Kandi Barbour
Kandi Barbour | |
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Born |
Linda Jean Smith[1] 1956[1] Kansas, U.S.[1] |
Died |
January 2012[1] San Francisco, California, U.S.[1] |
Nationality | American[2] |
Other names | Candi Barber, Andrea Beck, Kandi Barbeau, Candy Barbour, Kandy Barbour, Candi Barbour, Kandi Barber,[2] Kandy Barber,[3] Kandy Berber, Kandi Berber |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2] |
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)[2] |
No. of adult films | 67 (per IAFD)[1] |
Kandi Barbour (born Linda Jean Smith in 1956, died January 2012) was an American adult model, pornographic actress and exotic dancer.[1] She was very popular with audiences in the Golden Age of Porn in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
Known career
Barbour was the star of such notable adult films as Screwples (Caballero Home Video, 1979), The Budding of Brie (VCA, 1980), Chuck Vincent's Bon Appetit (Video-X-Pix, 1980), Richard Mahler's Pink Ladies (VCA, 1980), and Warren Evans' Pandora's Mirror (Caballero, 1981).[1] She was perhaps best known as the poster girl for Cecil Howard's landmark film, Neon Nights,, which AVN named as one of the 101 greatest adult videos of all time.[1] Barbour gave her final adult film performance in 1987 in X-Effect, in which Ron Jeremy directed her.[1]
In 2009, she was inducted into the Pioneers branch of the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) Hall of Fame.[1]
Her death
Barbour reportedly died in late January 2012 in San Francisco at age 55, and she was reportedly homeless at the time. The cause of her death was not known as of the middle of August 2015.[1]
Awards
- 2009 XRCO Hall of Fame inductee (Pioneer)[1][4]
- 2013 AVN Hall of Fame inductee[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "AVN - Kandi Barbour, Classic Adult Star, Found Dead in San Francisco". Business.avn.com. 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- 1 2 3 4 "kandi barbour - internet adult film database". iafd.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ↑ "Kandy Barbour at Adult Film Database". Adultfilmdatabase.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ↑ "Profile Kandi Barbour". AVN. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "AVN Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees". Business.avn.com. 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
External links
- Kandi Barbour at the Internet Movie Database
- Kandi Barbour at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Kandi Barbour at the Adult Film Database
- AVN profile
- Essay about Barbour