Bambi Woods
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Bambi Woods is an American pornographic film actress and exotic dancer best known for her appearance as the title character in the 1978 film Debbie Does Dallas. Her success during the Golden Age of Porn and later disappearance fueled speculation that she had died of a drug overdose in 1986.Template:R
Pornographic film career
Woods was known for her first role as the eponymous character of "Debbie" in the 1978 feature adult film Debbie Does Dallas. She received top billing and a photo of her in a bogus uniform was prominently advertised on theater marquees where she was billed as a "former Dallas Cowgirl".<ref name="DDD Uncovered">Template:Cite AV mediaTemplate:Time needed</ref> Woods had previously tried out for the real Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, but never made the squad.<ref name="Mansour 2005">Template:Cite book</ref>
Woods said in an interview for the public-access television program Late Late Blue that she performed in Debbie Does Dallas as a one-off to clear a debt to a friend, but later spent all her earnings, so the same friend arranged for her to perform striptease.<ref name="Late Late Blue 1979">Template:Cite episode</ref> The film's producer and director Jim Clark said in an interview for the Channel 4 documentary "Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered" that he created the stage name "Bambi Woods" as an allusion to the Disney character Bambi: "I named her Bambi Woods. There wasn't any real reason behind it. Bambi [...] a deer. In the woods. Do you want to get deeper?"<ref name="DDD Uncovered"/> One reviewer said that Woods' demeanor during sex scenes was in keeping with her pseudonym, being reminiscent of a deer in headlights.<ref name="DDD Uncovered"/>
In the trailer for Debbie Does Dallas, Woods insists that none of her experiences were used for the completely fictional storyline, though she surmised that they could have happened. The partners with whom she had unsimulated sexual intercourse in the film included Robert Kerman and others drawn from the small group of veteran performers who appeared in most hardcore pornographic films made in the U.S. during that era.<ref name="DDD Uncovered"/> She also appeared in two sequels, Debbie Does Dallas Part II (1981) and Debbie Does Dallas III: The Final Chapter (1985).<ref name="Swietek 2006">Template:Cite news</ref>
Woods' adult-entertainment career occurred towards the end of the Golden Age of Porn, when the filmmakers operated in a legal gray area, making them vulnerable to extortion by organized criminals who controlled distribution. At the time, there were no laws requiring mandatory verification and record keeping of participants' true identities and ages, and the real names of even the most prolific actors remained unknown outside their profession until decades later, when the identities of almost all famous performers were circulated on the Internet. Despite the huge profits being made, female performers' fees rarely exceeded the low hundreds of dollars.<ref name="DDD Uncovered"/>
The film became a huge success, and Woods mixed with various celebrities in New York City clubs including Studio 54 and Plato's Retreat. Woods disappeared completely from the public eye by the mid-1980s.<ref name="DDD Uncovered"/>
Disappearance
In 1986, Woods was reported missing. According to Australian newspaper The Age, she died the same year of a drug overdose.<ref name="Benedictus 2005">Template:Cite news</ref> However, the 2005 documentary "Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered" suggests Woods' disappearance was a cover story to allow her to resume living a private life.Template:R<ref name="Strub 2006">Template:Cite news</ref> According to Clark, a private investigator learned that Woods was living near Des Moines, Iowa and wished to avoid any further publicity.<ref name="DDD Uncovered"/>
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