Scene from Prey (1983)

Alternate Names: Arcadia, Arcadia Blue, Michele Carter, Michele Lake, Michelle Lake, Karen Lee, Arcadia Small

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Most Important Roles:

• Debbie Does Dallas (1978) as

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Arcadia Lake, born Michelle M. Carpenter on September 3, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York, was an adult film actress during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Of Japanese-American descent, she was raised by a single mother and reportedly named herself after a resort lake in Oklahoma. Her short but prolific career began in 1977.

Lake's career took off after she met adult film actor Eric Edwards, who became her boyfriend and introduced her to important industry figures. They starred in over 30 films together and were known as the "Lombard and Gable" of adult entertainment. She is most recognized for her role in the 1978 film Debbie Does Dallas, a landmark movie in the genre.

After moving to California with Edwards, Lake's career slowed down, and she eventually disappeared from public life. The circumstances of her disappearance and later rumored death by overdose in 1991 remain a subject of mystery and speculation. Some have suggested the rumor was a way for her to escape the industry and start a new life.

Alternate Names: Connie Hunter Ragaway

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First Appearances:

• Companions in Nightmare (1968) as Waitress

Most Important Roles:

• Companions in Nightmare (1968) as Waitress
• The Prey (1983) as Mary Sylvester
• Something Evil (1972) as Singer

Career Highlights:

• Companions in Nightmare (1968)
• The Prey (1983)
• Something Evil (1972)

Connie Hunter starred as one of six campers who were stalked and killed by a supernatural entity in 'Prey (1983)'. The antagonist, later revealed to be seeking love, hunted them at North Point.

First Appearances:

• The Prey (1983) as Nancy

Most Important Roles:

• The Prey (1983) as Nancy

Career Highlights:

• The Prey (1983)

Debbie Thureson is an American actress who was born on October 31, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. She is most recognized for her role as Nancy in the 1983 slasher film The Prey. Her acting career began after she decided to get an agent while still in school.

Thureson's very first acting job was a commercial for a Japanese coffee company, which was also one of actor Kirk Douglas's earliest jobs. In the commercial, filmed in a Beverly Hills home, she played Douglas's maid. She has also appeared in other projects, including the 1979 production Billy. In 2019, Thureson revisited the filming locations for The Prey in Idyllwild, California, and was featured in an extensive interview for the film's Arrow Video release, in which she discussed her experience on set.

First Appearances:

• Human Experiments (1979) as Inmate

Most Important Roles:

• Hot Moves (1984) as Jamie
• The Prey (1983) as Gail
• The Junkman (1982) as Donna
• Human Experiments (1979) as Inmate

Career Highlights:

• Hot Moves (1984)
• The Prey (1983)
• The Junkman (1982)
• Human Experiments (1979)

"Gayle Gannes gained notice acting alongside Ellen Travolta in 'Human Experiments' (1980), a controversial film banned in Britain. She went on to star in films such as the slasher movie 'The Prey' (1984) and the Emmy-nominated crime drama series 'Matt Houston'. Her final cinematic appearance, displaying her notable physical assets, was in the teen sex comedy 'Hot Moves' (1985). Notably, Gannes possessed impressive bosoms."