Kelly Nichols
{{Short description|American pornographic actress (born 1956)}}
{{Infobox adult biography
| name = Kelly Nichols
| image = Kelly Nichols 2014.jpg
| caption = Kelly Nichols, Hollywood, California on January 4, 2014
| birth_name = Mary Anne Walters
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|06|8|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Covina, California, U.S.
| spouse =
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}}
| alias = Maryanne, Marianne
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Kelly Nichols (born June 8, 1956) is a former pornographic actress.
Early life
Nichols was born in Covina, California and grew up in a Catholic household, the only female out of six children.{{cite news |last1=Reins |first1=Rosalind |title=Life's not too bad for a No 1 sex kitten |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29895055/ |access-date=1 April 2019 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 February 1984}}{{cite news |title=Sex video's 'strong woman' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29895007/ |access-date=1 April 2019 |publisher=The Age |date=2 March 1984}}
Career
Nichols began her career posing for adult magazines such as Oui, Hustler, and Penthouse. She made her first adult film Bon Appetit for Chuck Vincent, who was impressed by her Penthouse layout.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Kent |last2=Moore |first2=Darrell W. |last3=Reagle |first3=Merl |title=Adult Movies |date=1983 |publisher=Pocket Books (Mm) |isbn=9780671468446 |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7sfrAAAAMAAJ&q=%22kelly+nichols%22 |access-date=25 May 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=McNeil |first1=Legs |last2=Osborne |first2=Jennifer |last3=Pavia |first3=Peter |title=The other Hollywood : the uncensored oral history of the porn film industry |date=21 February 2006 |publisher=ReganBooks |isbn=0060096608 |page=164}} She would also make two of her most notable films for Vincent, Roommates and In Love.{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=David |title=Classic XXX Star Kelly Nichols Returns in 'Seasoned Players 8' |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/classic-xxx-star-kelly-nichols-returns-in-seasoned-players-8-302286.html |website=AVN.com |publisher=Adult Video News |access-date=1 April 2019}}
She appeared in the mainstream horror films The Toolbox Murders and Death Mask. She also was a stand-in for Jessica Lange in the film King Kong.
She starred in over 50 adult features, and has been presented with several industry awards of merit: the Adult Film Association of America Best Actress Award for her work in the film In Love (1983);{{cite news |title='Miss Jones' Sequel wins Erotica |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30302447/ |access-date=5 April 2019 |publisher=Springfield Leader and Press |date=16 March 1984}} in 1993, she was presented by the Free Speech Coalition the Life Time Achievement Award;{{cite web|title=11th Annual "Night of the Stars"|url=http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/industry/news/stars.html|website=freespeechcoalition.com|publisher=Free Speech Coalition|access-date=5 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990224050406/http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/industry/news/stars.html|archive-date=24 February 1999|df=dmy-all}} and she was inducted into the Erotic Legends Hall of Fame in 1996; inducting into the AVN Hall of Fame in 1994{{cite web |title=Adult Video News Award Winners - 1994 |url=http://www.rame.net/faq/avn/1994.html |website=www.rame.net |access-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084612/http://www.rame.net/faq/avn/1994.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} and into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1998.{{cite web |title=XRCO Hall of Fame inductees |url=http://www.dirtybob.com/xrco/hall.htm |website=www.dirtybob.com |access-date=5 April 2019}} Nichols worked as a make-up artist on adult films during the 1990s and 2000s.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0629629|Kelly Nichols}}
- {{iafd name|id=KNichols|gender=female|name=Kelly Nichols}}
- {{afdb name|id=1006|gender=female|name=Kelly Nichols}}
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Category:American female adult models
Category:American pornographic film actresses
Category:Pornographic film actors from California