Darby Lloyd Rains

Darby Lloyd Rains (born November 20, 1947) is a former adult film actress who was prolific during the golden age of pornography.^[1][2][3] She is a member of the XRCO Hall of Fame as a "film pioneer".^[4]

Darby Lloyd Rains
Born	(1947-11-20) November 20, 1947 (age 77) New York, USA
Other names	Darby Lloyd Raines
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)

Career

Darby Lloyd Rains's early work in the 1970's was in 16mm silent adult film loops,^[5][6][7] and she appeared as an uncredited stripper in the 1971 film The French Connection.^[8] Lloyd Rains is best known for her roles in sexploitation^[9][10] and pornographic feature films such as Memories Within Miss Aggie,^[11] The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann and Naked Came the Stranger.^[10][12] She has been described as "ruling over half of the pornographic film production (good, bad or terrible) of the time",^[13] "one of the very first porn stars",^[14] and "perhaps the prettiest, most unlikely-looking of the sex vets".^[15] After her on screen career was over she worked on set^[16] and in production for other adult films.^[7] Additionally, after she left acting she worked on a film with Joe Negroni,^[17] and would later work with Sandy Fox^{[n 1]} to form a talent agency in New York City.^[18] She identifies as bisexual.^[19]

Partial filmography

• This Film Is All About '....' (1970) directed by Gerard Damiano^{[citation needed]}
• Sex USA (1970) directed by Gerard Damiano^[20]
• Dark Dreams (1971) directed by Toby Ross^[21]
• Both Ways (1971)
• Rosebud (1972)^[22]
• The Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig (1973)^[23]
• Lovelace Meets Miss Jones (1973)^[24]
• Sleepy Head (1973) directed by Joseph Samo^[25]
• Devil's Due (1973)^[26] directed by Ernest Danna
• Memories Within Miss Aggie (1974)^[27][28] directed by Gerard Damiano
• Angel Number 9 aka Angel on Fire (1974)^[29][30][31] directed by Roberta Findlay^[32]
• Not Just Another Woman (1974)^[10] directed by Toby Ross
• The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1974)^[33][34] directed by Radley Mezger
• Naked Came the Stranger (1975)^[35][36] directed by Radley Mezger
• Slip Up (1975)^[37]
• Every Inch A Lady (1975)^[38][39]
• Abduction of an American Playgirl (1975)^[40][41][42]
• Practice Makes Perfect aka Countrylife (1976)^[43]
• More, More, More (1976)^[7]
• Ta mej i dalen [sv] (1977) directed by Torgny Wickman^[44]
• French Kiss (1979)^[45]
• Street Girls of New York (1981) directed by Sid Roth^[46]

Notes

1. Former pornographic actress not to be confused with Sandy Fox.