Clair Dia

Biography

Raven-haired Clair Dia was born Emily Smith, a redhead, in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She attended City College in San Francisco and majored in occupational therapy. She then worked as a secretary before traveling the country and making porn loops for traveling cash, which landed her in the October 1971 Playboy article "The Porno Girls." Her feature debut was in What About Jane: An Erotic Soap Opera (1972). During an early screening of this film, she, a castmate, and the director were arrested and thrown in jail on obscenity charges, but spent only four hours there before being released. Clair went on to star in over 20 adult films and directed two more (she had attended Berkeley Film Institute where she studied filmmaking). Even in the films she directed, Clair managed to appear in brief walk-on roles.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Cheerleaders (1973) — Suzie (as Sandy Evans)
2. Lucifer's Women (1974) — Mary
3. Doctor Dracula (1978) — Mary
4. Little Sisters (1972) — Emily
5. 3 A.M. (1975) — Stacey
6. Desires Within Young Girls (1977) — Penelope 'Penny' Stone
7. Her Last Fling (1977)
8. Screwples (1979) — Unwilling Interviewee (uncredited)
9. Carnal Haven (1978) — Second Hooker
10. Summer Heat (1979) — Rea
11. Fantastic Orgy (1977) — (archive footage)
12. The Nurses (1971) — Mr. Bainbridge's Nurse
13. What About Jane (1972) — Jane
14. Legends of Porn (1987) — (archive footage)
15. Naked Afternoon (1976) — Lily
16. The Health Spa (1978) — Redheaded Club Member
17. Love Secrets (1976) — Katie
18. April Love (1972) — Laura
19. Rings of Passion (1973) — Marcy (as Veronica Pink)
20. The Journey of O (1976) — Ophelia Day
21. Ramage (Mobility Cathexis) (1972) — (as Anama Anis)
22. Sharon's Rosebud (1976) — Sharon's Sister
23. A Film About Sharon (1975) — Self

Directed

1. Screwples (1979) — Director
2. The Health Spa (1978) — Director
3. Behind Closed Doors (1980) — Director