Jeannie Pepper
Jeannie Pepper | |
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.jpg) Jeannie Pepper in 2000 | |
| Born | July 9, 1958 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Jeannie Pepper (born July 9, 1958) is an American pornographic actress. She began in the business in 1982 at age 24 and has appeared in over 200 adult films.[1] She was still an active actress as recently as 2011, participating in the mature adult genre.
Pepper was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 1997,[2] the first African American woman to be recognized with that honor. She won XRCO Award Erotic Video Award in 1987[3] and was inducted into the XRCO and Urban X Halls of Fame in 2008.[4]
Impact on black female sexuality
[edit]Pepper became an adult film actress and erotic model in her twenties, citing an enjoyment of viewing pornography and having sex. She expressed enthusiasm on becoming a member in an industry with few black female stars.[5] Pepper said in an interview, "I just wanted to show the world. Look, I'm black and I'm beautiful. How come there are not more black women doing this?"[5] Pepper did a photoshoot in Paris in 1986 wearing only a white fur coat and heels, while being photographed by her photographer husband, John Dragon.[5] Pepper has stated that she found much self-esteem and fearlessness in showing the world her beauty; she felt she embodied black female sexuality.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Mainstream films
[edit]Pepper played Mrs. McReynolds in High School High (1996)[6] and the photographer's model in Las Vegas Serial Killer (1986).[7]
Music videos
[edit]Pepper was featured in a 1996 Tupac Shakur music video, "How Do You Want It?" alongside other African-American porn stars.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Internet Adult Film Database". www.iafd.com. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ "AVN Hall of Fame Listing". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Winners of 1987 XRCO Awards". Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "XRCO". XRCO.com. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ a b c d Miller-Young, Mireille (2014). A Taste For Brown Sugar. Barcelona, Spain: Duke University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8223-5828-2.
- ^ High School High, retrieved 2019-04-28
- ^ Las Vegas Serial Killer (1986) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-04-28
- ^ Miller-Young, Mireille (2008). "Hip-Hop Honeys and Da Hustlaz, Black Sexualities in the New Hip-Hop Pornography". Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. 8: 261–292 – via GenderWatch.
Further reading
[edit]- Gerrie Lim, "Dreaming of Jeannie: AVN Hall of Famer Pepper Finds a Home in Cyberspace Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine", AVN Online, November 1, 2001.
- Mireille Miller-Young, "Hardcore Desire: Black Women Laboring in Porn — Is It Just Another Job? Archived 2018-02-16 at the Wayback Machine", ColorLines Magazine: Race, Action, Culture, Winter 2005.
External links
[edit]- Jeannie Pepper at IMDb
- Jeannie Pepper at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Jeannie Pepper at the Adult Film Database
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