Roberta Pedon
Encyclopedia
Roberta Pedon was the stage name
of a big-bust Latvian Jewish American glamour model who appeared in men's magazines in the 1970s.
to Latvian-Jewish parents, Pedon relocated first to San Francisco and then to Venice
, California
to start a modeling career. By the winter of 1972-73 she was 18 and living with a college student in San Francisco. ... She separated from her lover and in March, 1973, moved to Venice, California, not far from Hollywood. Bob Ellison and John Kirk, both well-known glamour photographers in Los Angeles
, have been credited with discovering her. She was known by many pseudonyms (Roberta Pedon, Melody O'Hare, Roberta Baird and Roberta Weaver.) "Roberta Pedon" was the name she had fully adopted by 1973. The "Melody O'Hare" moniker supposedly came from the name of one of her best friends in junior high. Pedon's nickname was "Mooschi", an Americanized spelling of the German slang term for the pudenda - "Muschi". She modelled/acted under the names Robin, Robbie, Roberta, Sam, Melody O'Hare, and Roberta Weaver.
Because she was young, pretty, with a spectacular large-breasted figure, Pedon's photographs frequently appeared in men's magazines catering to breast fetishists
. The earliest verifiable publication of her photos was in the February 1974 edition of "The Swinger", a men's magazine. In Nymphet, February 1975, she appeared under another name and with text referring to her Jewish background. Pedon dressed (and then undressed) as a hippie
in most of her photo shoots.
Pedon appeared in the sexploitation
film Carnal Madness
aka Delinquent Schoolgirls. Her casting was the result of her contacts at American Art Enterprises (AAE), a Los Angeles company that specialized in pornographic
shoots and loops. AAE's modeling roster provided the producer of Delinquent Schoolgirls with busty
female talent like Pedon and Nika Movenka for the film. After appearing in Delinquent Schoolgirls, Pedon auditioned for the lead female role in the Jan-Michael Vincent
film Buster and Billie
.
Little is known for certain about her troubled personal life, though Charles Smith wrote a biography based on a mixture of fact and hearsay. What is certain is that she had serious drug addiction problems, which led to her being hospitalized at least once, and to losing her modeling contract with American Art Enterprises. She turned to prostitution during her contract, possibly to feed her drug habit, and was arrested for this at least once, in San Francisco, in 1975.
's book, The History of Men's Magazines Vol. 5, Roberta Pedon is listed as one of the top five American covergirls from 1968-1980.
Delinquent Schoolgirls was released on DVD
in February 2008.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of a big-bust Latvian Jewish American glamour model who appeared in men's magazines in the 1970s.
Modeling Career and Personal Life
Born in OhioOhio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
to Latvian-Jewish parents, Pedon relocated first to San Francisco and then to Venice
Venice, Los Angeles, California
Venice is a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk, a two-and-a-half mile pedestrian-only promenade that features performers, fortune-tellers, artists, and vendors...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to start a modeling career. By the winter of 1972-73 she was 18 and living with a college student in San Francisco. ... She separated from her lover and in March, 1973, moved to Venice, California, not far from Hollywood. Bob Ellison and John Kirk, both well-known glamour photographers in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, have been credited with discovering her. She was known by many pseudonyms (Roberta Pedon, Melody O'Hare, Roberta Baird and Roberta Weaver.) "Roberta Pedon" was the name she had fully adopted by 1973. The "Melody O'Hare" moniker supposedly came from the name of one of her best friends in junior high. Pedon's nickname was "Mooschi", an Americanized spelling of the German slang term for the pudenda - "Muschi". She modelled/acted under the names Robin, Robbie, Roberta, Sam, Melody O'Hare, and Roberta Weaver.
Because she was young, pretty, with a spectacular large-breasted figure, Pedon's photographs frequently appeared in men's magazines catering to breast fetishists
Breast fetishism
Breast fetishism is a type of sexual fetish which involves a sexual interest in female breasts....
. The earliest verifiable publication of her photos was in the February 1974 edition of "The Swinger", a men's magazine. In Nymphet, February 1975, she appeared under another name and with text referring to her Jewish background. Pedon dressed (and then undressed) as a hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
in most of her photo shoots.
Pedon appeared in the sexploitation
Sexploitation
Sexploitation, or "sex-exploitation", describes a class of independently produced, low-budget feature films generally associated with the 1960s and serving largely as a vehicle for the exhibition of non-explicit sexual situations and gratuitous nudity. The genre is a subgenre of exploitation films...
film Carnal Madness
Carnal Madness
Carnal Madness is a 1975 exploitation film directed by Gregory Corarito and starring the unlikely trio of Stephen Stucker, Bob Minor and Michael Pataki as three escaped mental patients wreaking havoc in a female detention center.-Plot:Stucker, Minor and Pataki are...
aka Delinquent Schoolgirls. Her casting was the result of her contacts at American Art Enterprises (AAE), a Los Angeles company that specialized in pornographic
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
shoots and loops. AAE's modeling roster provided the producer of Delinquent Schoolgirls with busty
Breast
The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues...
female talent like Pedon and Nika Movenka for the film. After appearing in Delinquent Schoolgirls, Pedon auditioned for the lead female role in the Jan-Michael Vincent
Jan-Michael Vincent
Jan-Michael Vincent is an American actor best known for his role as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the 1980s U.S. television series Airwolf .-Early life:...
film Buster and Billie
Buster and Billie
Buster and Billie is an American motion picture released by Columbia Pictures. The film was of the tragic romance/revenge film genres. It was directed by Daniel Petrie, whose credits include films such as Fort Apache, The Bronx ....
.
Little is known for certain about her troubled personal life, though Charles Smith wrote a biography based on a mixture of fact and hearsay. What is certain is that she had serious drug addiction problems, which led to her being hospitalized at least once, and to losing her modeling contract with American Art Enterprises. She turned to prostitution during her contract, possibly to feed her drug habit, and was arrested for this at least once, in San Francisco, in 1975.
Legacy
In Dian HansonDian Hanson
Dian Hanson began her publishing career as an American pornographic magazine editor, historian, and occasional model, helping found the 1970s hardcore journal Puritan, then moving on to Partner, OUI, Adult Cinema Review, Outlaw Biker and Big Butt, among others...
's book, The History of Men's Magazines Vol. 5, Roberta Pedon is listed as one of the top five American covergirls from 1968-1980.
Delinquent Schoolgirls was released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in February 2008.
Selected magazine appearances
- Fling (May 1973)
- Big 'ins (August 1973)
- Whoppers Magazine (October 1973)
- Girls With Enormous Breasts (October 1973)
- Jugs, Hiney Holes, and More! (February 1974)
- Gem (May 1974)
- Nymphet (February, 1975)
- GentGent (magazine)Gent Magazine is a pornographic magazine published by the Magna Publishing Group, which also publishes Swank, Genesis, Velvet and many other popular men’s magazines. It has a theme of women with large breasts, and is subtitled "Home of the D-Cups."Begun in 1957 by Excellent Publications, Inc...
(Vol.16, No.3 June 1975) - Peaches (No.8, 1975, UK)