An Interview with Porn Star Icon Georgina Spelvin

The '70s Star of "The Devil in Miss Jones" Writes a Memoir Called "The Devil Made Me Do It."

In 1972, "Deep Throat" director Gerard Damiano asked Georgina to star in his next film. Ten years and over a hundred films later, she sought refuge in the Hollywood Hills with the love of her life and hid out for the next thirty years. Having written a review of her memoir, "The Devil Made Me Do It", I decided to interview her. Here are excerpts.

How would you describe growing up?

Daddy was a doodle-bugger. That's what the seismologists that worked for the oil companies of the '30s were called. Probably because, like their namesake, their main function was to drill holes. The actual bugs by that name crawled down into theirs. The men so named drilled their holes in the pastures and fields of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma in order to drop a small bit of dynamite into the earth, set it off, and record the resulting shudder on a seismograph. The squiggles made, told those in the know, where to drill for oil. This job required relocation every couple of months. Most of my toddler years were spent in the backseat of a Ford coupe.

Dad's ROTC requirement for attendance at Texas A&M where he earned his geologists degree, landed him in the Army as a second lieutenant when WW II called upon him to save the world. Mom was delighted to trade in the grunge of oil fields for the splendor of the Officers' Clubs and quickly joined the Women's Motor Corps so she, too, could wear a snappy uniform. Then we moved to Gainesville, a wide spot in the road to Oklahoma. I had just started second grade in San Antonio where one could be promoted at mid-term and that's where I was placed upon arrival in the new school. However, when registering for school the next fall, the powers that reigned decreed that I was too young to go into third grade, so back to (Ho Hum) "Dick and Jane" and second grade I went. This scarred me for life. The up side was that mother never let school interfere with my education or desire to be a ballet dancer.

How did you end up on Broadway?