Scene from Die Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne (1977)

Alternate Names: Isa Schneider

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Antónia, a Nun

Most Important Roles:

• Erotic Symphony (1980) as Wanda
• Women in Cellblock 9 (1978) as Aida Moret
• Call of the Blonde Goddess (1977) as Ida
• Slaves (1977) as Lola
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Antónia, a Nun

Career Highlights:

• Erotic Symphony (1980)
• Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
• Call of the Blonde Goddess (1977)
• Slaves (1977)
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)

Aida Gouveia starred in the 1978 film 'Frauen für Zellenblock 9'. The movie depicts a group of female dissidents imprisoned and tortured in a South American military jail, with Gouveia's character facing harsh conditions in cell block 9.

Alternate Names: Aida Kargas

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Joanna, a Nun

Most Important Roles:

• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Joanna, a Nun
• They Do Everything (1979) as The Maid
• Slaves (1977) as Minou
• Cocktail spécial (1978) as
• Burning Up Inside (1979) as Maria

Career Highlights:

• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
• They Do Everything (1979)
• Slaves (1977)
• Cocktail spécial (1978)
• Burning Up Inside (1979)

Aida Vargas starred in 'Die Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne' (1977). The film portrays Maria, a 16-year-old girl forced into a convent secretly run by Satanists. She suffers torture and sexual abuse, with her confessor colluding with the Mother Superior. Despite writing letters to God and being rescued by a knight, she is later put on trial and condemned to death by the Inquisition.

First Appearances:

• Estrada da Vida (1968) as

Most Important Roles:

• Maluda (2021) as
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Mother Alma, the Grand Priestess
• Dead Man's Seat (1984) as Ana Mónica
• The Miracle According to Salomé (2004) as Laura de Acanto
• The Fortunate Ones (2024) as Regina Leandro
• Outside (2004) as Psychotherapist
• The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (1976) as
• Two Dragons (1996) as Mother
• Nojo aos Cães (1970) as TV Newscaster
• A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz A História (1978) as Locutora

Career Highlights:

• Maluda (2021)
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
• Dead Man's Seat (1984)
• The Miracle According to Salomé (2004)
• The Fortunate Ones (2024)
• Outside (2004)
• The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (1976)
• Two Dragons (1996)
• Nojo aos Cães (1970)
• A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz A História (1978)

Ana Zanatti starred as Maria in 'Die Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne' (1977). In this controversial film, 16-year-old Maria is forced into a convent where she suffers torture and sexual abuse at the hands of Satanists, orchestrated by her confessor and the Mother Superior. She pens letters to God amidst her ordeal.

Alternate Names: Dagmar Buerger, Dagmar Buerger, Dagmar Burger, Dagmar Burger

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977) as No. 9

Most Important Roles:

• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Nun
• Confessions of the Sex Slaves (1977) as Blonde Stripper
• Blue Rita (1977) as Sun
• Women Without Innocence (1978) as Peggy
• Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977) as No. 9

Career Highlights:

• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
• Confessions of the Sex Slaves (1977)
• Blue Rita (1977)
• Women Without Innocence (1978)
• Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977)

Dagmar Bürger, known professionally as Rita Blue, is an actress who starred in 'Das Frauenhaus' (1977). The film's plot revolves around Blue's character, a nightclub owner and erotic dancer who uses her business as a front for working undercover as a spy. Motivated by her hatred of men stemming from childhood sexual abuse, she tortures men to obtain information and manipulates wealthy ones to hand over their fortunes.

Alternate Names: Ester Do Sica, Ester Do Sica, Ester Studer, Ester Studer, Ester Studer, Miriam Lee, Miriam Lee

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Self Service Girls (1975) as Nextdoor Girl (segment 5)

Most Important Roles:

• Women in Cellblock 9 (1978) as Barbara
• Women Without Innocence (1978) as Petra
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Josefina
• Love Camp (1977) as Lupita Pavone
• Tender But Cheeky Like Oskar (1980) as Mijou
• Confessions of the Sex Slaves (1977) as Chantal
• Around the World in 80 Beds (1977) as Virgin/Christina in Kopenhagen/Alice in Amsterdam
• Sex Exhibition (1976) as Fifi, die Anhalterin
• Jack the Ripper (1976) as Jeanny
• Bangkok Connection (1977) as Masseuse

Career Highlights:

• Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
• Women Without Innocence (1978)
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
• Love Camp (1977)
• Tender But Cheeky Like Oskar (1980)
• Confessions of the Sex Slaves (1977)
• Around the World in 80 Beds (1977)
• Sex Exhibition (1976)
• Jack the Ripper (1976)
• Bangkok Connection (1977)

Esther Studer starred as a captured female inmate in the 1978 German film 'Frauen für Zellenblock 9'. The movie revolves around a group of suspected female dissidents who are subjected to harsh treatment and torture in a military prison, with Studer's character being one among them.

Alternate Names: Elisabeth Hemingway, Maria Rosalia Coutinho

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Maria Rosalea Coutinho

Most Important Roles:

• Erotic Symphony (1980) as Norma
• Women in Cellblock 9 (1978) as Maria
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) as Maria Rosalea Coutinho
• They Do Everything (1979) as Nene
• Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980) as Adriana Rinaldi
• Voces de muerte (1983) as
• Burning Up Inside (1979) as Jenny Goldstone

Career Highlights:

• Erotic Symphony (1980)
• Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
• Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
• They Do Everything (1979)
• Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980)
• Voces de muerte (1983)
• Burning Up Inside (1979)

Susan Hemingway began her acting career at age 16, starring as Maria in 'Die Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne' (1977), a controversial Nunsploitation film directed by Jess Franco. The movie depicted a convent secretly run by Satanists and featured sexual content, torture, and religious persecution. Hemingway went on to act in seven more films directed by Jess Franco between 1976 and 1983, including two hardcore productions, before retiring from acting in the same year.