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| Seka (born Dorothiea Hundley, on Thursday, April 15, 1954) is a legendary U.S. pornographic actress, or "sex performer," as she prefers, who, between 1974 and 1993, appeared in hundreds of XXX-rated movies, although according to Seka herself, only 50 are original, the rest being recycled footage. Born in Radford, Virginia, Dorothiea "Dottie" Hundley attended high school in Hopewell, where as a teenager she won several beauty pageants, including "Miss Hopewell High School" and "Miss Southside Virginia." Under the influence of the Elvis look-a-like, Ken Yontz, her "controlling" and "obsessive" second husband to be (She has kept the last name of "Patton" from her first marriage), young Dottie ran several adult bookstores in the 1970s, until the "heat" forced her to flee to Las Vegas. While there she did her first nude layout before eventually returning to Virginia. The layout brought Dorothiea immediate attention along with an offer to shoot her first short film in Baltimore while still a teenager. With these early escapades, Dorothiea and Ken moved to Los Angeles, where she devoted herself to the pursuit of her career, initially using the name Sweet Alice. In the late 1970s, Dorothiea adopted the screen name Seka, which means "symbol" in the South African Sesotho language, [1] an appropriate name for an icon and sex symbol. She exploded onto the scene just as porn was making the switch to video, and consequently became a major star at a time of maximum exposure. Shortly after receiving her big break in 1978 (Dracula Sucks, a.k.a. "Lust At First Bite," and "Blonde Fire"), roles starring opposite the infamous John C. Holmes, the collaboration which would propel Seka to fame while forming the most well known couple in porn history, the notorious lifestyle of her industry began to take its toll, with a year long stint at an unknown detox facility (1978). A true believer in what she did, she also spent time in prison in San Diego for "lewd conduct and obscene behavior." Back on her feet, Seka appeared in 24 films in 1980 and another 37 films in 1981, the most important and prolific years of her career, which were capped by another struggle with drug addiction and the messy dissolution of her volatile marriage to Yontz, which brought about her move to Chicago, the city that became her home for nearly twenty-five years. Her on-screen sexual performances included lesbian encounters, anal sex, double penetration, and use of sex toys. She was also popular for her habit of frequently shaving her pubic hair off, this being some 15 to 20 years before the practice became common among American women. Many of her movies were produced by Swedish Erotica, in which she can be seen wearing their trademark scarf tied around the neck. With her southern drawl, perfect figure, and gracious down-to-earth personality, by the early eighties Seka had arguably become the number one female pornstar of all time, despite having been taken advantage of not just by Yontz, but by her Chicago manager, who she now calls "Dead Fred." After 1982, at the height of her fame, she took a step back from her film career, claiming "they wouldn't pay her what she wanted," and turned to stripping and nude modeling while running her own lucrative fan club, with few subsequent film performances. Possessing significant charisma and popularity with her fans, Seka had achieved a kind of underground cult celebrity status, and (like Nina Hartley and Ona Zee) she appeared on many popular television talk shows as an advocate and spokesperson in defense of the porn industry. As reported in a Chicago newspaper, former porn star Jerry Butler and Seka had appeared on the TV show 330 hosted by Chuck Henry, basically opposing one another. Seka talked about how much she enjoyed doing porn and that money was no object. Jerry interrupted her, "Oh really? Then why is your fee between $15-$30,000 dollars per movie?" Seka smiled at him, not knowing what to say. Chuck then asked Jerry about the use of drugs in the adult film industry. He admitted that many actors, actresses, producers and directors use drugs because they are under a lot of pressure. Then Seka broke in: "I can't imagine why people in the business need drugs." Butler fired back, "What about 1978? "I heard you were in drug rehabilitation for a whole year." In what may have been her last porn film, American Garter, Seka was barely recognizable as herself with obvious and extensive sun damage to her skin, liver spots on her hands, and significant weight gain. In 2002 Seka was the focus of a documentary film entitled Desperately Seeking Seka. The premise of the film finds swedish filmmakers Christian Hallman and Magnus Paulsson on a quest to find the porn legend and ask her for an interview. Since it's completion the film has toured the international film festival circuit and has been recently released on DVD. |
| This platinum blonde is one of the all-time most popular stars, and good reason. Porn fans can once again whack their weasels to the ice princess in her 1993 comeback for VCA Pictures in American Garter. Older, fuller and looking like a stunning middle-aged woman, Seka still commands respect and righteous wood. She began doing porn in 1978 and worked in over 75 features before her last prior appearance, in Careful He May Be Watching in 1986. Seka's hottest scenes continue to appear in compilation tapes. |
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