Maria Tortuga

Maria Tortuga

Maria Tortuga was born on September 14, 1949 in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was a member of the first Mexican folk dance company in the United States. Maria grew up in a family with three other siblings. Following graduation from high school Tortuga moved to California to pursue her interest in conceptual art. Maria studied with feminist artist Judy Chicago at the nonprofit arts and education center the Woman's Building in Los Angeles. In addition, Tortuga also studied both Spanish and flamenco dancing with renowned performer Roberto Amaral in the late 1970's as well as served as the flamenco soloist in the Layalina Folkloric Ensemble. After graduating with an MFA, Maria went on to work for many years as the principal designer at local carpet mills. Tortuga decided to supplement her income and express herself sexually by doing hardcore loops and modeling for assorted men's magazines (she often posed for photos with a bondage motif). Maria began appearing in explicit hardcore movies in the late 1970's; among the notable adult cinema directors she worked for are Gerard Damiano, William Margold, Don Christian, David Worth, Ed De Priest, Alan Colberg, and Vinnie Rossi. After retiring from the adult film industry in 1987, Maria decided to follow her key passion for dancing full time by moving to Chicago, Illinois and changing her name to Maria Gitana. Tortuga studied with the Spanish Dance Society and traveled over to Europe to dance for a while at Amor de Dios with Maria Magdalena, who was the Ballet Mistress of the Ballet Nacional de Espana. Maria was awarded a grant to study classical Spanish dance with Spanish Dance Society founding member Dame Marina Keet in 1992. After achieving the status of Maestra de Baile with the Spanish Dance Society, Tortuga returned to Chicago and started the flamenco dance troupe Manteca Colora. Maria moved back to her home state of Washington to be closer to her aging parents in 1998 and started the performing dance troupe Flamenco Gitana in 2004. Moreover, Tortuga taught dance and pilates at several local schools and community centers. Starting in 2010 Maria was the recipient of several Youth Arts Awards from the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Affairs. Tortuga used the associated grant to establish cultural arts programs in flamenco dance at local youth centers. Maria also did the choreography for a number of local theater productions. Tortuga died from cancer at age 65 on November 3, 2014.

  • Title: Maria Tortuga
  • Popularity: 0.694
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1949-09-14
  • Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • Also Known As: Mana La Fantuna, Brenda Hale, Maria Tartuga, Marie Tortuga, Robin Comings, Maria Sharp, Maria Torres, Tara, Maria Maines
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Maria Tortuga Movies

  • 1984
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    I Wanna Be Teased!

    I Wanna Be Teased!

    7 1984 HD

    Maria Tortuga and Melanie Scott are a pair of unlikely sisters who get into all manner of sexy hijinks. Trouble looms when Maria refuses to look for...

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  • 1986
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    Taxi Girls 2

    Taxi Girls 2

    6 1986 HD

    These girls know the intimate details of the taxi business, that's how they're seducing fares away from the local cabbies of LA. In retribution the...

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  • 1978
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    Susie's Bed

    Susie's Bed

    1 1978 HD

    Susie writhes around naked on her bed talking dirty. She also introduces us to some of her horny friends. Meet Janice and Mike, Ann and Marty, Donna...

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  • 1983
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    Nude Aerobics

    Nude Aerobics

    10 1983 HD

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  • 1982
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    Love Goddesses

    Love Goddesses

    4.8 1982 HD

    Classic porn of the early 80s.

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  • 1978
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    Remember Connie

    Remember Connie

    6 1978 HD

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  • 2003
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    John Holmes: The Lost Tapes

    John Holmes: The Lost Tapes

    1 2003 HD

    The legend returns. The long awaited missing films of John Holmes from the golden age of adult entertainment. The one and only John Holmes returns in...

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  • 1983
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    Loving Lesbos

    Loving Lesbos

    1 1983 HD

    The very best in Sapphic lust is featured as horny harem muff-drive maidens pearl-dive with each other. Loving touches, compassionate caresses, and...

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  • 1987
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    The Vanessa Obsession

    The Vanessa Obsession

    3 1987 HD

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  • 1982
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    The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova 2

    The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova 2

    7.5 1982 HD

    Set in the renaissance era, this prequel finds the great lover battling villains and saving maidens in a variety of hilarious experiences.

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  • 2008
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    Seka Triple Feature 2

    Seka Triple Feature 2

    1 2008 HD

    Classic porn icon Seka is a platinum blonde sex goddess who can perform any sex act with gusto and is able to raise temperatures with just a glance...

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  • 2005
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    Tawny Pearl Collection

    Tawny Pearl Collection

    7 2005 HD

    Young Tawny was a delicious teen starlet with a killer smile and a set of nice perky little breasts. Her long blonde hair perfectly set off Tawny's...

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  • 1982
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    What Would Your Mother Say?

    What Would Your Mother Say?

    1 1982 HD

    Inside auditions with over 40 erotic film stars who didn’t know why they were being filmed!

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  • 1979
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    Frat House

    Frat House

    5.1 1979 HD

    The guys in the 'I Phelta Thi' fraternity want to live out all their fantasies before they graduate.

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  • 1981
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    Never So Deep

    Never So Deep

    6 1981 HD

    Magazine mogul, Hugh Heffer, sends private eye Ginger Trueheart on a sex-sizzling search through San Francisco's infamous "Tenderloin" district. It...

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  • 1982
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    Pleasure Dome

    Pleasure Dome

    1 1982 HD

    A young woman gets hold of a magic mask, and it brings her back to her previous life in the Middle Ages as a sorceress, in which she seduces knights,...

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  • 1982
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    Intimate Lessons

    Intimate Lessons

    7 1982 HD

    A group of students go on an excursion in the country to a castle for a lab course in sex education. Once there, they are subject to the whims of...

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  • 1979
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    Jezebel

    Jezebel

    1 1979 HD

    Throughout history one name, by its very mention, has been able to not only strike fear but also electrify man's sexual desire. Songs have been...

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  • 1980
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    Ballgame

    Ballgame

    6.2 1980 HD

    Here's the pitch - 12 of the most beautiful, talented women ever to play ball, 24 of the most incredible breasts to ever hide in a wet T-shirt. 10 of...

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  • 1985
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    For Services Rendered

    For Services Rendered

    1 1985 HD

    The evil Nocturna Vigil and her hot hit girl Tasi Delite steal some sexually incriminating microfilm from the Soviet Embassy. Called to the London...

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  • 1983
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    A Lacy Affair

    A Lacy Affair

    1 1983 HD

    An electrifying mix of beautiful women, superb photography, and non-stop sex combine to make this one outstanding lesbian extravaganza! With foxy...

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  • 1980
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    Plato's: The Movie

    Plato's: The Movie

    5 1980 HD

    Two intrepid female reporters enter Hollywood's most exclusive club, Plato's Retreat West. Between two orgies, they try to elucidate mysterious...

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  • 1984
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    Love to Mother

    Love to Mother

    3 1984 HD

    Her son is having problems with his mother's choice of lovers. The mother decides to seduce him as well and adds a few girls to spice things up.

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  • 1982
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    Foreplay

    Foreplay

    1 1982 HD

    Chloe works as a receptionist at a boarding house. She's unaware that the guests are there to act out their sexual fantasies until she begins to spy...

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  • 1981
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    Skintight

    Skintight

    5.5 1981 HD

    The doctor in charge of a sex clinic finds himself fantasizing about the sex therapist he has just hired.

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  • 1978
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    Carnal Encounters of the Barest Kind

    Carnal Encounters of the Barest Kind

    1 1978 HD

    UFO expert, Dr. Yes, has some startling news to reveal to a college calss -"we do not sleep alone!" Yes he has come to campus to lecture on the...

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  • 1979
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    Pink Champagne

    Pink Champagne

    1 1979 HD

    A 1920s-era producer and his inamorata visit a brothel that specializes in movie-star lookalikes.

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  • 1980
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    The Sensuous Detective

    The Sensuous Detective

    1 1980 HD

    Some people think the life of a private detective is filled with cheap thrills and gorgeous babes. And they're right. Take detective Mac Donald for...

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  • 1984
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    Scared Stiff

    Scared Stiff

    1 1984 HD

    Little did Roy and Karen realize when they moved into their Hollywood "Dream Mansion" that it was haunted by Fred and Ginger, two of the horniest...

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  • 1983
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    Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

    1 1983 HD

    Angel decides to skip school to fantasize about a coupling with her dream lover. When her boyfriend drops by, she's so worked up that she tries to...

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  • 1980
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    Weekend Fantasy

    Weekend Fantasy

    1 1980 HD

    A group of hedonists capture a television star while she is out jogging, and have their way with her in (among other places) a chicken coop.

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  • 1981
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    Trouble Down Below

    Trouble Down Below

    1 1981 HD

    Helen Heine has some serious trouble "down below", she tells her doctor that she can only climax through anal sex but her husband doesn't like that.

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  • 1982
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    Inspirations

    Inspirations

    1 1982 HD

    Feast your eyes on a carnal cornucopia of lust-filled erotic Inspirations, featuring a sizzling superstar cast. Ron Jeremy plays a down-and-out...

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  • 1980
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    The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue

    The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue

    5.3 1980 HD

    The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue is set in a futuristic society which adores its sexual Satisfiers more than anything else. A space-age resort...

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  • 1982
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    Undercovers

    Undercovers

    1 1982 HD

    Two former Siamese twins - Q and Grossfinger - are the respective leaders of good and evil. The evil Grossfinger sends agent Ken Starbuck to seduce...

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  • 1989
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    Ginger Lynn & Company

    Ginger Lynn & Company

    1 1989 HD

    Beautiful, blonde, shapely Ginger Lynn, one of the all-time hottest superstars of x-rated video entertainment, reveals in intimate detail the...

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  • 1986
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    Voyeur's Delight

    Voyeur's Delight

    1 1986 HD

    A telescope becomes a peephole into a world of sensual delights as a brunette beauty spies on her naughty neighbors. The voyeuristic premise serves...

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  • 2004
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    Golden Age of Porn: Annette Haven

    Golden Age of Porn: Annette Haven

    1 2004 HD

    See what porn was like in the golden age of porn. Annette Haven is an all natural beauty who knows how to pleasure a man. She could outsuck any of...

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  • 1984
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    Heat of the Moment

    Heat of the Moment

    1 1984 HD

    John Holmes stars in this cavalcade of couplings with well-paced presentation of straight ahead sex. Before trimming muffs become popular, watch as...

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  • 1984
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    Cherry Ettes For Hire

    Cherry Ettes For Hire

    1 1984 HD

    Young ladies from the country head to the city for adventure

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  • 1980
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    Night Flight

    Night Flight

    1 1980 HD

    A mysterious man arranges special flights. This one contains an oriental woman who smuggles diamonds, an embezzler, a female movie star, a male...

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  • 1983
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    Young and Restless

    Young and Restless

    1 1983 HD

    Women want to go to a brothel resort where men cater to their every sexual desire

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  • 1985
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    Sounds of Sex

    Sounds of Sex

    1 1985 HD

    A divorcée eavesdrops on couples having sex and gets involved in their lives.

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  • 1984
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    Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout White Chicks

    Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout White Chicks

    1 1984 HD

    A pimp and his jive-talking black brothers reminiscence about their erotic encounters with kinky white women.

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  • 1980
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    Hot Love

    Hot Love

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1983
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    Burning Desire

    Burning Desire

    1 1983 HD

    Burning Desire(s) will scorch your eyeballs! Jill Hunter and Tony Ellis, our prim and proper young guides present the revealing world of eroticism...

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  • 1983
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    Why Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Why Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    1 1983 HD

    Gentlemen prefer blondes; blondes have more fun; and with the foxy Cindy Shepard and Desiree Lane as out guides, you'll see why these gorgeous women...

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  • 1986
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    Bisexual Fantasies

    Bisexual Fantasies

    1 1986 HD

    Shane Michaels plays the editor of a magazine that gets a lot of bisexual fan mail. As he reads the letters, we see the action – five of the...

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