Laura Gemser
- Actress
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lovely, slender, and sensual raven-haired knockout Laurette Marcia Gemser
was born on October 5, 1950 in Java, Indonesia. In 1955 Gemser left
Indonesia at age four and moved with her parents to the Netherlands.
Laura grew up in the Dutch city of Utrecht and attended Mulo
Regentesseschool high school. She studied fashion design at the Artibus
Art School in Utrecht. Gemser first gained public recognition with her
nude modeling in various men's magazines in Belgium and the
Netherlands. The exotic dark-haired beauty moved to Italy in the mid-1970's and made her film debut as Janine in the obscure Amour libre (1974). However, it was Laura's small, but memorable role
as a masseuse in Emmanuelle 2: L'antivierge (1975) that really launched her career in
racy soft-core exploitation fare. Gemser achieved her greatest enduring
international cult popularity with her incredibly erotic and
uninhibited portrayals of the titular hedonistic and sexually
adventurous globe-trotting photojournalist in the steamy "Black
Emanuelle" series that were often directed by the notorious Joe D'Amato
and frequently co-starred Gemser's real-life actor husband Gabriele Tinti. Other notable parts include charismatic cult leader the Divine
One in Camp d'amour (1981), evil sorceress Indun in Ator (1982),
and compassionate mutant telepath Lilith in Le Gladiateur du futur (1983). Outside of
acting, Laura also worked on a handful of movies as a costume designer.
Gemser quit the motion picture business in the early 1990's and still
lives in Italy.
