Janine Lindemulder

Janine Lindemulder is one of the few celebrities known by only one name. But before she was a Vivid porn star, Janine worked in "legitimate" cinema, debuting in the Italian film Moving Target (1988) opposite the head-turning Linda Blair. Janine, of course, got naked throughout the course of the film, so she was pretty much a shoo-in for a role in the T&A flick ...

Jenna Jameson

Jenna Jameson came from the union of a police officer and a showgirl, and it should be illegal to be as sexy as this blonde bombshell. By the time this vamp was twenty she had moved from the bump-and-grind pole to the pages of skin mags. The demand for a more intimate view of Jenna's talents took her to Los Angeles, where she quickly ...

Melanie Coste

Born in the Bordeaux region of France, Mélanie Coste first worked in a travel agency and then entered the “Sex Me” contest organized in June 2001 by Hot Video magazine. She won and that led to her reigning over the porn marketplace in her native land, where sex is as French as cheese and just as tasty. Unlike her sisters in sex Stateside, Mélanie’s ...

Marilyn Chambers

From Ivory Soap girl to the second-most famous starlet of porn's 70s Golden Age to sci-fi scream-screen queen, Marilyn Chambers' career has had more ins and outs than the gullet of her chief XXX rival Linda Lovelace. Turned off by the casting couch mentality of Hollywood, bushy-tailed Chambers retreated to San Francisco and auditioned for Jim and Artie Mitchell, two sibling pornographers ...

Linda Lovelace

Although her renown is limited among smut consumers of today, Linda Lovelace was at one time - and in the long run will probably ultimately be - the most famous porn star in the world. Linda, due to her anatomically stunning performance in the beyond hugely successful porno chic movie Deep Throat (1972), became the first woman in the adult business whose name could appear in the Johnny ...

Ginger Lynn

Ginger Lynn earned her status as veteran video vixen through hands-on training and hard work. Known for her extreme enthusiasm and genuine love of all onscreen sexcapades, this perfectly proportioned bubbly blonde propelled to the top of the adult entertainment industry in the mid 80s. As a premiere Vivid Video Girl, her gorgeous grooves made Vivid into a million dollar company. For all ...

Nina Hartley

Nina Hartley came up with her stage name while stripping in San Francisco. The soon-to-be porno hall-of-famer liked Nina because the Japanese tourists who were shoving dollars in her G-string had no problems pronouncing it. Hartley was in homage to Mariette Hartley of the Polaroid commercials co-starring James Garner. Now she is arguably more famous than either. Nina has appeared in so many X-rated ...