Ginger Lynn(I)
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Born in Rockford, Illinois, on December 14, 1962, Ginger Lynn Allen
went to California in 1982 to visit her ill grandfather. She decided to
stay and found employment as a manager at a Musicland record store in
Redlands. She had lived in a trailer in one of the worst parts of the
city for almost a year when she answered an ad for figure models. This
led to employment the same day and a layout in Penthouse magazine. Work
in the adult-film industry soon followed. She worked in the industry
from December 1983 through February 1986, making a total of 69 films
(plus countless re-issues and compilations). She retired, partially
because the work was no longer fun and she had very little time off.
That same year, she was approached by the FBI to testify on behalf of
Traci Lords, who had just been exposed as having been underage during her
years in the adult-film industry. She refused and was eventually
arrested for tax evasion. Following her years in adult movies, she
appeared in many "legit" films throughout the late 1980s and 1990s--
most notably the "Vice Academy" films. She also starred in Metallica's music video "Turn the Page." She
has a son, who she gave birth to on March 24, 1996. She tours
gentlemen's clubs around the country, and signed a comeback deal with
VCA Pictures in 1999. She has starred in four new adult movies so far:
Torn (1999), White Lightning (2000), New Wave Hookers 6 (2000) and Taken (2001).
