Claudine Beccarie (born 14 June 1945 in

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, France) was a French

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of the 1970s. She has been called "the French

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" and she was described by ''

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'' as being "one of France's most successful pornography performers."

Career

Beccarie was working as an

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when

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introduced her to

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. Bourdon had told Beccarie about Braun's pornographic films. Beccarie traveled to

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with Bourdon to meet Braun. In 1972, she starred her first film, an 8 mm loop of her performing with Braun. The film was released in the

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. Beccarie and Bourdon came up with the concept for ''Cake Orgy'', Braun's iconic 1973 film. Beccarie was one of the stars of the film, which ended with her

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on her fellow cast members. ''Cake Orgy'' was banned in the United States and

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was charged, and later acquitted, on obscenity charges. In 1975, she starred in the documentary ''

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'', which contained several staged hardcore scenes and gained the title "first French porn star". In 1976, she appeared in the role of Claudine in the original ''

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'' and starred as Jennifer the remake of the film. Months later, she quite hardcore pornography. From the late 1970s until the 1980s, Beccarie appeared in several

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films.Quand Davy croquait le X
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'' Philippe Azoury , 17 June 2006, By J.C.. Retrieved 2008-11-03

Views on sexuality and pornography

Beccarie identified as sexually liberated. In a 1975 interview with ''

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'', she shared "I'm not a lesbian. Nor bisexual. I believe in men. Sexually liberated is what I am!"

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