Рэйвен Де Ла Круа: Актриса и стриптизерша из фильмов Расса Майера

American actress and stripper

Raven De La Croix (born Lynn Christie Martin; August 24, 1947) is an American actress and stripper known for her lead role in the 1976 Russ Meyer film Up!. When Meyer first discovered her at Joe Allen's, a hangout in West Hollywood, California, she had no acting experience. In 2011, Owen Gleiberman wrote that she " may be [Meyer's] most spectacular siren". She is the granddaughter of aviation pioneer Lieutenant William Knox Martin.

De La Croix was born as Lynn Christie Martin in Manhattan, New York City to a poor family and was the oldest of eight children. Her father was Comanche and her mother French American.

YearTitleRoleOther notes 1976 Up! Margo Winchester (also designed her own costumes and performed her own stunts.) 1977 The Chicken Chronicles Mrs. Worth 1977 The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington 1978 Jokes My Folks Never Told Me Bride 1980 The Blues Brothers Woman in Concert Crowd (uncredited) 1983 Screwballs Miss Anna Tomical (a stripper) 1984 The Lost Empire Whitestar (also associate producer, costume designer, acted as animal handler and performed her own stunts.) 1987 Heat and Sunlight as herself, Raven De La Croix (her last burlesque performance on film) 1996 The Elastic Zenith Narrator (co producer, documentary) 2001 The Double D Avenger Dr. De La Croix 2005 Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove Gypsy Woman 2006 Alien Secrets Brandon's Sister in Law (co producer)

YearTitleRoleOther notes1982 Hear No Evil Candy Burns 1987 A Current Affair as Rev. Dr. Lynn Christie Ana