Tabatha Cash
{{Short description|French former pornographic actress (born 1973)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saint-Denis, France
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| spouse = Frank Vardon (1993-2014, his death)
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| education = law school
| alias = Lydia Celine, Tabatha, Celine Lydie, Tabatah Cash, Celyne Lidie, Celine, Tabitha Cash, Ce'line, Ce'line Duval, Lydia Ce'line, Tabetha Cash, Celine Duval, Celine Lydye
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Tabatha Cash (born 27 December 1973) is a French former pornographic actress and currently the editor in chief of France's Hot Vidéo magazine as well as the head of the Hot Video group.{{cite web|title=L'ancienne star du porno Tabatha Cash devient directrice de Hot Vidéo en remplacement de son mari décédé en janvier|language=fr|date=22 August 2014|trans-title=The former porn star Tabatha Cash became the director of Hot Video in place of her deceased husband in January|url=http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-325192-l-ancienne-star-du-porno-tabatha-cash-devient-directrice-de-hot-video-en-remplacement-de-son-mari-decede-en-janvier.html|website=www.jeanmarcmorandini.com|access-date=25 August 2014}}
Career
Cash quit school at 15 in Paris and entered the porn industry in 1992. In May 1993 Cash won a Hot D'Or for Best European Starlet (roughly the equivalent to the AVN Best New Starlet award) during the International Film Festival in Cannes. The following year she won Best European Actress at the Hot d'Or ceremony. Although according to the Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD) she performed in her last video in 1994, videos that include her appearances have continued to be released steadily.{{iafd name|id=TCash|gender=female|name=Tabatha Cash}}
=Appearances=
Outside pornography, she has worked as a presenter on SkyRock Radio in France,{{cite book | title = Le Franglais |author1=Philip Malcolm Waller Thody |author-link=Philip Thody | author2=Howard Evans |author3=Michelle Pepratx-Evans | publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rN-CTF8DQz0C&dq=%22Tabatha+Cash&pg=PA250| year =1995 |isbn=9780485121155 | access-date =2008-11-16 }} and starred in the mainstream movie, Raï, playing the central female character, a young Algerian woman.{{cite book | title = Post-colonial Cultures in France |author1=Alec G. Hargreaves |author2=Mark McKinney | publisher = Routledge| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0xk6235fcNcC&dq=%22Tabatha+Cash&pg=RA1-PA77| year =1997 |isbn=9780415144872 | access-date =2008-11-16 }} She was also on French national TV Canal+, and her face and figure have been seen on the cover of magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and GQ. Cash was also featured in the 1995 calendar of the magazine Max.{{cite magazine|first=Gérome|last=Lorenzo|title=Tabatha Cash le retour !|lang=fr|url=http://hotvideo.fr/news/2014-08-22/tabatha-cash-le-retour-/|access-date=26 August 2014|magazine=Hot Vidéo|date=22 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825210647/https://hotvideo.fr/news/2014-08-22/tabatha-cash-le-retour-/|archive-date=25 August 2014}}
=Publishing=
In July 2014, after the death of her husband and Hot Video group owner Frank Vardon in January, Cash took control of the Hot Video group and its five branches which includes its magazine and media operations. She is also the editor in chief of the magazine.{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Hot Video Reveals Cover Girl ... and New Editor|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Hot-Video-Reveals-Cover-Girl-and-New-Editor-570712.html|website=AVN.com|publisher=Adult Video News|access-date=25 August 2014}} This was announced via a contest in the magazine that culminated with a cover spread and article about its new editor.{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Hot Video Sponsors Contest: Guess Who's On the Cover?|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Hot-Video-Sponsors-Contest-Guess-Who-s-On-the-Cover-570015.html|website=AVN.com|publisher=Adult Video News|access-date=25 August 2014}}
Personal life
Cash was romantically involved with far-right political activist Serge Ayoub in the 1990s.{{cite web |title=Ayoub, nazi qui s'en dédit |url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2013/06/13/ayoub-nazi-qui-s-en-dedit_910775 |work=Libération.fr}}{{cite web |date=13 October 2006 |title=Paris - Skinheads Vs. Bikers |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/paris-skinheads-vs-bikers/ |publisher=vice.com |access-date=1 January 2020}} At age 20, Cash married Franck Vardon, editor of Hot Vidéo, and settled down to be a stay-at-home mom.
Awards
- 1993, Hot d'Or, Best European Starlet
- 1994, Hot d'Or, Best European Actress
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0143621|Tabatha Cash}}
- {{iafd name|id=TCash|gender=female|name=Tabatha Cash}}
- {{afdb name|id=100|gender=female|name=Tabatha Cash}}
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Category:French pornographic film actresses
Category:French film actresses
Category:Actors from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis