Clair Dia
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Raven-haired Clair Dia was born Emily Smith, a redhead, in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She attended City College in San Francisco and majored in occupational therapy. She then worked as a secretary before traveling the country and making porn loops for traveling cash, which landed her in the October 1971 Playboy article "The Porno Girls." Her feature debut was in What About Jane: An Erotic Soap Opera (1972). During an early screening of this film, she, a castmate, and the director were arrested and thrown in jail on obscenity charges, but spent only four hours there before being released. Clair went on to star in over 20 adult films and directed two more (she had attended Berkeley Film Institute where she studied filmmaking). Even in the films she directed, Clair managed to appear in brief walk-on roles.
Known for
Credits
The Cheerleaders (1973)
as Suzie (as Sandy Evans)
Lucifer's Women (1974)
as Mary
Doctor Dracula (1978)
as Mary
A Film About Sharon (1975)
as Self
Legends of Porn (1987)
as (archive footage)
Summer Heat (1979)
as Rea
Naked Afternoon (1976)
as Lily
Her Last Fling (1977)
Actor
Little Sisters (1972)
as Emily
Carnal Haven (1978)
as Second Hooker
The Health Spa (1978)
as Redheaded Club Member
Desires Within Young Girls (1977)
as Penelope 'Penny' Stone
Screwples (1979)
as Unwilling Interviewee (uncredited)
3 A.M. (1975)
as Stacey
The Nurses (1971)
as Mr. Bainbridge's Nurse
What About Jane (1972)
as Jane
The Journey of O (1976)
as Ophelia Day
Love Secrets (1976)
as Katie
April Love (1972)
as Laura
Rings of Passion (1973)
as Marcy (as Veronica Pink)
Ramage (Mobility Cathexis) (1972)
as (as Anama Anis)
Sharon's Rosebud (1976)
as Sharon's Sister
Fantastic Orgy (1977)
as (archive footage)