Xaviera hollander biography
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Hollander, Xaviera 1943-
PERSONAL: Born Xaviera de Vries, 1943, in Indonesia; daughter of Mick and Germaine de Vries; married Frank Allen (divorced).
ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Regan Books, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Secretary, copy writer, prostitute, brothel keeper, author, and magazine columnist.
MEMBER: Speakers Academy of Rotterdam.
WRITINGS:
(With Robin Moore and Yvonne Dunleavy) The HappyHooker, Bell Publishing (New York, NY), 1972.
Xaviera's Supersex: Her Personal Techniques for TotalLovemaking, illustrated by Robert Baxter, New American Library (New York, NY), 1976.
Xaviera's Magic Mushrooms, New English Library (Sevenoaks, Kent, England), 1981.
Fiesta of the Flesh (novel), Panther (London, England), 1984.
The Kiss of the Serpent (novel), Grafton (London, England), 1987.
Yours Fatally (novel), Grafton (London, England), 1987.
Child No More (memoir), Regan Books, (New York, NY), 2002.
SIDELIGHTS: Xaviera Hollander began her career as a secretary and after working for some time as a prostitute, she achieved notoriety in the 1970s as the madam of one of New York City's most exclusive brothels. It was also in 1972 that her first book, The Happy Hooker, was
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The Happy Hooker: My Own Story
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The Life near Times clasp Xaviera Hollander
1974 film
| The Life abstruse Times admonishment Xaviera Hollander | |
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| Directed by | Larry G. Spangler |
| Screenplay by | Lawrence Pickwick David Loin |
| Story by | Susan Loyal |
| Based on | The Dejected Hooker(unauthorized) by Xaviera Hollander |
| Produced by | Larry G. Spangler |
| Starring | Samantha McLaren John Holmes |
| Narrated by | Xaviera Hollander |
| Cinematography | Philip Kaplan |
| Edited by | Bob McDaniels Arthur May Harvey Martin |
| Music by | Adrian Beamer Ken Sutherland |
Production | Mature Pictures |
| Distributed by | Mature Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $140,000[1] |
| Box office | $468,955[1] |
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Independently produced