Maria Tortuga
演员
45
电影
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电视节目
Maria Tortuga was born on September 14, 1949 in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was a member of the first Mexican folk dance company in the United States. Maria grew up in a family with three other siblings. Following graduation from high school Tortuga moved to California to pursue her interest in conceptual art. Maria studied with feminist artist Judy Chicago at the nonprofit arts and education center the Woman's Building in Los Angeles. In addition, Tortuga also studied both Spanish and flamenco dancing with renowned performer Roberto Amaral in the late 1970's as well as served as the flamenco soloist in the Layalina Folkloric Ensemble. After graduating with an MFA, Maria went on to work for many years as the principal designer at local carpet mills. Tortuga decided to supplement her income and express herself sexually by doing hardcore loops and modeling for assorted men's magazines (she often posed for photos with a bondage motif). Maria began appearing in explicit hardcore movies in the late 1970's; among the notable adult cinema directors she worked for are Gerard Damiano, William Margold, Don Christian, David Worth, Ed De Priest, Alan Colberg, and Vinnie Rossi.
After retiring from the adult film industry in 1987, Maria decided to follow her key passion for dancing full time by moving to Chicago, Illinois and changing her name to Maria Gitana. Tortuga studied with the Spanish Dance Society and traveled over to Europe to dance for a while at Amor de Dios with Maria Magdalena, who was the Ballet Mistress of the Ballet Nacional de Espana. Maria was awarded a grant to study classical Spanish dance with Spanish Dance Society founding member Dame Marina Keet in 1992. After achieving the status of Maestra de Baile with the Spanish Dance Society, Tortuga returned to Chicago and started the flamenco dance troupe Manteca Colora. Maria moved back to her home state of Washington to be closer to her aging parents in 1998 and started the performing dance troupe Flamenco Gitana in 2004. Moreover, Tortuga taught dance and pilates at several local schools and community centers. Starting in 2010 Maria was the recipient of several Youth Arts Awards from the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Affairs. Tortuga used the associated grant to establish cultural arts programs in flamenco dance at local youth centers. Maria also did the choreography for a number of local theater productions. Tortuga died from cancer at age 65 on November 3, 2014.
作为演员/演员
Nude Aerobics
Never So Deep
Brandy Wine
I Wanna Be Teased!
蒂娜
出租车女孩2
女仆
Susie's Bed
Love Goddesses
约翰·福尔摩斯:丢失的磁带
(存档镜头)
爱莱斯博斯岛
凡妮莎的痴迷
卡萨诺瓦 2
新闻中的女孩
茶色珍珠系列
(存档镜头)
兄弟会之家
Wilcox' Daughter
Pleasure Dome
玛丽亚
亲密课程
Monica Mock
耶洗别
吉普赛人
球赛
The Beavers
For Services Rendered
Nocturna Vigil
花边事件
Plato's: The Movie
维姬
Love to Mother
米歇尔
前戏
社会工作者
紧身衣
玛丽亚
Carnal Encounters of the Barest Kind
Brunette Frog
粉红香槟
Tap Dancer
The Sensuous Detective
Deep Ghost
女仆
坏女孩
玛丽亚
Weekend Fantasy
猫
下面有麻烦
Carol (uncredited)
Inspirations
Piglette's Maid