Patricia Rhomberg (born 15 September 1953) is an Austrian former pornographic film actress from the 1970s.[2][1]
Patricia Rhomberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 September 1953[2][1] Vienna, Austria[2] |
| Other names | Patricia Ragga[1] |
| Years active | 1975–1979 |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1] |
| Hair color | Brown[2][1] |
| Eye color | Brown[1] |
Early career
editRhomberg was working as a medical assistant when she met the German director Hans Billian and began a relationship with him.[2]
In 1975, she appeared in Germany's first hardcore pornographic feature, Bienenstich im Liebesnest, directed by Billian (the soft version was called Im Gasthaus zum scharfen Hirschen, also known as Zimmermädchen machen es gerne).[2] In it she plays Graziella Schill, a woman on the trail of her unfaithful husband. This was a softcore role even in the hardcore version of the film, with scenes framed and edited to suggest Rhomberg is engaged in sexual activity but no visible sex.
Josephine Mutzenbacher
editIn 1976, Billian gave her the lead role, in part because she had the proper dialect for it,[3] in the adult film Josefine Mutzenbacher wie sie wirklich war, 1. Teil (known in English as Sensational Janine),[4][5] in which she plays the Viennese prostitute Josephine Mutzenbacher.[3] This film brought her fame in Germany. It inspired numerous sequels, but the original is the only one in which Rhomberg appears.
Jim Holliday has described this film as "easily the best and most accurate of several films based on the life and adventures of legendary Viennese madam Josephine Mutzenbacher" and his "all time foreign favorite" adult film.[6] Sensational Janine was "one of the most successful foreign x-rated films ever to cross the Atlantic",[7] and the movie is "today seen as one of the best porns of all time".[3]
Later career
editIn 1977, she appeared in Kasimir der Kuckuckskleber.[2] Her role was Larissa Holm, a young woman who agrees with Kasimir Zwickelhuber (played by Sepp Gneißl) to go into prostitution in order to pay off some debts. Around this period she also featured in numerous hardcore loops directed by Billian, such as Venus in Seide and Schwarzer Orgasmus, which were among the first examples of interracial pornography in Germany.[8] In addition to acting, she also worked as a fluffer.
In 1978, she broke with Billian and returned to her original profession.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Patricia Rhomberg". Adult Film Database. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Patricia Rhomberg". Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Kuboth, Sebastian (22 May 2009). "Kritik: Heidi, das Luder von der Alm". TV-KULT (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Smith, Kent; Moore, Darrell W.; Reagle, Merl (1 November 1983). Adult Movies. New York: Pocket Books (Mm). p. 214. ISBN 978-0-671-46844-6. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ Krull, Achim K.; Hendriks-Witmer, Eleanor; Shukyn, Murray (1985). Video movies to go: the complete video movie review guide. Grosvenor House Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-919959-21-7. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ Holliday, Jim (1986). Only the Best: Jim Holliday's Adult Video Almanac and Trivia Treasury. Cal Vista Direct. p. 84. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ The Film Journal. Pubsun Corporation. January 1984. p. 26. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Biography". Patricia Rhomberg Movie Fan Club. Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
External links
edit- Patricia Rhomberg at IMDb
- Patricia Rhomberg at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Patricia Rhomberg at the Adult Film Database
- Patricia Rhomberg at the European Girls Adult Film Database
- (in French) Patricia Rhomberg in Encyclo ciné