Years active: 1977 - 1987 (started around 23 years old; 10 years in the business)
About Seka
Seka is a legendary U.S. porn star (or "sex performer", as she prefers), born Dorothiea Hundley, on April 15, 1954 in Radford, Virginia, U.S. She appeared in hundreds of XXX-rated films between 1974 and 1993 during the late 1970s and 1980s, and became one of the American porn industry's most well-known and popular performers.
In the late 1970s, Dorothiea adopted the screen name Seka, which means "symbol" in the South African Sesotho language,[3] an appropriate name for an iconic sex symbol. She exploded onto the scene just as porn was making the switch from 35mm film to video, and consequently became a major star at a time of maximum exposure. She received her big break in 1978 (Dracula Sucks, a.k.a. Lust At First Bite as well as Blonde Fire), when she starred opposite John C. Holmes, the collaboration which would propel Seka to fame and go on to form the most well-known couple in porn history.
Seka appeared in 24 films in 1980 and another 37 films in 1981, the most important and prolific years of her career. They were capped by a messy dissolution of her volatile marriage to Yontz, which brought about her move to Chicago, the city that became her home for nearly twenty-five years.
Her on-screen sexual performances included lesbian encounters, anal sex, double penetration, and use of sex toys. She was also popular for frequently shaving her pubic hair, usually completely, this being some 15 to 20 years before the practice became common among American porn stars. Many of her movies were produced by Swedish Erotica, in which she is seen wearing her trademark scarf tied around her neck. Costar Veronica Hart once quipped, "as long as I have a face, Seka has a place to sit."
By the early 1980's, Seka had arguably become the number one female pornstar of all time, despite having been taken advantage of not just by Yontz, but by her Chicago manager, whom she now calls "Dead Fred." After 1982, at the height of her fame, she took a step back from her film career, claiming "they wouldn't pay her what she wanted," and turned to stripping and nude modeling while running her own lucrative fan club.
Possessing significant charisma and popularity with her fans, Seka had achieved a kind of underground cult celebrity status, and (like Nina Hartley and Ona Zee she appeared on many popular television talk shows as an advocate and spokesperson in defense of the porn industry. As reported in a Chicago newspaper, former porn star Jerry Butler and Seka had appeared on the TV show 330 hosted by Chuck Henry, basically opposing one another. Seka talked about how much she enjoyed doing porn and that financial compensation was only a secondary issue. Jerry interrupted, "Oh really? Then why is your fee between $15-$30,000 per movie?" Seka smiled at him, not knowing quite how to respond. Chuck then asked Jerry about the use of drugs in the industry. He admitted that many actors, actresses, producers and directors use drugs because they are under a lot of pressure. Then Seka broke in: "I can't imagine why people in the business need drugs." Butler fired back, "What about 1978? I heard you were in drug rehabilitation for a whole year."
In 2002 Seka was the focus of the documentary film Desperately Seeking Seka. The premise finds Swedish filmmakers Christian Hallman and Magnus Paulsson on a quest to find the porn legend and ask for an interview. Since its completion the film has toured the international film festival circuit and is now available on DVD.
In February 2007, Seka returned to porn, shooting a hardcore scene at the age of 52. It was her first hardcore scene in 15 years and she said she got back into shooting content for her site because of requests by her surfers.
