Barbara Dare Explained

Barbara Dare
Birth Date:27 February 1963
Birth Place:Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Alias:Kimberly Dare, Kim Wilde, Stacey Nixx, Stacey Nix

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

Personal life

Dare was born in Wichita Falls, Texas.[1] After her father, a dentist, left the Air Force, the family moved to Wayne, New Jersey.[1] She was raised in the Jewish faith.[1] Early in her professional career, Dare self-identified as a lesbian, having personal relationships with women.[2]

Dare spent several years addicted to drugs, including heroin. She got sober and became a Certified Addiction and Substance Abuse Counselor.[3]

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[4] 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.[5]

Dare was one of the top adult film stars of the 1980s.[6] She appeared in scenes with several (at the time) top adult films stars, including Tracey Adams and Ginger Lynn.[7] 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[8] and would later leave that studio to sign with Vivid Entertainment and become one of the earliest Vivid Girls.[9] Dare's final film was Bratgirl (1992); she retired in 1994.

Jerry Butler stated in his autobiography that Dare had a "commanding screen presence" while on set, in spite of her smaller physical stature.[10]

Dare also worked as a stripper, commanding a $10,000 weekly salary.[11]

Appearances

Dare was interviewed in 1987 for the episode of the television news series Frontline regarding the death of Shauna Grant.[12]

She also had minor roles in mainstream productions such as the Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret film 52 Pick-Up in 1986[13] and the live-action/animated comedy-horror B-movie Evil Toons (where she was credited as "Stacey Nix") in 1992.[14]

In the August 1992 issue of Esquire, Dare was profiled in their annual feature "Women We Love".[15] [16]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dare. Barbara. Barbara Dare: A Curious Woman. The Rialto Report. 21 February 2016. 2016-02-21.
  2. Book: Bright, Susie. Susie Sexpert's lesbian sex world. registration. 1990. Cleis Press. 978-0939416356. 100.
  3. Web site: Barbara Dare: A Curious Woman - Podcast 58 . The Rialto Report . 21 February 2016 . 9 August 2023.
  4. News: Cote. Neil. Fighting censorship with a Dare. 21 February 2018. The Tampa Tribune. 20 August 1990.
  5. Swank Magazine, March 1990
  6. Book: Jennings, David. Skinflicks : the inside story of the x-rated video industry. 2000. Distributed by 1st Books Library. Bloomington, IN.. 978-1587211843. 2014-03-06. 2015-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20151110234308/http://skinflicksbook.com/my-worst-porn-directing-experience-barbara-dare/. dead.
  7. Rutter. Jared. Vivid's 25th Anniversary: How Steven Hirsch's Company Thrust Porn Into Mainstream America. Adult Video News. 2 January 2014. 18 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131218193203/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Vivid-s-25th-Anniversary-How-Steven-Hirsch-s-Company-Thrust-Porn-Into-Mainstream-America-359979.html. dead.
  8. News: Crouch. Gregory. Essex Video Faces Legal, Financial Setbacks : Pornographic Film Distributor Goes Bust; Company's President Busted. Los Angeles Times. 30 September 2015. 1 May 1988.
  9. http://www.xbiz.com/articles/13965/ Stars Shine For Vivid
  10. Book: Butler, Jerry. Raw Talent: The Adult Film Industry as Seen by Its Most Popular Male Star. 1990. Prometheus Books. 978-0879756253. 147.
  11. News: Hume . Mark . On with the show . 27 February 2020 . The Vancouver Sun . 21 March 1992.
  12. Web site: Frontline: Season 5, Episode 13 - Death of a Porn Queen. 8 June 1987. IMDb. 6 March 2014.
  13. Web site: 52 Pick-Up (1986) Full Cast & Crew. IMDb. 6 March 2014.
  14. Web site: Evil Toons (1992). 26 November 1993. IMDb. 6 March 2014.
  15. Book: Bogosian . Eric . Women We Love 1992 . August 1992 . Esquire Magazine . 9 June 2019.
  16. News: Esquire loves women . 9 June 2019 . Great Falls Tribune . 9 August 1992.
  17. Web site: Past Winners . 2007-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084112/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1987 . 18 January 2014 . dead .
  18. News: AVN Hall of Fame . 2007-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071020014724/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame . 20 October 2007 . dead .
  19. News: XRCO Hall of Fame . 2007-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720064742/http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/hall.htm . July 20, 2011 .

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