Roberta Pedon | |
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Born | Ohio, United States |
May 2, 1954
Other names | Mooschi, Sadie Schultz, Robin, Robbie, Roberta, Sam, Melody O'Hare, Roberta Weaver |
Ethnicity | Jewish |
Roberta Pedon (born 2 May 1954) is the stage name of a big-bust American glamour model who appeared in men's magazines in the 1970s.
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Modeling Career and Personal Life
Born in Ohio to Latvian-Jewish parents, Pedon relocated first to San Francisco and then to Venice, California to start a modeling career. By the winter of 1972-73 she was 18 and living with a college student in San Francisco. ... She separated from her lover and in March, 1973, moved to Venice, California, not far from Hollywood. Bob Ellison and John Kirk, both well-known glamour photographers in Los Angeles, have been credited with discovering her.[citation needed] She was known by many pseudonyms (Roberta Pedon, Melody O'Hare, Roberta Baird and Roberta Weaver.) "Roberta Pedon" was the name she had fully adopted by 1973. The "Melody O'Hare" moniker supposedly came from the name of one of her best friends in junior high. Pedon's nickname was "Mooschi", an Americanized spelling of the German slang term for the pudenda - "Muschi".[1] She modelled/acted under the names Robin, Robbie, Roberta, Sam, Melody O'Hare, and Roberta Weaver.[citation needed]
Because she was young, pretty, with a spectacular large-breasted figure, Pedon's photographs frequently appeared in men's magazines catering to breast fetishists.[citation needed] The earliest verifiable publication of her photos was in the February 1974 edition of "The Swinger", a men's magazine.[citation needed] In Nymphet, February 1975, she appeared under another name and with text referring to her Jewish background. Pedon dressed (and then undressed) as a hippie in most of her photo shoots.[citation needed]
Pedon appeared in the sexploitation film Carnal Madness aka Delinquent Schoolgirls.[2] Her casting was the result of her contacts at American Art Enterprises (AAE), a Los Angeles company that specialized in pornographic shoots and loops.[citation needed] AAE's modeling roster provided the producer of Delinquent Schoolgirls with busty female talent like Pedon and Nika Movenka for the film.[citation needed] After appearing in Delinquent Schoolgirls, Pedon auditioned for the lead female role in the Jan-Michael Vincent film Buster and Billie.[citation needed]
Legacy
In Dian Hanson's book, The History of Men's Magazines Vol. 5, Roberta Pedon is listed as one of the top five American covergirls from 1968-1980.
Delinquent Schoolgirls was released on DVD in February 2008.
Selected magazine appearances
- Fling (May 1973)
- Big 'ins (August 1973)
- Whoppers Magazine (October 1973)
- Girls With Enormous Breasts (October 1973)
- Jugs, Hiney Holes, and More! (February 1974)
- Gem (May 1974)
- Nymphet (February, 1975)
- Gent (Vol.16, No.3 June 1975)
- Peaches (No.8, 1975, UK)
References
- ^ "Roberta Pedon". Roxy Brewer. http://www.roxybrewer.com/robertapage.html. Retrieved 2009-01-20. "... and often went by the name of Mooschi, Melody O'Hare"[dead link]
- ^ "Roberta Pedon". Danni's Hard Drive. http://models.danni.com/models/mod11051.html. Retrieved 2009-01-20. "Roberta Pedon started modeling around 1974. ... Well, Roberta actually made a movie -- a genuine 'Two Thumbs Up' classic called Delinquent Schoolgirls."