Darby Lloyd Rains
American actress
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Darby Lloyd Rains (born November 20, 1947) is a former adult film actress who was prolific during the golden age of pornography.[1][2][3] She is a member of the XRCO Hall of Fame as a "film pioneer".[4]
Career
Darby Lloyd Rains's early work in the 1970's was in 16mm silent adult film loops,[5][6][7] and she appeared as an uncredited stripper in the 1971 film The French Connection.[8] Lloyd Rains is best known for her roles in sexploitation[9][10] and pornographic feature films such as Memories Within Miss Aggie,[11] The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann and Naked Came the Stranger.[10][12] She has been described as "ruling over half of the pornographic film production (good, bad or terrible) of the time",[13] "one of the very first porn stars",[14] and "perhaps the prettiest, most unlikely-looking of the sex vets".[15] After her on screen career was over she worked on set[16] and in production for other adult films.[7] Additionally, after she left acting she worked on a film with Joe Negroni,[17] and would later work with Sandy Fox[n 1] to form a talent agency in New York City.[18] She identifies as bisexual.[19]
Partial filmography
- This Film Is All About '....' (1970) directed by Gerard Damiano[citation needed]
- Sex USA (1970) directed by Gerard Damiano[20]
- Dark Dreams (1971) directed by Toby Ross[21]
- Both Ways (1971)
- Rosebud (1972)[22]
- The Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig (1973)[23]
- Lovelace Meets Miss Jones (1973)[24]
- Sleepy Head (1973) directed by Joseph Samo[25]
- Devil's Due (1973)[26] directed by Ernest Danna
- Memories Within Miss Aggie (1974)[27][28] directed by Gerard Damiano
- Angel Number 9 aka Angel on Fire (1974)[29][30][31] directed by Roberta Findlay[32]
- Not Just Another Woman (1974)[10] directed by Toby Ross
- The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1974)[33][34] directed by Radley Mezger
- Naked Came the Stranger (1975)[35][36] directed by Radley Mezger
- Slip Up (1975)[37]
- Every Inch A Lady (1975)[38][39]
- Abduction of an American Playgirl (1975)[40][41][42]
- Practice Makes Perfect aka Countrylife (1976)[43]
- More, More, More (1976)[7]
- Ta mej i dalen (1977) directed by Torgny Wickman[44]
- French Kiss (1979)[45]
- Street Girls of New York (1981) directed by Sid Roth[46]
