Marc Stevens (actor) explained

Marc Stevens
Birth Date:2 September 1943[1]
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Spouse:Jill Monroe (?–1979)
Miranda Stevens
Alias:Mr. 10-1/2
Years Active:1971–1988
Death Cause:AIDS

Marc Stevens (September 2, 1943 – January 28, 1989) was an American erotic performer.[2] He is sometimes credited as Mark '10½' Stevens or Mark Stevens.

Early life

Marc Stevens was born Mark Kuttner in Brooklyn in 1943. He was the third of four children born to first generation Jewish parents Walter and Hannah. He attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn.[3]

Career

Stevens was a pioneering figure in the sex industry during the 1970s in New York City. He appeared in over 80 pornographic movies; he also led an erotic dance troupe titled Le Clique[4] and performed in live sex shows. He was bisexual, and while he predominantly appeared in heterosexual films and porn loops, he made a number of gay films as well. He was a close associate of leading sex industry figures such as Jason and Tina Russell, Annie Sprinkle, Sharon Mitchell, Jamie Gillis, Georgina Spelvin, and Gloria Leonard. Tall and lean with a well-defined musculature, he had the nickname "10½" because of the supposed size of his circumcised penis. He was famously photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe.[5]

Notable films

Notable films featuring Marc Stevens include:

Honorable recognition

Stevens was posthumously inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame on April 30, 2008.[6] He was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame on January 26, 2019.[7]

Death

Stevens died of AIDS on January 28, 1989, aged 45 in New York City.[8] [9]

He produced two memoirs (long out of print and allegedly ghost-written by his mother), titled 10½! and Making It Big.[10] [11]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marc Stevens at iafd.com. February 28, 2017.
  2. News: Walentis. Al. Porn Field Leader: He Promotes Himself. December 6, 2015. Reading Eagle. June 18, 1976.
  3. Web site: Marc Stevens: 'Mr. 10 ½' – The Wild Life and Tragic Fall of the New York Porno Party King – Part 1 . therialtoreport.com . February 19, 2017 . February 19, 2017 . February 23, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170223012401/http://www.therialtoreport.com/2017/02/19/marc-stevens/ . dead .
  4. Book: NYC Sex: How New York Transformed Sex in America. 2002. Scala Publishers. 1-85759-277-8. 205.
  5. Book: Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry – David Jennings – Google Boeken. 978-1-58721-184-3. September 25, 2013. Jennings. David. 2000. AuthorHouse .
  6. News: XRCO Announces 2008 Award Winners. May 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080502062009/http://www.avn.com/video/articles/29952.html . May 2, 2008.
  7. Web site: Meet the 2019 AVN Hall of Fame Inductees . Adult Video News . March 21, 2019.
  8. Book: Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry – David Jennings – Google Boeken . 978-1-58721-184-3 . December 3, 2013. Jennings . David . 2000 . AuthorHouse .
  9. Book: Annie Sprinkle: Post-Porn Modernist. 152. 1-57344-039-6 . Sprinkle . Annie. Annie Sprinkle. 1998. Cleis Press.
  10. Book: Sullivan. Rebecca. Bonnie Sherr Klein's 'Not a Love Story'. 2014. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. 59. 978-1-4426-2724-6.
  11. Web site: Marc Stevens: Mr. 10 1/2 . February 5, 2013 .

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