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Barbara Dare
Barbara Dare
Born	February 27, 1963 (age 61); Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Other names	Kimberly Dare, Kim Wilde, Stacey Nixx, Stacey Nix
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Barbara Dare (born February 27, 1963) is an American former pornographic actress.^[1] She was one of the industry's initial contract performers with Essex Video^[2] and Vivid Entertainment^[3] and is an AVN^[4] and XRCO Hall of Fame inductee.^[5]

Personal life

Dare was born in Wichita Falls, Texas.^[2] After her father, a dentist, left the Air Force, the family moved to Wayne, New Jersey.^[2] She was raised in the Jewish faith.^[2] Early in her professional career, Dare self-identified as a lesbian, having personal relationships with women.^[6]

Dare spent several years addicted to drugs, including heroin. She got sober and became a Certified Addiction and Substance Abuse Counselor.^[7]

Career

Dare began appearing in adult films in the mid-1980s after meeting people who were involved in the adult film industry at Plato's Retreat^[8] and also made appearances in magazines such as Hustler, Swank, and High Society. In 1989, she joined fellow adult film actress Stephanie Rage as authors of a monthly article for Swank.^[9]

Dare was one of the top adult film stars of the 1980s.^[10] She appeared in scenes with several (at the time) top adult films stars, including Tracey Adams and Ginger Lynn.^[3] She became one of the first women in the industry to sign an exclusivity contract with Essex Video for 10 movies a year and an annual salary of $150,000^[11] and would later leave that studio to sign with Vivid Entertainment and become one of the earliest Vivid Girls.^[12] Dare's final film was Bratgirl (1992); she retired in 1994.^[1]

Jerry Butler stated in his autobiography that Dare had a "commanding screen presence" while on set, in spite of her smaller physical stature.^[13]

Dare also worked as a stripper, commanding a $10,000 weekly salary.^[14]

Appearances

Dare was interviewed in 1987 for the episode of the television news series Frontline regarding the death of Shauna Grant.^[15]

She also had minor roles in mainstream productions such as the Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret film 52 Pick-Up in 1986^[16] and the live-action/animated comedy-horror B-movie Evil Toons (where she was credited as "Stacey Nix") in 1992.^[17]

In the August 1992 issue of Esquire, Dare was profiled in their annual feature "Women We Love".^[18]^[19]

Selected filmography

Hannah Does Her Sisters (1986)
Slippery When Wet (1986)
Blame it on Ginger (1986)
Barbara the Barbarian (1987)
Ginger and Spice (1987)
Girls who Dig Girls 8 (1988)
Barbara Dare's Bad (1988)
Angela Baron Takes a Dare (1988)
Sex in Dangerous Places (1988)
For Her Pleasure Only (1989)
Ginger then and Now (1990)
Where the Boys Aren't 2 (1990)
Bratgirls (1992)

Awards

1987 AVN Award – Best New Starlet^[20]
1989 AVN Award – Best Actress, Video (Naked Stranger)^[20]
1990 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video (True Love) with April West^[20]
AVN Hall of Fame inductee^[4]
XRCO Hall of Fame inductee^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Barbara Dare at the Internet Adult Film Database
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dare, Barbara (2016-02-21). "Barbara Dare: A Curious Woman". The Rialto Report. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b Rutter, Jared. "Vivid's 25th Anniversary: How Steven Hirsch's Company Thrust Porn Into Mainstream America". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "AVN Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
^ ^a ^b "XRCO Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
^ Bright, Susie (1990). Susie Sexpert's lesbian sex world. Cleis Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0939416356.
^ "Barbara Dare: A Curious Woman - Podcast 58". The Rialto Report. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ Cote, Neil (20 August 1990). "Fighting censorship with a Dare". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ Swank Magazine, March 1990
^ Jennings, David (2000). Skinflicks : the inside story of the x-rated video industry. Bloomington, IN.: Distributed by 1st Books Library. ISBN 978-1587211843. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
^ Crouch, Gregory (1 May 1988). "Essex Video Faces Legal, Financial Setbacks : Pornographic Film Distributor Goes Bust; Company's President Busted". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ Stars Shine For Vivid, Matt O'Conner, 2006-03-17, Accessed 2011-07-13
^ Butler, Jerry (1990). Raw Talent: The Adult Film Industry as Seen by Its Most Popular Male Star. Prometheus Books. p. 147. ISBN 978-0879756253.
^ Hume, Mark (21 March 1992). "On with the show". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "Frontline: Season 5, Episode 13 - Death of a Porn Queen". IMDb. 8 June 1987. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ "52 Pick-Up (1986) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ "Evil Toons (1992)". IMDb. 26 November 1993. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ Bogosian, Eric (August 1992). Women We Love 1992. Esquire Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "Esquire loves women". Great Falls Tribune. 9 August 1992. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Past Winners". Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 2007-09-22.