Juliet Anderson

Judith Carr was born and grew up in Burbank, California, the daughter of a jazz trumpet player and an aspiring nurse. She was afflicted with both childhood arthritis and Crohn's disease and spent a sizable portion of her youth in the hospital or on bedrest. She has also used the stage names of Alice Rigby, Judy Callin, Ruby Sapphire, Judy Carr, Aunt Peg, Judy Fallbrook, and Judith Anderson. ==Adult film career==

After living in Finland from 1971 to 1977, working as a radio journalist and teaching English to Finnish schoolchildren, she returned to the United States in 1977, and became involved in the pornography business in 1978 while trying to get into documentary film making. She was working in advertising when she answered an ad by hardcore pornography producer Alex de Renzy, who was looking for an actress. Author Charles Taylor wrote she "brought a persona of classic movie-broad to porn", referring to her as "the Joan Blondell of porn." Another critic, Howard Hampton, opined that "her tough, no-nonsense older woman routine would be at home in the margins of any Howard Hawks movie." ==Leaving and returning==

In 1985, Anderson chose to leave the adult film business after signing over, under pressure, distribution rights for the film Educating Nina. Anderson had directed, produced and appeared in the film, and funded it with money she raised from various investors. The film was notable for featuring the debut of future porn superstar Nina Hartley. Anderson received no income for the film, and all the investors' money was lost. She moved to Placerville, California, where she worked in a bed and breakfast, cleaned houses and did child care and elder care. During this time, she continued to do some live stage shows and opened a massage therapy office. Numerous awards followed: Induction into the Erotic Legends Hall of Fame in 1996, an X-rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame Award in 1999, and a "Lifetime Achievement Actress Award" from the Free Speech Coalition in 2001. In 2007, Anderson received an honorary Doctor of the Arts from The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. ==Death==

On the morning of January 11, 2010, a friend discovered Anderson's body. The friend stated he had arrived at Anderson's residence to take her to a doctor's appointment for a colonoscopy, to help her with the treatment of Crohn's disease. He further reported he found Anderson in her bed, with nothing in the room appearing to be "out of the ordinary." He stated Anderson had expressed a desire to be cremated. A memorial was held on January 26, 2010, at the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco where friends she had known in and out of the business, including Nina Hartley whom she mentored, attended and gave testimonials to her kind and warm friendship. Later that month, it was revealed Anderson had died of a heart attack. ==Awards==

• AVN Awards Hall of Fame • XRCO Hall of Fame (inducted 1999) ==References==

• Louis Marvin: The New Goddesses (AF Press, USA 1987): Features a chapter on Juliet Anderson. ==External links==