Jennifer Welles

Early life Welles grew up in Paterson, New Jersey where she attended a parochial elementary school.

Career She began her career in entertainment at age 15 for a touring dance production, telling the company she was 21. She worked in a variety of areas such as a chorus line member, magician's assistant, jazz singer and nightclub performer.

In the 1960s she studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse.

She lectured at several schools such as the University of Maryland and Stony Brook University. and she was the editor of Eros, The Magazine of Decadent Sophistication in that same year. She became a member of the AVN Hall of Fame in 1996.

Personal life Jennifer Welles left the industry abruptly in 1977 after she married a wealthy fan. Divorcing several years later, she spent her days raising horses and rescuing dogs that had been abandoned or abused. Welles died in Arizona on June 26, 2018, at age 81.