Desireé Cousteau

Desireé Cousteau is the stage name of a pornographic actress who made films in the 1970s and 1980s. She is best known for her roles in the 1978 film Pretty Peaches and 1979's Inside Désirée Cousteau. In 1993, she was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame,[1] and in 1997, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.[2]

Desireé Cousteau
OccupationPornographic actress
Years active1978–1986

Career

Cousteau aspired to be a mainstream model, but was told she was not tall enough or thin enough to succeed.[3] After work modeling lingerie, she posed for Penthouse magazine.[3] She tried making a career as a mainstream actress, landing a small part in the 1974 "women in prison" B-movie Caged Heat.[4] After her career stalled and she grew tired of being sexually propositioned when auditioning for roles, she appeared in her first sex film when adult film director Alex de Renzy asked her to appear in Pretty Peaches.[4][3]

She worked steadily in adult movies from the late 1970s through the early 1980s, often typecast in sweet, dizzy, naïve roles.[5]

She received the Adult Film Association of America Best Actress Award in 1979 for her performance in the movie Pretty Peaches,[3][6][7] with film director Alex de Renzy.[8]

Partial filmography

Leading roles
  • Pretty Peaches (1978), by Alex de Renzy
  • Pizza Girls (1978), aka Hot and Saucy Pizza Girls, by Bob Chinn
  • Deep Rub (1979), by Leonard Kirtman (as Leon Gucci)
  • Getting Off (1979), by Ed De Priest
  • Inside Désirée Cousteau (1979), by Leonard Kirtman (as Leon Gucci)
  • Ms. Magnificent (1979), aka Superwoman, by Joe Sherman
  • Randy (1980), aka Randy the Electric Lady, by Phillip Schuman and Zachary Strong

Supporting roles

1978

  • A Formal Faucett (1978), by Fred J. Lincoln
  • Boiling Point (1978), by Paul Levis
  • China Cat (1978), by Bob Chinn
  • Easy (1978), by Anthony Spinelli
  • Hot Lunch (1978), by John Hayes (as Harold Perkins)
  • Telefantasy (1978), by Bob Chinn

1979

  • 800 Fantasy Lane (1979), by Svetlana Mischoff
  • Aphrodesia's Diary (shot in 1979, released in 1983), by Gérard Kikoïne
  • Candy Goes to Hollywood (1979), by Gail Palmer
  • The Ecstasy Girls (1979), by Gary Graver (as Robert Mc Callum)
  • Enquêtes (1979), by Gérard Kikoïne
  • Female Athletes (1979), by Leonard Kirtman (as Leon Gucci)
  • Hot Rackets (1979), by Gary Graver (as Robert McCallum)
  • Initiation au collège (1979), aka French Finishing School, by Gérard Kikoïne (as Loic Chalmain)
  • Summer Heat (1979), by Christy McCabe and Charles Webb

1980s

  • Delicious (1981), by Bill Milling (as Philip Drexler Jr.)
  • The Tale of Tiffany Lust (1981), by Radley Metzger (credited to Gérard Kikoïne)
  • Center Spread Girls (1982), by Gary Graver (as Robert McCulum)

Loops

Cousteau also appeared in loop collections such as Swedish Erotica Film (Caballero) and Electric Blue (Scripglow), but much of this material was recycled.

See also

References
  1. "The XRCO Hall of Fame", Adam Film World Guide 1994 Directory of Adult Films, p. 57
  2. "AVN Awards Hall of Fame - official listing - archived April 15, 2009". avnawards.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. Emmons, Becky (11 September 1981). "Star of X-rated films wants to upgrade 'art'". The South Bend Tribune. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. Ettinger, Stewart (7 November 1980). "Desiree Cousteau is one of the best paid erotic stars". Courier-Post. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. Smith, Kent; Moore, Darrell W.; Reagle, Merl (1983). Adult Movies. Pocket Books (Mm). p. 65. ISBN 9780671468446. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. "Silver Spoonfuls: A Star Is Porn," High Society magazine, November 1979, pp. 8-9.
  7. Jules Griffon, "The Third Annual Erotica Awards", Adam Film World, Vol. 7, No. 8, January 1980, pp. 24–27.
  8. "The Exploding Kinetoscope: All-American Deep-Dish Comedy: PRETTY PEACHES (1978)". explodingkinetoscope.blogspot.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

Further reading
  • Barbano, Nicolas (1999). Verdens 25 hotteste pornostjerner. Denmark: Rosinante. ISBN 87-7357-961-0. - includes a chapter on Cousteau.
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