Laura Gemser

Laurette Marcia Gemser (born 5 October 1950) is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer.<ref name=NYT>Template:Cite web</ref> She is primarily known for her work in Italian erotic cinema, most notably the Emanuelle series. Many of her films were collaborations with directors Joe D'Amato and Bruno Mattei.<ref name=NYT/>

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

Early life

Gemser left Indonesia in 1955, at the age of four, and moved with her parents to the Netherlands.<ref name="Leeuwarder">Article on Laura Gemser in Leeuwarder Courant, 5 February 1977</ref> She grew up in the Dutch city of Utrecht, where she attended the MULO Regentesseschool high school. After that, she attended the Artibus Art School in Utrecht, where she specialised in fashion design.<ref name="Leeuwarder"/>

Career

After modelling in various magazines in the Netherlands and Belgium, in 1974 she moved to Italy to star in the erotic film Amore libero - Free Love.<ref name="Lupipag19">Gordiano Lupi, Laura Gemser e le altre. Edizioni Profondo Rosso, 2011. pp. 18–19.</ref> The film was a box office success and launched Gemser's career. She played one of the masseuses in the 1975 film Emmanuelle 2 (aka Emmanuelle, The Joys of a Woman), and later that year took the starring role in Bitto Albertini's Black Emanuelle.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> She starred in 5 Black Emanuelle films in less than three years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Leeuwarder"/><ref name="Lupipag19"/>

She starred as Laotian actress Keo Sirisomphone in Michael Landon's 1983 American television film, Love Is Forever, in which she was credited as Moira Chen. During the 1970s and 1980s, she made many movies with Joe D'Amato. Gemser continued to make films, at times working with her actor husband, Gabriele Tinti (m. 1976-1991). In the 1990s, she retired from films to work on costume designing for film, and completely vanished from the public life.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Title	Year	Credited as			Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
		Actor	Costume designer	Other
Amore libero - Free Love	1974	Template:Yes			Jeannie	Credited as Emanuelle in the film.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Black Emanuelle	1975	Template:Yes			Ema		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Emmanuelle 2	1975	Template:Yes			Masseuse		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Emanuelle in Bangkok	1976	Template:Yes			Emanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island	1976	Template:Yes			Haydee		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Black Cobra Woman	1976	Template:Yes			Eva		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk	1976	Template:Yes			Emanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Voyage of the Damned	1976	Template:Yes			Estrede's lover		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Emanuelle in America	1977	Template:Yes			Emanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Crime Busters	1977	Template:Yes			Susy Lee		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vow of Chastity	1977	Template:Yes			Iliana		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sister Emanuelle	1977	Template:Yes			Suor Emanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Emanuelle Around the World	1977	Template:Yes			Emanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	1977	Template:Yes			Emanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ill	1977	Template:Yes			Herself		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	1978	Template:Yes			Emanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ill	1978	Template:Yes			Herself		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ill	1978	Template:Yes			The Woman		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Voglia di donna	1978	Template:Yes			African Princess		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Exit 7	1978	Template:Yes			Air Hostess		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
...And Give Us Our Daily Sex	1979	Template:Yes			Verónica's Friend		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ill	1980	Template:Yes			Malinka		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Emanuelle, Queen of Sados	1980	Template:Yes			Emmanuella Brindisi		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
International Prostitution	1980	Template:Yes			Tazzi		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Sexy Erotic Love	1980	Template:Yes			Eva		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead	1980	Template:Yes			Luna		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Murder Obsession	1981	Template:Yes			Betty		Template:Sfn
Love Camp	1981	Template:Yes			The Divine One		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
The Bushido Blade	1981	Template:Yes			Tomoe		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Violence in a Women's Prison	1982	Template:Yes			Emanuelle Larson		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Invaders of the Lost Gold	1982	Template:Yes			Maria		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ator, the Fighting Eagle	1982	Template:Yes			Indunn		Template:Sfn
Caligula, the Untold Story	1982	Template:Yes			Myriam		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Messo comunale praticamente spione	1982	Template:Yes			Dottoressa Selenia Anselmi		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Emanuelle, Queen of the Desert	1982	Template:Yes			Sheila		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Love Is Forever	1983	Template:Yes			Keo Sirisomphone	Credited as Moira Chen	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Women's Prison Massacre	1983	Template:Yes			Emmanuelle		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Endgame	1983	Template:Yes			Lilith	Credited as Moira Chen	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cauchemar	1983	Template:Yes				Never released	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
The Alcove	1985	Template:Yes			Zerbal, the slave		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Sort	1985	Template:Yes			Haunani		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Voglia di guardare	1986	Template:Yes			Josephine		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Top Model	1988	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Dorothy/Eve		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Reflections of Light	1988	Template:Yes			Chiara		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
La stanza delle parole	1989		Template:Yes			as Laurette Marcia Gemser	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Metamorphosis	1990	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Prostitute	as Laurette Gemser	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Beyond Darkness	1990		Template:Yes			as Laura M. Gemser	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Quest for the Mighty Sword	1990	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Grimilde		Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Troll 2	1990		Template:Yes				<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Body Moves	1990		Template:Yes				<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Crawlers	1991		Template:Yes				<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Passion's Flower	1991		Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Scene designer	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
11 Days, 11 Nights 2	1991	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Jackie Forrest	Wardrobe	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
A Woman's Secret	1992		Template:Yes				<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Frankenstein 2000	1992		Template:Yes				<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Door to Silence	1992		Template:Yes				<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

References

Sources

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External links

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• Laura Gemser Biography
• Honey-Dipped Caramel: Laura Gemser (The Grindhouse Effect)