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Laura Gemser is a Actor and Costume Design Italienne born on 5 october 1950 at Surabaya (Indonesie)

Laura Gemser

Laura Gemser
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Birth name Laurette Marcia Gemser
Nationality Italie
Birth 5 october 1950 (73 years) at Surabaya (Indonesie)

Laurette Marcia "Laura" Gemser (born October 5, 1950, Surabaya, Indonesia) is a Dutch actress of Indo descent, now Italian citizen. She is known for her work with director Joe D'Amato and Bruno Mattei, in particular, for doing a set of exploitation-style and Black Emanuelle films.

Gemser has also been credited as Moira Chen, most notably in Love Is Forever (1983).

Biography

Emanuelle nera (série de films)
Après avoir posé pour divers magazines aux Pays-Bas, elle participe à quelques films érotiques comme Emmanuelle l'antivierge (Emmanuelle 2) de Francis Giacobetti avec Sylvia Kristel. C'est une autre Emanuelle (avec un seul « m », copyright oblige) qui lui apporte une reconnaissance internationale : Emanuelle nera qu'elle incarne dans une dizaine de films. Bien qu'elle apparaisse dans de nombreux films comportant des scènes pornographiques, ses rapports sont toujours simulés : les scènes les plus connues des Emanuelle nera étant interprétées par des doublures.


Gabriele Tinti
En plus de la gloire, la série des Emanuelle nera donne à l'actrice l'occasion de faire deux rencontres déterminantes. Une rencontre amoureuse d'abord pendant le tournage de Emanuelle nera en la personne de Gabriele Tinti, de dix-huit ans son aîné, qu'elle épouse en 1976. Le couple se retrouvera souvent à l'écran et restera uni jusqu’à ce qu'un infarctus emporte l'acteur le 12 novembre 1991.


Joe D'Amato
Laura Gemser aura ensuite une rencontre professionnelle avec Joe D'Amato avec qui l'actrice collaborera près de trente fois. Des titres comme Viol sous les tropiques (1977) ou La Nuit fantastique des morts-vivants (1980) sont aujourd'hui considérés comme des films érotiques/d'horreur italiens cultes. Elle participe à la période dite « érotico-exotique » du réalisateur, donnant la réplique à Dirce Funari et George Eastman, laissant le soin à Annj Goren, Lucía Ramírez et Mark Shannon de tourner les séquences hardcore.

Elle tourne ensuite dans Ator l'invincibile, inspiré par le succès de Conan le barbare. Le réalisateur, revenu à l'érotisme soft l'emploie encore dans trois films à succès avec Lilli Carati en vedette : L'Alcôve, Il Piacere et Voglia di guardare. Elle fera encore beaucoup de petites apparitions non créditées, travaillant en parallèle comme costumière.

Best films

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Filmography of Laura Gemser (35 films)

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Actress

Deep Blood
Deep Blood (1990)
, 1h30
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about sharks, Natural horror films
Actors Laura Gemser, Charlie Brill, Mitzi McCall
Roles Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Rating32% 1.6417951.6417951.6417951.6417951.641795
Four boys, Miki, John, Jason and Alan, after meeting an old Native American, they make a pact of blood to seal their bond of friendship. After some ten years, the boys reunite and decide to go for holidays together. But a killer shark ruins their plans and attacks the beach community and kills John during fishing. The three remaining friends decide to avenge John's death and they set to hunt the beast but their task won't be easy since there's a legend saying that the beast is an incarnation of an ancient hoodoo spirit in the form of a killer shark.
Ator IV: The Hobgoblin, 1h34
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Eric Allan Kramer, Donald O'Brien, Laura Gemser, Marisa Mell
Roles Grimilde
Rating27% 1.3819551.3819551.3819551.3819551.381955
When Ator is killed, many years later his son looks for his sword. Once upon a time a god gave a mighty sword to the king of Aquiles to bring justice to his people. Now he wants it back - but the king rather gives his life than the sword. Goddess Dehamira, who spoke for him, is being taken all her privileges and banned in a circle of fire, until a human arrives who's strong enough to free her. When prince Ator becomes 18, he gets the sword from the mean sorcerer gnome Grindl, to free Dehamira and his people. On his journey he has to fight against dragons and other fantastic figures.
Love is Forever, 1h36
Directed by Hall Bartlett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Michael Landon, Laura Gemser, Jürgen Prochnow, Edward Woodward, Priscilla Presley, Gabriele Tinti
Roles Keo Sirisomphone
Rating49% 2.484272.484272.484272.484272.48427
Following the Pathet Lao takeover of Laos, Australian journalist John Everingham is originally sympathetic but then feels the nation is turning into a police state. General Siegfried Kaplan an East German advisor to the Pathet Lao secret police has noticed that Western newsagencies are receiving revealing news stories that could only have been provided by insiders in the Government. Kaplan vows to plug the security leaks and identify and eliminate the sources of the stories.
Amore sporco, 1h35
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Valentine Demy, Jeff Stryker, Laura Gemser
Roles Massage Girl
Rating45% 2.266382.266382.266382.266382.26638
Une jeune danseuse new-yorkaise (Valentine Demy) se rend à Broadway en espérant y trouver la gloire.
Interzone
Interzone (1987)

Directed by Deran Sarafian
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action
Actors Bruce Abbott, Teagan Clive, Laura Gemser, Deran Sarafian, Franco Diogene
Roles Panasonic's Brother's Wife (uncredited)
Rating39% 1.993631.993631.993631.993631.99363
A supernaturally gifted monk, "Panasonic" (Kiro Wehara), is sent on a mission by his dying master, "General Electric," to to protect the Interzone, the last fertile region left on a post-apocalyptic Earth, against an invading gang of wasteland raiders.
The Alcove
The Alcove (1985)
, 1h30
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Lilli Carati, Annie Belle, Al Cliver, Laura Gemser
Roles Zerbal
Rating47% 2.377662.377662.377662.377662.37766
C'est l'histoire d'un militaire fasciste au retour d'Afrique qui ramène à sa femme bisexuelle des cadeaux insolites, dont une princesse locale noire jouée par l'étonnante Laura Gemser.
The Pleasure, 1h30
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Gabriele Tinti, Lilli Carati, Laura Gemser, Maurice Poli, Dagmar Lassander
Roles Haunani
Rating47% 2.3922352.3922352.3922352.3922352.392235
Dans une propriété bourgeoise de l'Italie d'avant-guerre, un aristocrate veuf, Gérard, est inconsolable depuis la mort de son épouse Leonora, la seule femme qu'il a aimée et qui prenait du plaisir à se prostituer dans un bordel. Il tente d'évoquer ses souvenirs charnels en écoutant des bandes enregistrées qui dévoilent leurs expériences sexuelles. Jusqu'au jour où sa belle-fille Ursula, le portrait craché de sa mère défunte, lui rend visite pour lui annoncer qu'elle et son frère Edmund sont désormais sous sa tutelle. Mais la jeune fille veut surtout perdre sa virginité dans les bras de son beau-père. Amoureuse de lui, elle prend petit à petit la place de sa mère au point de devenir sa sosie. Qu'elle se maquille comme elle ou qu'elle écoute leurs étreintes enregistrées, et alors que Edmund couche avec la maîtresse de Gérard, Ursula se métamorphose en Leonora sous les yeux de Gérard qui succombe à ses charmes troublants.
Blade Violent, 1h29
Directed by Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Lorraine De Selle, Franca Stoppi, Carlo De Mejo
Roles Emanuelle Arsan
Rating46% 2.3089552.3089552.3089552.3089552.308955
Emanuelle is sent to a violent women's prison. While she is in prison, she comes into confrontation with the "top dog" inmate Albina, ending in a series of fights. Albina gets the worse of it, including a broken arm, a knife in her leg, and her wig pulled off.
Endgame
Endgame (1983)
, 1h20
Directed by Joe D'Amato, Michele Soavi
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, Jack Davis, George Eastman, Gabriele Tinti, Gordon Mitchell
Roles Lilith
Rating52% 2.6022352.6022352.6022352.6022352.602235
In the year 2025, a nuclear holocaust has left New York City an irradiated, but not abandoned, wasteland. The ruined city is inhabited now by scavenger packs and telepathic mutants, who are persecuted by the elite survivors. Keeping the people pacified is the reality television program Endgame, where hunters and gladiators fight to the death.
Manuela's Perverse Outburst, 1h25
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Spy, Horror, Romance
Themes Spy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Mark Shannon, Annj Goren, Ely Galleani, George Eastman
Roles Manuela / Emanuelle (archive footage)
Rating39% 1.973451.973451.973451.973451.97345
Mi-journaliste, mi-agent de la CIA, la belle Manuela photographie des documents secrets pour un milliardaire de l'Est et elle est chargée de faire un reportage sur la prostitution. C'est ainsi qu'elle va se retrouver à Hong Kong afin de séduire deux jeune femmes soupçonnées de trahison avant de se faire passer pour une danseuse afin de démanteler un réseau de drogues international.
Violence in a Women's Prison, 1h37
Directed by Bruno Mattei
Origin Italie
Genres Erotic, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Lorraine De Selle, Franca Stoppi
Roles Emanuelle / Laura
Rating46% 2.34282.34282.34282.34282.3428
Emanuelle, est une reporter-photographe métisse voyageant à travers le monde à la recherche de scoop pour la
Ator, the Fighting Eagle, 1h38
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Miles O'Keeffe, Edmund Purdom, Dakar, Laura Gemser
Roles Indun
Rating33% 1.6667851.6667851.6667851.6667851.666785
As the film opens, Ator asks his father for permission to marry his sister. Ator's father tells Ator that he is adopted and so he can marry his sister if he likes. Ator's bride is kidnapped on their wedding day by members of a spider cult, which prompts Ator to learn how to fight so he can rescue his bride. Ator teams up with a female warrior who helps him in his quest. By the end of the film, Ator learns that the real villain is not who he thought.
The Blade Master, 1h32
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Miles O'Keeffe, Dakar, Laura Gemser
Roles Indun (archive footage)
Rating23% 1.1629951.1629951.1629951.1629951.162995
Akronas has discovered the Geometric Nucleus during the course of his research. The Nucleus is a device of incredible power that could be a terrible weapon. Akronas feels that the Nucleus must be kept from evil men at all costs. When he learns that the evil Zor and his army are approaching his castle, he asks his daughter Mila to bring his former student Ator back to help defeat Zor. Mila runs away to find Ator. Zor's soldiers enter and begin beating Akronas, but Zor angrily sends them away to maintain the image of a man who would only use violence if needed.
Caligula: The Untold Story, 1h42
Directed by Joe D'Amato
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical, Pornographic
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film
Actors Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Michele Soavi
Roles Miriam
Rating45% 2.275592.275592.275592.275592.27559
Despote sanguinaire et dément, insomniaque et épileptique, Caligula règne sur Rome au gré de ses pulsions meurtrières. Protégé des nombreux comploteurs par son fidèle esclave Ulmar, il terrorise les sénateurs et projette de rénover Rome en la dotant d'un gigantesque palais, dont le financement passera par un fastueux et orgiaque banquet où les invités devront dépenser sans compter. L'empereur fou et débauché multiplie les martyrs et les bains de sang, régnant sur un peuple opprimé et terrorisé. Il assassine notamment une jeune chrétienne, Livia, et son amant parce qu'elle se refusait à lui. Proche de la victime, Miriam, est une adoratrice du Dieu égyptien Anubis et décide de la venger. Elle se fait passer pour une fille de joie afin d'approcher Caligula pour le séduire. Mais Miriam s'avère être réellement attirée par l'empereur sanguinaire malgré ses orgies démentielles et sanglantes.
The Bushido Blade, 1h44
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Richard Boone, Frank Converse, Laura Gemser, James Earl Jones, Mako Iwamatsu
Roles Tomoe
Rating53% 2.6626552.6626552.6626552.6626552.662655
The basic plot concept bears a strong similarity to the earlier movie Red Sun (1971), also featuring Toshiro Mifune.