Gigi Darlene in HOT NIGHTS ON THE CAMPUS
I can NOT find any information on Ms. Darlene's current status.
According to the audio commentary on ALTERNATIVE CINEMA'S SEXPLOITERS DVD, her real name is Leonora Rheine.
I've been told that Gigi Darlene is not her only pseudonym.
Gigi Darlene in MUSIC TO STRIP BY
I thought Leonora Rheine was INCREDIBLY CUTE.
She was the very definition of the word voluptuous!
A color short was the first film I saw her in ( don't remember the name ). That was in the late seventies, and I've loved watching her ever since.
Ms. Rheine was not your typical exploitation queen. She was extremely memorable. The camera REALLY loved her.
Gigi Darlene in HOT NIGHTS ON THE CAMPUS
I don't know if any of her films had a legit VHS release. I could only find her films on bootleg tapes.
Gigi Darlene's real name was Heli Lenore Weinrich. She was born in Berlin, Germany in 1943. Alas, she died from stomach cancer at age 58 on January 1, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I wrote a very thorough and informative five paragraph bio on Darlene for the IMDb. Moreover, there's an incredible blog about her on the excellent website The Rialto Report.
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ReplyDeleteI love the RIALTO REPORT, and I've been listening to their podcasts since 2013.
I read the report on Gigi at the RIALTO REPORT website when it was posted. Are you one of the folks that worked on it? If you are, you did a GREAT JOB!