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When you think of adult video vixens in the 1980s, you may think of Ginger Lynn, Christy Canyon, or Traci Lords. But they weren’t the only fan favorites on the scene.
Take Tina Marie: she was like a Robert Crumb goddess come to life. She started out in men’s magazines and sex loops in the early 1980s, and quickly moved on to starring roles in feature films before stepping behind the camera to produce and direct adult movies with her husband Mark Carriere.
It wasn’t the professional path Tina imagined for herself growing up as the daughter of a fundamentalist Samoan minister in New Zealand and Trinidad. And while it was a career that introduced Tina to many things she prizes to this day, it was a job that came at an existential price: how do you reconcile the idea of yourself that you grew up with – the dutiful daughter, the spiritual sister, the good girl – with the adult industry powerhouse you became?
In this first part of her story, Tina Marie talks about growing up as a preacher’s daughter, finding and starting to question her identity, getting her start in porn, and the wild party scene that wrapped around the adult industry.
This podcast is 64 minutes long.
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Tina Marie
Laurie Smith with Tina Marie
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The first adult video I ever saw was “Star 84: The Tina Marie Story.” It was 85 and I was 11 years old. I popped in the VHS tape and I see a tight shot of the most beautiful sexy face I have ever seen. As the camera panned out it got even better. Beautiful long sexy legs, perfect real breasts and just an overall sexy, tan, tall model like body.
She did things to a man I didn’t know was possible!
She did a few movies before “Star 84” but in “Star 84” she had a makeover that made her look incredibly hot thanks to the late great ultra talented makeup artist Alexis Vogel.
I’ve mostly dated Samoan and Filipino women my whole life and its been awesome. Thank you Tina Marie!
It’s Sunday 10-18-26 and normally Im watching football but screw football because I still can’t believe Im going to listen to an interview with Tina Marie!
Thanks Ashley and the RR crew! This is surreal. I still can’t believe it
Thank you Tina Marie for sharing your story. You are appreciated.
(and a special thanks to my Dad for hiding his VHS stash in an easy spot for me to find.)