance – Nylon[19]
- 1999
XRCO Award for Best Video - Torn (directed and produced by Hart)[20]
- 2004
XRCO Award for Best Comedy or Parody - Misty Beethoven: The Musical (directed, edited and produced by Hart)[21]
- 2006
Nominations
- 2001
AVN Best Director – Video for White Lightning[23]
- 2002
AVN Best Director – Film for Taken[24]
- 2003
AVN Best Director – Video for Crime and Passion[25]
- 2004
AVN Best Director – Film for Barbara Broadcast Too[26]
- 2005
AVN Best Director – Film for Misty Beethoven: The Musical[27]
- 2006
AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Eternity[28]
- 2007
AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Sex Pix[29]
- 2008
AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Delilah[30]
- 2009
AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Roller Dollz[31]
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lieberman, Hallie (September 30, 2023). "Club 90: The Secret Women's Club That Rocked the Porn World". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
Jane, who went by Veronica Hart on screen, was at a crossroads. The 26-year-old, classically beautiful [...]
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Weatherford, Mike (November 2, 1997). "Movie sparks memories for porn star". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on September 17, 2000.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Frammolino, Ralph; Huffstutter, P. J. (January 6, 2002). "The Actress, the Producer and Their Porn Revolution". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rich, Frank (May 20, 2001). "Naked Capitalists". The New York Times Magazine. section 6, pp. 51 ff. ISSN 0028-7822. Retrieved May 5, 2025. Page Template:Block indent/styles.css has no content.Reprinted in: Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dines, Gail; Humez, Jean M., eds. (2003). "Naked Capitalists". Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications. pp. 48–60. ISBN 978-0-7619-2260-5 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AVN Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bona, Damien (2002). Inside Oscar 2. New York: Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-345-44800-2.[page needed]
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, Kent; Moore, Darrell W.; Reagle, Merl (1983). Adult Movies. New York: Pocket Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-671-46844-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kleinhans, Chuck (2006). "The Change from Film to Video Pornography: Implications for Analysis". In Lehman, Peter (ed.). Pornography: Film and Culture. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8135-3871-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Anthony, Andrew (August 1, 2004). "Risky Business". The Observer. ISSN 9976-1971. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kernes, Mark (August 18, 2014). "So ... What's Veronica Hart Up To These Days?". AVN. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Monji, Jana J. (August 27, 1999). "New Steps in Dance Toward Romance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."HOT! Gay/Bi Thespian Action!". Paper. March 1, 2000. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ng, David (December 10, 2012). "'Deep Throat' play set for L.A. with porn star Veronica Hart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morris, Steven Leigh (February 7, 2013). "The Deep Throat Sex Scandal Celebrates a Famous First Amendment Victory But Ignores the Bigger Issue". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hosoda, Craig (1992). The Bare Facts Video Guide (Third ed.). p. 128.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."XRCO Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Night of the Stars". Archived from the original on June 11, 1998. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Past AVN Award Winners". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PREVIOUS WINNERS and NOMS - 2002 & Before)". Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."XRCO 2004 Winners". Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hustler Hollywood to Induct Hart, Edwards into Walk of Fame". March 9, 2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AVN 2001 Nominations". Archived from the original on March 9, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AVN 2006 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AVN 2007 Nominations". Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AVN 2008 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). AVNAwards.com. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Secret History of the Other Hollywood: Adult film star and director Jane Hamilton a.k.a. Veronica Hart". Court TV News (transcript). Court TV. July 23, 2001. Archived from the original on July 27, 2001.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sam Frank (1986). Sex in the Movies. Citadel Press. Dedicated to her, and one chapter covers Hart's early career.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nicolas Barbano (1999). Verdens 25 hotteste pornostjerner. Rosinante. Features a chapter on Hart.
External links
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- Veronica Hart at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Veronica Hart at the Internet Adult Film Database
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