Barbara Dare was born on February 27,1963 and is an American former pornographic actress.
11 Facts About Barbara Dare
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Barbara Dare was one of the industry's initial contract performers with Essex Video and Vivid Entertainment and is an AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame inductee.
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Early in her professional career, Dare self-identified as a lesbian, having personal relationships with women.
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Barbara Dare got sober and became a Certified Addiction and Substance Abuse Counselor.
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Barbara Dare began appearing in adult films in the mid-1980s after meeting people who were involved in the adult film industry at Plato's Retreat and made appearances in magazines such as Hustler, Swank, and High Society.
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Barbara Dare was one of the top adult film stars of the 1980s.
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Barbara Dare appeared in scenes with several top adult films stars, including Tracey Adams and Ginger Lynn.
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Barbara Dare became one of the first women in the industry to sign an exclusivity contract with Essex Video for 10 movies a year and an annual salary of $150,000 and would later leave that studio to sign with Vivid Entertainment and become one of the earliest Vivid Girls.
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Jerry Butler stated in his autobiography that Barbara Dare had a "commanding screen presence" while on set, in spite of her smaller physical stature.
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Barbara Dare worked as a stripper, commanding a $10,000 weekly salary.
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Barbara Dare was interviewed in 1987 for the episode of the television news series Frontline regarding the death of Shauna Grant.