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
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

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 "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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