Kay Parker: Many Lives – Podcast 32 (reprise)
The Rialto Report
Ashley West
4.8 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2015
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
For our first podcast of 2015 we’re reaching back into last year’s archives to honor a legend of adult cinema who is in need of our help: Kay Parker: Many Lives – Podcast 32.
About a month ago together with Jill Nelson and Mark Murray, we set up The Golden Age Appreciation Fund after learning that Kay is experiencing financial difficulties which have forced her out of her home. The goal of the drive is to raise enough money to cover Kay’s first and last month’s rent plus a security deposit. Many of you have already generously donated and for that we thank you.
The drive for Kay will run until this coming Friday, January 9th at midnight. This is a non-profit initiative so 100% of your donation will go directly to Kay – no donation is too small. And feel free to also leave a message for Kay when you donate – we will ensure it is passed on to her
Thanks so much – and Happy New Year!
This episode running time is 100 minutes.
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Kay Parker
Kay Parker is one of the true legends of adult cinema. In a career that started in 1977 and spanned over a decade, she became one of the industry’s most recognizable and best-loved figures. Since her retirement, Kay has dedicated herself to the welfare of others, working as a freelance New Age metaphysical counselor and writing a book about her spiritual experiences.
From her beginnings in war time Birmingham in England, Kay Parker was introduced to the adult film industry in the mid 1970s by playing small non-sexual roles. It was director Anthony Spinelli who talked her into doing her first sex scene in the 1977 film SexWorld, and Kay was soon one of the leading lights of industry. Kay is perhaps best remembered for her role in the original ‘Taboo‘, where she plays the mother role and is partnered with Mike Ranger, who plays her son Paul Scott, in one of the golden age’s most memorable scenes.
Apart from her film roles, Kay also became a prominent spokesperson for the business – appearing on television, college campuses, and in magazines, passionately defending the rights of the filmmakers and the performers. She is remembered with great fondness and respect by all who worked with her, including such luminaries as Seka, Eric Edwards, and Richard Pacheco.
Kay was recently featured in the book ‘Golden Goddesses’ by Jill Nelson (Bear Manor Media), and interviewed for The Rialto Report podcast – where both her appearances received much positive attention proving that she is still remembered and loved by her many fans.
The Golden Age Appreciation Fund would like to highlight Kay’s need, and also make it easy for anyone who wishes to make a donation to her. Together we can help Kay get back into a place of her own. Please donate – every penny donated to Kay will go directly to her.
The Golden Age Appreciation Fund is a non-profit initiative, that was established in 2014 to help raise funds for those formerly associated with the golden age adult film industry. It was set up by Mark Murray, Jill Nelson, and Ashley West.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's Richard Pacheco, reading a passage from his memoir hindsight about the actress Kay Parker. |
| 0:05.7 | Kay Parker? Yes, I loved her. Still do. Kay Parker was unique in the business. She had a natural |
| 0:14.4 | immunity about her, a true heart that made the beast of pornography stand down. She was like the good witch in the |
| 0:23.3 | Wizard of Oz. We worked together three or four times in all, and we were usually lucky enough |
| 0:29.7 | to find whatever magic we needed to transcend whatever manure they were throwing at us. We allowed each other dignity and humanity. |
| 0:41.0 | We have the grace to appreciate each other. |
| 0:44.4 | We brought the best parts of ourselves to the dance, |
| 0:47.5 | and we never, ever had to apologize to anybody about anything. |
| 1:04.6 | Does anyone have a bad word to say about Kay Parker? |
| 1:09.9 | She made a series of highly successful adult films between the mid-70s and mid-80s, |
| 1:12.0 | working with respected directors like Anthony Spinelli, Robert McCallum, and Cecil Howard, and it seems that everyone she met |
| 1:17.5 | loved her. Along the way, she developed a devoted fan base that has stayed loyal long after |
| 1:22.4 | her retirement, and she became a spokesperson for the industry on television and college campuses. |
| 1:28.0 | She even won an award once for being the class act of the industry. |
| 1:31.8 | And all this despite the fact that she didn't make her first film, |
| 1:34.7 | until she was well into her 30s, |
| 1:36.6 | and still describes herself as the biggest prude in porn. |
| 1:40.0 | It's not as if her career was without controversy either. |
| 1:43.0 | She starred in the incest film, Taboo, for example, and many of its sequels, |
| 1:47.2 | and was working at Caballero when the Tracy Lords underage scandal broke. |
| 1:51.5 | So what's her secret? |
| 1:53.4 | Well, for a start, she describes herself as a wise old soul that has lived many previous lives |
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