Scene from Frauen für Zellenblock 9 (1978)

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.