Georgina Spelvin

Shelley Bob Graham (born March 1, 1936), known professionally as Georgina Spelvin, is an American former actress and pornographic performer, best known as the star of the classic 1973 pornographic film The Devil in Miss Jones, released during the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984).

Life and career

Early life Spelvin was born in Houston, Texas, at 2:24 pm Her father was a geophysicist, and the family moved frequently.

New York City Graham began her professional career as dancer and later as a chorus girl in Pajama Game, and was featured in the Broadway productions of Cabaret, During that time, she changed the spelling of her name to "Chele Graham", but kept the pronunciation the same. which led to the underground film scene.

Pornography The stage name she adopted is a variation on George Spelvin, traditionally used as a pseudonym by stage actors for the second billing, when playing two roles.

She made her first movie, The Twilight Girls, a softcore film, in 1957,

In 1973, Robert Berkvist, writing in The New York Times, commented that "'Miss Jones' is as familiar in [the respectable and well-to-do New York suburb of] Scarsdale as she is on Broadway."

In 1974, she appeared in the low-budget exploitation film Girls For Rent ( I Spit on Your Corpse), for which she also served as costume designer.

The Devil in Miss Jones. This was the "birth" of Georgina Spelvin in 1974. From there it was, again, all downhill. This descent spiraled into the pits of sleaze-bag strip joints and alcoholism. Sobriety came November 11, 1981.|Georgina Spelvin The charges were eventually dropped in 1977.

In 1975, she moved to El Cajon, California, with Claire Lumiere (a.k.a. Judith Hamilton), met Vince Miranda and appeared in Take It Off at his theatre, the Off-Broadway.

Spelvin appeared in more than 70 adult films, such as Desires Within Young Girls (1977), Sensual Encounters of Every Kind (1978), Honky Tonk Nights (1978), The Ecstasy Girls (1979), Ring of Desire (1981), and Center Spread Girls (1982), before retiring from the industry in 1982. and Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986). She later had film roles in Bad Blood (1989), in which she was credited as "Ruth Raymond", Return to Justice (1990), and Next Year in Jerusalem (1997), as well as guest-starring roles on the television shows Dream On and The Lost World.

Spelvin learned desktop publishing and worked for the Los Angeles Times Her role did not involve any sex acts. In 2005, she was interviewed for the documentary film Inside Deep Throat. In 2006, she was interviewed for the documentary film Devil in Miss Spelvin, a special feature intended for inclusion with Devil in Miss Jones: The Definitive Collector's Edition.

In 2009, she appeared as herself in the video for Massive Attack's song "Paradise Circus."

In 2011, Spelvin was a guest on an episode (season 1, episode 5) of the Showtime series Dave's Old Porn, in which she viewed and discussed clips from a number of her films (including The Devil in Miss Jones) with host Dave Attell and guest Adam Carolla. In 2017, Spelvin was interviewed in the documentary After Porn Ends 2, about her career in porn.

Personal life Spelvin met her future husband, actor John Welsh, and appeared on camera in a short web clip announcing its release; a self-published work, the book is available through her official website.

Awards

Wins 1976: AFAA Best Supporting Actress for Ping Pong 1977: AFAA Best Actress for Desires Within Young Girls 1978: AFAA Best Supporting Actress for Take Off 1991: Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award AVN Hall of Fame XRCO Hall of Fame

Nominations 2006: AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for The New Devil in Miss Jones