Juliet Anderson

Major events in Juliet's life

1938

Born Judith Carr, in Palmdale, California. Grew up in Burbank, California.  Aspired to be an actress.  Hospitalized numerous times in childhood, for childhood arthritis and Crohn's disease.  Graduated from Burbank High School in 1956.

1957-1961

Attended Long Beach State College, California. Lost her virginity in typical 1950s scenario.

1961-1962

Lived in Japan with first husband, Bob Watt.

1962-1966

Lived in Miami Beach, Florida. Worked at various clerical and modeling jobs. Socialized with several figures in the early porn business, including Sepy Dobroni and Hugh Hefner. Divorced Bob Watt. Traveled briefly in Mexico, as consort to two different men.

1966-1968

Lived in Greece and had relationship with admiral in Greek navy, during the military coup of 1967.

1968-1970

Returned to Long Beach and finished her degree, in art and education.

1971-1977

Lived in Finland and worked as radio journalist and on-air personality. Married and divorced second husband, Velic Pekku.

1977-1978

Returned to U.S. and entered porn business.

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1978-1985

Career as porn actress. Developed and performed live stage shows: strip routines with a story line.

1984-1985

Produced own porn movie, Educating Nina, starring Nina Hartley.

1985-1990

Lived in Placerville, California. Worked at bed and breakfast and did odd jobs. Trained as massage therapist and started bodywork practice.

1990-2010

Lived in Oakland and Berkeley, California. Continued bodywork practice, invented Tender Loving Touch technique. Gave workshops in sensual sexuality for women and couples. Wrote essay for Women of the Light: The New Sacred Prostitute.

1999

Produced Ageless Desire, DVD demonstrating sexual techniques for straight couples over age 50.

2010

Died in Berkeley, California at age 71.

Awards Juliet received

1995

Inducted into Erotic Legends Hall of Fame

1998

Inducted into X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame

2001

Received X-Rated Critics Organization Lifetime Achievement Award

2007

Received honorary doctorate degree from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco

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Juliet's stage shows

Juliet started performing these shows live on stage in late 1981, and continued well into 1987, even after she had ceased her involvement in the film business. Whenever possible she liked to follow each show with a question-and-answer session with the audience about the X-rated film business.

Cassie the Cook

To the tune of "Too Many Cooks" I enter in a cute, sexy dress, cook's apron and chef's hat, carrying a big bowl in which I am stirring cake batter. Then I chat with the audience about the relationship between food and sex.. and then with some fruit to prove my point... a humorous demonstration of creative ways to "play with your food." While my cake is baking I proceed with a further demonstration of my culinary skills ... the cookbook strip.

Chris the Carpenter

To the cacophony of construction, traffic and city sounds, I enter dressed in faded jeans, flannel shirt, work boots, hard-hat, work gloves and a carpenter's belt laden with tools. I have a 2X4 over my shoulder and a lunch pail in my hand. I measure, hammer nails, etc. until the lunch whistle blows. Out of my lunch pail I take a sandwich, thermos and sex magazine. Looking at a picture of a couple making love turns me on, which prompts a unique strip out of my work clothes to reveal feminine, lacy undies. A provocative and torrid dance follows.

The Executrix

As Dolly Parton belts out "Working Girl" I enter dressed in a stylish suit carrying a briefcase. It is the end of another tough day climbing the corporate ladder. Now at home I start to unwind with the help of a glass of wine (grape juice in a wine bottle). Starting to disrobe, I get a gleam in my eye and my strip gets more provocative. When all my everyday business clothes are off, I get a wicked grin on my face and begin my transformation from the "nice girl" into the strong, sexy dominatrix in black leather and lace, brandishing a riding crop, prowling the stage looking for "boys" to play with.

Nurse Naughty

To the sounds of a car crash, sirens and emergency room procedures, I enter, dressed in a nurse's outfit. I go into the audience and take temperatures, heart beats, etc., to locate the "patient." When it is discovered that it is I who have a fever, I suggest undressing to lower my temperature. I perform a slow, sensuous strip, revealing white undergarments. I proceed with floor and chair work and perform with oral expertise on a large syringe.

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Suzy the Secretary

To the strains of Leroy Anderson's "Typewriter Song," I enter wearing a conservative suit and horn-rimmed glasses, and carrying a steno pad. I type and take dictation. The phone rings. It is a friend of mine who recognizes that beneath my prim exterior is a very passionate woman. He invites me over for dinner and tells me to "think sexy." This gets me excited and initiates my steamy strip, erotic dance and creative dalliance with the telephone.

The White Widow (butterfly)

The stage is dark. The music starts its slow, dramatic buildup. A dim spotlight building to full brightness reveals the back of a motionless, black-caped and hooded figure standing center stage. I slowly turn and walk toward the audience. In a well choreographed and scored performance, I incorporate dramatic tension with eroticism to produce an original, powerful and exotic strip and dance of mourning transformed into freedom and joy.

Juliet's massage work

After Juliet withdrew from the porn film business in 1985, she took up massage therapy as her new career. With her inherent sensuality and love of touching and being touched, she was a natural, and it was not long before she started blending massage with her previous sex-work career, incorporating erotic touch into her bodywork practice, for those clients who wanted it.

In 1990, Juliet named her unique approach to erotic massage Tender Loving Touch:

What is Tender Loving Touch? It's difficult to describe in words a technique that is experiential and unique to each person, but I'll do my best.

Let me start by telling you what Tender Loving Touch is NOT. It is not erotic massage; it's not a quick fix because you are horny; it's not intercourse and it's not Tantra. Tender Loving Touch focuses on slow, gentle, nurturing touch from head to toe, letting you relax into an altered state. It is a delightful, sensual/sexual experience in which we are both nude, in my bedroom, and I stroke you lightly with my whole body, not just my hands. Your genitals get special attention. You can either lie back and only receive, or reciprocate by touching me, so that you learn not only to receive, but to give erotic pleasure—pleasure that is an end in itself, not a prelude to genital sex.

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