Barbara Dare

Barbara Dare
Born (1963-02-27) February 27, 1963 (age 61)
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Other namesKimberly Dare, Kim Wilde, Stacey Nixx, Stacey Nix
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Barbara Dare (born February 27, 1963) is an American former pornographic actress.[1] She was one of the industry's initial contract performers with Essex Video[2] and Vivid Entertainment[3] and is an AVN[4] and XRCO Hall of Fame inductee.[5]

Personal life

Dare was born in Wichita Falls, Texas.[2] After her father, a dentist, left the Air Force, the family moved to Wayne, New Jersey.[2] She was raised in the Jewish faith.[2] Early in her professional career, Dare self-identified as a lesbian, having personal relationships with women.[6]

Dare spent several years addicted to drugs, including heroin. She got sober and became a Certified Addiction and Substance Abuse Counselor.[7]

Career

Dare began appearing in adult films in the mid-1980s after meeting people who were involved in the adult film industry at Plato's Retreat[8] and also made appearances in magazines such as Hustler, Swank, and High Society. In 1989, she joined fellow adult film actress Stephanie Rage as authors of a monthly article for Swank.[9]

Dare was one of the top adult film stars of the 1980s.[10] She appeared in scenes with several (at the time) top adult films stars, including Tracey Adams and Ginger Lynn.[3] She became one of the first women in the industry to sign an exclusivity contract with Essex Video for 10 movies a year and an annual salary of $150,000[11] and would later leave that studio to sign with Vivid Entertainment and become one of the earliest Vivid Girls.[12] Dare's final film was Bratgirl (1992); she retired in 1994.[1]

Jerry Butler stated in his autobiography that Dare had a "commanding screen presence" while on set, in spite of her smaller physical stature.[13]

Dare also worked as a stripper, commanding a $10,000 weekly salary.[14]

Appearances

Dare was interviewed in 1987 for the episode of the television news series Frontline regarding the death of Shauna Grant.[15]

She also had minor roles in mainstream productions such as the Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret film 52 Pick-Up in 1986[16] and the live-action/animated comedy-horror B-movie Evil Toons (where she was credited as "Stacey Nix") in 1992.[17]

In the August 1992 issue of Esquire, Dare was profiled in their annual feature "Women We Love".[18][19]

Selected filmography

  • Hannah Does Her Sisters (1986)
  • Slippery When Wet (1986)
  • Blame it on Ginger (1986)
  • Barbara the Barbarian (1987)
  • Ginger and Spice (1987)
  • Girls who Dig Girls 8 (1988)
  • Barbara Dare's Bad (1988)
  • Angela Baron Takes a Dare (1988)
  • Sex in Dangerous Places (1988)
  • For Her Pleasure Only (1989)
  • Ginger then and Now (1990)
  • Where the Boys Aren't 2 (1990)
  • Bratgirls (1992)

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Barbara Dare at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. ^ a b c d Dare, Barbara (2016-02-21). "Barbara Dare: A Curious Woman". The Rialto Report. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b Rutter, Jared. "Vivid's 25th Anniversary: How Steven Hirsch's Company Thrust Porn Into Mainstream America". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "AVN Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  5. ^ a b "XRCO Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  6. ^ Bright, Susie (1990). Susie Sexpert's lesbian sex world. Cleis Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0939416356.
  7. ^ "Barbara Dare: A Curious Woman - Podcast 58". The Rialto Report. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  8. ^ Cote, Neil (20 August 1990). "Fighting censorship with a Dare". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  9. ^ Swank Magazine, March 1990
  10. ^ Jennings, David (2000). Skinflicks : the inside story of the x-rated video industry. Bloomington, IN.: Distributed by 1st Books Library. ISBN 978-1587211843. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  11. ^ Crouch, Gregory (1 May 1988). "Essex Video Faces Legal, Financial Setbacks : Pornographic Film Distributor Goes Bust; Company's President Busted". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  12. ^ Stars Shine For Vivid, Matt O'Conner, 2006-03-17, Accessed 2011-07-13
  13. ^ Butler, Jerry (1990). Raw Talent: The Adult Film Industry as Seen by Its Most Popular Male Star. Prometheus Books. p. 147. ISBN 978-0879756253.
  14. ^ Hume, Mark (21 March 1992). "On with the show". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Frontline: Season 5, Episode 13 - Death of a Porn Queen". IMDb. 8 June 1987. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  16. ^ "52 Pick-Up (1986) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  17. ^ "Evil Toons (1992)". IMDb. 26 November 1993. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  18. ^ Bogosian, Eric (August 1992). Women We Love 1992. Esquire Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Esquire loves women". Great Falls Tribune. 9 August 1992. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  20. ^ a b c "Past Winners". Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 2007-09-22.