Sylvia Kristel won't be down to...go down.

[Ponch ®]

this news is tough to swallow...



First adult film star Sylvia Kristel dies at 60
By Meriah Doty | Movie Talk – 3 hours ago



Sylvia Kristel, arguably the first adult film star, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a long battle with cancer.

"She died during the night during her sleep," her agent told the AFP.  She was admitted to a hospital in July after suffering a stroke, though she was first diagnosed with throat and lung cancer roughly ten years ago.

The Dutch actress, born in Utrecht, Holland, made waves around the world as the star of 1974 erotic French film "Emmanuelle." In the controversial film she played the woman after which it was named -- a young model Emmanuelle, married to a much older man. The plot revolves around the couple as they move to Bangkok. Kristel's character then engages in a number of extramarital affairs as her husband doesn't seem to mind.

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The film garnered a major following, played for 11 years in a theater on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, and remains one of the most successful French films of all time. "Emmanuelle" also inspired a number of sequels in which Kristel also starred.

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[moparstuart]

 skin a max  in the 80's   

[Ponch ®]

skin a max  in the 80's    

I was too young back then, but I did familiarize myself with her body of work in the mid-90's thanks to an oblivious video store clerk who assumed those movies were ok to rent to a minor because they weren't in the XXX section.

That being said, the early aughts belonged to Misty Mundae...

[Indygenerallee]

I don't think she was the first adult porn star. Linda Lovelace in "Deepthroat" came out in 1972 and I am pretty sure I have seen 50's porn before.

[Ponch ®]

I don't think she was the first adult porn star. Linda Lovelace in "Deepthroat" came out in 1972 and I am pretty sure I have seen 50's porn before.

that's what errbody is saying. As far as the 50's porn...porn has actually been around since the beginning of film, but it was always very underground (because it was illegal) and all the "actors" were unknown/anonymous.  I think the definition of "Porn Star" is someone who reached some level of fame from being in porn and actually made a "career" out of it. Applying that criteria, that could be either Lovelace or Marilyn Chambers.

[Cooter]

"Behind the Green Door"...