Terri Hall (bornTerri Marie Hall; January 25, 1953 – June 5, 2007) was an Americanerotic actress in adult films from 1974 to 1984, during theGolden Age of Porn (1969–1984). Notable films include:Alice In Wonderland (1976),^[2]The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1975),The Story of Joanna (1975),^[4]Through the Looking Glass (1976) andThe World of Henry Paris (1981).^[1][3] Hall worked with several notable adult film directors, includingGerard Damiano,Radley Metzger (aka "Henry Paris") andBill Osco.^[3] She was a formerballet dancer and, as well, served as amodel forphotographers, such asRobert Mapplethorpe,^[5] andartists, such as Sir Alex Schloss and Gloria Schloss.^[1] Hall was featured in several US magazines, includingPlayboy andSir!.^[3] Her work as a model has been displayed at theWhitney Museum of American Art.^[5]

Terri Hall was born in 1953 to a father ofSwedish and a mother ofItalian heritages. Along with a sister and two brothers, Hall grew up inElmira, New York. Her father was an attorney. Hall began dancing lessons at the age of 5. After high school, she went toNew York City and began training at theHarkness Ballet. As a trainedballerina, Hall danced with theAmerican Ballet Theatre,Monte Carlo City Ballet and theStuttgart Ballet Company.^[3]

In order to make more money than available to her in dancing, Hall decided to broaden her career into acting. An actress friend suggested she meet with several adult film directors, includingArmand Weston who first gave Hall an interview. She later starred in one of Weston's films,The Taking of Christina, in 1976.^[3] Over her years as an actress, Hall worked with several notable adult film directors, includingGerard Damiano,Radley Metzger (aka "Henry Paris") andBill Osco.^[3]

Hall left the adult industry in 1984.^[3] Later, due to ill-health, she lived in an Athens, PA nursing home^[1] and afterwards, died in upstate New York as a result of cancer in June, 2007.^[2]

Some of Terri Hall's best-knownadult erotic films of the period include:

• Terri Hall atIMDb
• Terri Hall at theInternet Adult Film Database
• Terri Hall at theAdult Film Database
• Terri Hall onThe Rialto Report
• Terry Hall – pictures as a model.

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• American people of Swedish descent
• American people of Italian descent
• American pornographic film actresses
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• 1953 births
• 2007 deaths
• 20th-century American women
• 21st-century American women

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