Abigail Clayton
Nude

Fresh-faced, vulnerable, naïve, and idealistic are not terms generally befitting the women of sin cinema, unless that woman is strawberry-blonde nymph Gail Lawrence. Under the porn name Abigail Clayton, Gail revealed her charming, youthful essence in a series of XXX triumphs that, unfortunately, were confined to the short span of years between 1976 and 1980, a time of unlikely innocence in the sex business. Born in New York City to a father who was a doctor, Gail had the perfect look for Sinema. Even the jaded moguls of hardcore recognized Lawrence’s core innocence, casting her in the title role of Seven into Snowy (1977), a penetrating retelling of the Snow White fairy tale. Fans of arty French filmmaking can treat themselves to an excruciatingly full strolling ass shot in Ciao maschio (1977), which translates to Bye Bye Monkey. Considering Gail’s many nude scenes, a more appropriate title might be Spank Spank Monkey. She was one of the first adult stars to move into mainstream films, and after Bye Bye Money, Gail continued working in the slightly more traditional film industry. In 1980, she played “Rita” in Maniac. The following year, she played a nun — how ironic! — in So Fine (1981). That was Gail’s last film. Some of her other credits over the course of her short career include works such as A Coming of Angels (1977), Hot Cookies (1977), The Health Spa (1978), Cave Women (1979), and October Silk (1980). No matter what she’s in, Gail will put the wind in your sails!