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For the book, see Misty Dawn: Portrait of a Muse.
Misty Dawn
Seka and Misty Dawn (right) together at Internext Pictures on January 4, 2005
Born
Laurie Rose

(1963-05-15) May 15, 1963 (age 61)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Other namesMarla Lee Gardner, Lori Holmes, Laura Wren, Laurie Holmes, Lori Rose, Laurie Diamond
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Misty Dawn (also known as Marla Lee Gardner, Lori Holmes, Lori Rose, or Laurie Holmes; born May 15, 1963) is a former adult industry performer. Dawn acted in pornographic films and videos, and was an exotic dancer. She married fellow pornographic actor John “The Wadd” Holmes in 1987, and after his death published his autobiography and appeared in several films about his life.

Early life

Dawn was born Laurie Rose on May 15, 1963, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1]

Career

Appearances

Dawn began performing in adult films in 1982, at age 19, and continued until about 1991.[2] After taking a 15-year hiatus, she returned as a fluffer in The World's Biggest Gang Bang III – The Houston 620 (1999).[3] She also appeared in Voyer Vision (2003).[2] Over the course of her career Dawn worked for the Golden Age production companies Beate Uhse, Caballero Home Video, Filmco Releases, Gourmet Video Collection, VCA Pictures, and VCX.[2]

As Laurie Holmes, she appeared in multiple documentaries about "Johnny Wadd" Holmes and the adult film industry, including: Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1998),[4] The Other Hollywood (1999), XXXL: The John Holmes Story (2000), and John Holmes: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (2004).[5]

Other ventures

For a brief time in the mid-1980s, she and Holmes partnered with Bill Amerson in an adult film company known as Penguin Productions. The couple also lived in Amerson's mansion in the hills of Sherman Oaks. Johnny Wadd Holmes was godfather to Amerson's children.[6]

Author

Dawn, using her legal married name, Laurie Holmes, posthumously released Holmes' memoir, Porn King: The Autobiography of John C. Holmes (1998).[7] In 2012, BearManor Media published a revised edition of Porn King, which included added material and photos.[1][8]

Retirement

Holmes stopped making adult films in the early 1980s. According to Dawn, "John thought one porn person in the family was enough. And the AIDS thing was just starting to come out. Nobody had gotten it yet, but it was still in the back of our minds. He thought, ‘Well, if I’m going to take a chance, that’s enough.'"[1]

Personal life

Dawn was married to the adult film star John "The Wadd" Holmes from January 23, 1987, until his death on March 13, 1988, during which time he was stepfather to her young son.[9] According to Dawn, they first met in December 1982 on the set of a film they were working on together in San Francisco, entitled Marathon. (Mike Sager reports the 19-year-old first met Holmes on the set of Fleshpond, though they didn't work together on that film.[10]) They remained close, and in 1987, five years after Holmes was arrested then released from jail in connection with the Wonderland Murders, they married in Las Vegas, at the Little Chapel of the Flowers, after Holmes had confided to her that he had AIDS.[11] The wedding, at which Laurie wore white, was an ordeal for John who was ill, knew he was dying, and realized he and Laurie would not have much of a life together.[10] "John kept the marriage secret," Dawn says, "because he was a very private person. Thus, when he died, many acquaintances in the industry and journalists reporting on his death were surprised to learn that we were married."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Porn King: The Autobiography of John C. Holmes (Revised ed.). BearManor Media. 31 January 2012. ISBN 1-59393-685-0. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  2. ^ a b c Misty Dawn at the Internet Adult Film Database
  3. ^ "Full Credits: Cast and Crew". The World's Biggest Gang Bang III - The Houston 620. 1999.
  4. ^ Staff. Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1999) 105 min - Documentary, Adult, Biography - 12 January 2001 (USA). Amazon. Retrieved 5 September 2014. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Misty Dawn at IMDb
  6. ^ John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches. BearManor Media. 8 August 2008. ISBN 9781593933029. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  7. ^ Porn King: The Autobiography of John C. Holmes. Albuquerque, NM: Johnny Wadd, Inc. June 1, 1998. ISBN 1880047691. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  8. ^ Porn King: The Autobiography of John C. Holmes (Revised ed.). Albany: BearManor Media. 2012. ISBN 978-1593936853. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  9. ^ John Holmes, A Life Measured in Inches. BearManor Media. 2008. ISBN 1-59393-302-9. (restricted-access site). {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  10. ^ a b Sager, Mike (May 1989). "The Devil and John Holmes". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2015-09-17.
  11. ^ Basten, Fred; Laurie Holmes; John C. Holmes (1998). Porn King: The John Holmes Story. John Holmes Inc. ISBN 1-880047-69-1.
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