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Misty Dawn : biography

May 15, 1963 –

Not to be confused with Misti Dawn

Misty Dawn (born May 15, 1963 in Albuquerque, NM) is the pseudonym of adult video performer Laurie Rose. Rose worked in pornographic films and videos, and danced as an exotic dancer. She married pornographic actor John "Johnny Wadd" Holmes in 1987 and after his death published his autobiography and appeared in several films about his life.

According to those who worked with her, the 5’2", 100-pound Rose looked far younger than her actual age and would often dress to accentuate her youthful appearance in many of her numerous "loops" and 61 credited feature films.

Holmes stopped making adult films in the early ’80s. According to Rose, "John thought one porn person in the family was enough. And the AIDS thing was just starting to come out. Nobody had gotten it yet; but it was still in the back of our minds. He thought, ‘Well, if I’m going to take a chance, that’s enough.’"

In 1998, she appeared in the documentary, Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes.

In 1999, Rose made a return to adult films after a 15-year retirement. She returned again in 2003 in the film Voyer Vision.

Business ventures

For a brief time in the mid-1980s, she and Holmes were in business with Bill Amerson in an adult film company known as Penquin Productions. The Holmes’ also lived at Amerson’s mansion in the hills of Sherman Oaks. (Holmes was godfather to Amerson’s children).

External reviews

Relationship with John Holmes

Laurie Rose was married to the late adult film star John Holmes from 1987 until his death from complications from AIDS on March 13, 1988. According to Rose, she first met Holmes in December, 1982 on the film set for a porn feature film they were working on together in San Francisco, titled Marathon, soon after he was released from jail in connection with the Wonderland Murders.

They remained close for five years, then married in 1987 at Las Vegas’ Little Chapel of the Flowers. "John kept the marriage secret," Rose says, "because he was a very private person. Thus, when he died, many acquaintances in the industry and journalists reporting on his death were surprised to learn that we were married."

Books

In 1998, Laurie Holmes released the John Holmes autobiography, Porn King: Autobiography of John C. Holmes. In 2012, Porn King was re-published by BearManor Media. The book has been revised with added material and photos.

Laurie Holmes is one of twenty-five women of the golden era of adult films featured in the 2012 book by John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches co-author Jill C. Nelson titled: Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985.