Clair Dia

Biography

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

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Legends of Porn

Rea

Summer Heat

Lily

Naked Afternoon

Her Last Fling

Emily

Little Sisters

Second Hooker

Carnal Haven

Redheaded Club Member

The Health Spa

Penelope 'Penny' Stone

Desires Within Young Girls

Suzie (as Sandy Evans)

The Cheerleaders

Unwilling Interviewee (uncredited)

Screwples

Stacey

3 A.M.

Mr. Bainbridge's Nurse

The Nurses

Mary (as Emily Smith)

Doctor Dracula

Jane

What About Jane

Ophelia Day

The Journey of O

Katie

Love Secrets

Laura

April Love

Mary

Lucifer's Women

Marcy (as Veronica Pink)

Rings of Passion

(as Anama Anis)

Ramäge (Mobility Cathexis)

Sharon's Sister

Sharon's Rosebud

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Fantastic Orgy

Self

A Film About Sharon