Misty Dawn (also known as Marla Lee Gardner, Lori Holmes, Lori Rose, or Laurie Holmes; born May 15, 1963) is a former Adult film performer. Dawn acted in pornography films and videos, and was an exotic dancer. She married fellow pornography actor John “Johnny Wadd” Holmes (aka The Human Tripod) in 1987, and after his death from AIDS-related illness published his autobiography and appeared in several films about his life.
Early life
Dawn was born
Laurie Rose on May 15, 1963, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Career
Appearances
Dawn began performing in
adult films in 1982, at age 19, and continued until about 1991.
She was often featured in
anal sex scenes where she excelled.
[ ] After taking a 15-year hiatus, she returned as a
fluffer in
The World's Biggest Gang Bang III – The Houston 620 (1999).
She also appeared in
Voyer Vision (2003).
[ Over the course of her career Dawn worked for the Golden Age production companies Beate Uhse, Caballero Home Video, Filmco Releases, Gourmet Video Collection, VCA Pictures, and VCX.][
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As Laurie Holmes, she appeared in multiple documentaries about "Johnny Wadd" Holmes and the pornography industry, including: (1998),
Other ventures
For a brief time in the mid-1980s, she and Holmes partnered with Bill Amerson in an adult film company known as Penguin Productions. The couple also lived in Amerson's mansion in the hills of Sherman Oaks. Johnny Wadd Holmes was godparent to Amerson's children.
Author
Dawn, using her legal married name, Laurie Holmes, posthumously released Holmes' memoir, Porn King: The Autobiography of John C. Holmes (1998).
Retirement
Holmes stopped making pornography in the early 1980s. According to Dawn, "John thought one porn person in the family was enough. And the AIDS thing was just starting to come out. Nobody had gotten it yet, but it was still in the back of our minds. He thought, ‘Well, if I’m going to take a chance, that’s enough.'"
Personal life
Dawn was married to the pornography star John "The Wadd" Holmes from January 23, 1987, until his death on March 13, 1988, during which time he was stepfather to her young son.
According to Dawn, they first met in December 1982 on the set of a film they were working on together in San Francisco, entitled Marathon. (Mike Sager reports the 19-year-old first met Holmes on the set of Fleshpond, though they didn't work together on that film.
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