Bodil Joensen - The Life and Movies of Cinema's Most Exploited Star 2003-06-25 13:02:38 I've been reading an interesting book: Fleshpot: Cinema's Sexual Myth Makers & Taboo Breakers, edited by Jack Stevenson. Here's an excerpt from the chapter on Bodil, a common Danish name: Bodil Joensen was born in a small Danish village in 1944. In March of 1969, when Denmark passed revolutionary anti-censorship laws unconditionally freeing all pictorial representation from legal restraint, she was born again - as an outre world-class porno celebrity. She had an unhappy childhood. Her father was a drunk and philanderer. Her mother was violently puritanical and sadistic. Bodil enjoyed playing with animals on the farm. She lost her virginity to a man at age 15. In 1970, broke, she moved to Copenhagen to work as a porn model. She also performed live sex in at least three different sex clubs with her collie dog, Lassie, and a shifting array of other partners. Lassie had sex with over 25 women. It's not known if he ever got it on with another dog. Bodil had sex with all sorts of animals, including boars. Pornographers and reporters would regularly track her down and film and interview her. Her most famous films include: Bodil, A Summer Day (1970) Animal Lover (1971) put together by Alex de Renzy Why In late 1972, Bodil had a daughter. She opened a massage parlour in Copenhagen. Bodil claimed that initially her neighbors accepted her bestiality performers. Not for long. She became the most ostracised and controversial of European porn stars, perpetually rumored to be feeble-minded, in prison or dead from suicide. She became the focal point of fear and hatred in the neighbouring countryside that took on an almost medieval resonance... By 1980, she was broke and fat and ugly. She was 36 years old but seemed much older. She was a chain smoker and heavy drinker. She was 60-pounds overweight with grossly swollen legs. Her teeth were rotten and her hair was thinning and unwashed. Old customers would come by to see her and give her money though they did not want to touch her. There is no hard evidence of what happened to her. Most say she committed suicide.