1976Nominee
Best Performance
Gums
Jody Maxwell
Actor
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
November 20, 1945
Biography
Jody Maxwell was born Jody Marie Hogsett in 1946. Jody began her career in erotica, after being discovered at a University of Missouri morality symposium, shortly before graduation, by one of the speakers, Gerard Damiano. Damiano directed her in her first film, Portrait, in 1974, and he cast her in several of his other movies into the early 80s. Jody eventually became a writer and columnist for national men’s magazines, having been on the staff of Cheri, Escapade, Capers, Partner, and Adult Cinema Review. Maxwell died of cancer in 2017.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1975Nominee
Best Performance
Bucktown
2021Nominee
Best Performance
Smut Without Smut: Satanic Horror Nite
Career Highlights
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Portrait
1981Highlight
Best Performance
Outlaw Ladies
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Bucktown
Smut Without Smut: Satanic Horror Nite