Laura Gemser
Acting
Laurette Marcia "Laura" Gemser (born October 5, 1950, Java, Indonesia) is a Dutch-based actress of Indo descent. She is known for her work with director Joe D'Amato and Bruno Mattei, in particular, for doing a set of exploitation-style and Black Emmanuelle films. Gemser has also been credited as Moira Chen, most notably in Love Is Forever (1983).
Gemser left Indonesia in 1955, at the age of four, and moved with her parents to the Netherlands. She grew up in the Dutch city of Utrecht, where she attended the MULO Regentesseschool high school. After that, she attended the Artibus Art School in Utrecht, where she specialized in fashion design. In 1975 she moved to Italy.
After modelling in various magazines in the Netherlands and Belgium, Gemser began to take part in some soft erotic films. She became internationally recognised after starring in a number of Black Emanuelle films in the 1970s.
Her most mainstream and well-received role was as Laotian refugee Keo Sirisomphone in Michael Landon's 1983 American television movie, Love Is Forever, in which she was credited as Moira Chen.[citation needed] Gemser continued to do films: at times, she worked with her actor husband, Gabriele Tinti. In the 1990s, she left the movies to do costume designing for film. In addition, she lost her husband, who died of cancer in 1991. Today she lives in retirement and low profile in Rome, but she is still remembered as one of the many beautiful women who played the sensual adventuress Emmanuelle.
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Filmography of
Laura Gemser
Herself
... 2001
Black Emanuelle / Various Characters (archive footage)
... 1999
(archive footage)
... 1992
Karen's secretary
... 1992
Jackie Forrest
... 1991
Hooker (uncredited)
... 1991
Sales Clerk
... 1990
Lab Assistant (uncredited)
... 1990
Grimilde
... 1990
Prostitute
... 1990
Prostitute
... 1990
(uncredited)
... 1990
Photographer (uncredited)
... 1989
Dancer
... 1989
Massage Girl
... 1988
Chiara
... 1988
Dorothy / Eve
... 1988
... 1987
Dorothy Tipton
... 1987
Panasonic's Brother's Wife (uncredited)
... 1987
Brian's Lover
... 1986
Josephine
... 1986
Haunani
... 1985
Zerbal
... 1985
Lilith
... 1983
Keo Sirisomphone
... 1983
Manuela / Emanuelle (archive footage)
... 1983
Emanuelle Arsan
... 1983
Indun (archive footage)
... 1982
Indun
... 1982
... 1982
Emanuelle / Laura
... 1982
Dr. Selenia Anselmi
... 1982
(archive footage)
... 1982
Miriam
... 1982
Emanuelle (archive footage)
... 1982
... 1982
Tomoe
... 1981
The Divine One
... 1981
Beryl
... 1981
... 1980
... 1980
... 1980
Emanuella Brindisi
... 1980
... 1980
(segment "L'île aux sirènes")
... 1979
Amiga de Verónica
... 1979
La principessa africana - moglie di Bruno
... 1978
The Woman
... 1978
Host / Emanuelle
... 1978
Emanuelle
... 1978
Air-Hostess
... 1978
Host / Emanuelle
... 1977
Emanuelle
... 1977
Emanuelle
... 1977
Sister Emanuelle
... 1977
Suzy Lee
... 1977
Emanuelle
... 1977
Maid
... 1976
Estedes' Friend (uncredited)
... 1976
Laura
... 1976
Eva
... 1976
Haydee
... 1976
Emanuelle
... 1976
Masseuse
... 1975
Emanuelle
... 1975
Jeanine
... 1974