Kandi Barbour

Kandi Barbour
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
Ethnicity Caucasian[2]
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. She left behind a son, whom she had with pornographic actor and musician, Rick Marty. The cause of her death was not known as of the middle of August 2015.[1]

Awards

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "kandi barbour - internet adult film database". iafd.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Kandy Barbour at Adult Film Database". Adultfilmdatabase.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  4. ↑ "Profile Kandi Barbour". AVN. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "AVN Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees". Business.avn.com. 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2013-09-24.

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