Born in Rockford, Illinois, on December 14, 1962, Ginger Lynn Allen went to California in 1982 to visit her ill grandfather. She decided to stay and found employment as a manager at a Musicland record store in Redlands. She had lived in a trailer in one of the worst parts of the city for almost a year when she answered an ad for figure models. This led to employment the same day and a layout in Penthouse magazine.
Work in the adult-film industry soon followed. She worked in the industry from December 1983 through February 1986, making a total of 69 films (plus countless re-issues and compilations). She retired, partially because the work was no longer fun and she had very little time off. That same year, she was approached by the FBI to testify on behalf of Traci Lords, who had just been exposed as having been underage during her years in the adult-film industry. She refused and was eventually arrested for tax evasion.
Following her years in adult movies, she appeared in many "legit" films throughout the late 1980s and 1990s-- most notably the "Vice Academy" films. She also starred in Metallica's music video "Turn the Page." She has a son, whom she gave birth to on March 24, 1996. She tours gentlemen's clubs around the country, and signed a comeback deal with VCA Pictures in 1999. She has starred in four new adult movies so far: Torn (1999), White Lightning (2000), New Wave Hookers 6 (2000) and Taken (2005).
Known For
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
(2005)
Nurse Sanders
Bachelor Party
(1984)
Angel and The Reruns
Young Guns II
(1990)
Dove
After Porn Ends 2
(2017)
Self - Former Porn Star
Thinking XXX
(2004)
Self
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
(2016)
Self
The Devil's Rejects
(2005)
Fanny
Whore
(1991)
Wounded Girl
31
(2016)
Cherry Bomb
Porndemic
(2018)
Self
Buried Alive
(1989)
Debbie
Streets of Vengeance
(2016)
Roxy Carmichael
Vice Academy
(1989)
Holly
Full Filmography
Acting
Sinful Pleasures
(1984)
(archive footage)
Joys of Erotica 109
(1984)
(archive footage)
Raven
(1984)
Ginger
Undressed Rehearsal
(1984)
Ginger
I Want It All!
(1984)
Amy
Supergirls Do General Hospital
(1984)
Nurse Lois
Pretty as You Feel
(1984)
Dr. Mary Cochran
Night Of Loving Dangerously
(1984)
Trixie
The Modeling Studio
(1984)
Helene
Illusions of Ecstasy
(1984)
Melanie
Bun Busters
(1984)
L'Amour
(1984)
Stacy
Too Good to Be True
(1984)
Felicia
Electric Blue 15
(1984)
Joanna (segment "Slow Dancer")
Those Young Girls
(1984)
Ginger
Ginger
(1984)
Ginger
Bachelor Party
(1984)
Angel and The Reruns
Teasers
(1984)
The Pink Lagoon: A Sex Romp in Paradise
(1984)
Tammy
Lust in the Fast Lane
(1984)
Louise
Miss Passion
(1984)
Clitty Camelot
The Pleasure Hunt
(1984)
Sharon Knight
An Unnatural Act
(1984)
Goddess with Grapes (uncredited)
On Golden Blonde
(1984)
Marilyn
Slumber Party
(1984)
Dawn
Talk Dirty to Me 3
(1984)
Linda
A Little Bit of... Hanky Panky
(1984)
Silvie
Girls on Fire
(1984)
Suzie
China & Silk
(1984)
Mandy Walker
Up Up and Away
(1984)
Gail
The Woman Who Loved Men
(1984)
Linda
Jailhouse Girls
(1984)
Joanne MacIntyre
Photoflesh
(1984)
Diane
Pleasure Productions 9
(1984)
(archive footage)
Kinky Business
(1984)
Gloria
Sister Dearest
(1984)
T.J.
Panty Raid
(1984)
Wendy
Wild Weekend
(1984)
Lynn Summers
Surrender in Paradise
(1984)
Tammy
The Poonies
(1985)
Ginger
New Wave Hookers
(1985)
Cherry
Ginger's Sex Asylum
(1985)
Ginger
A Coming of Angels: 'The Sequel'
(1985)
Allison 'Al' McMurphy
Between the Cheeks
(1985)
Jubilee of Eroticism
(1985)
Suzie Superstar II
(1985)
Tina Hickenlooper
Trashy Lady
(1985)
Kitty
With Love from Ginger
(1985)
(archive footage)
Ginger's Private Party
(1985)
Ginger / Buck Starshine
Dance Fever
(1985)
Ginger Lynn
Bedtime Tales
(1985)
Jennifer
Some Kind of Woman
(1985)
Jill
Taboo IV: The Younger Generation
(1985)
Robin
Hypnotic Sensations
(1985)
Heather Cummings
Electric Blue 19
(1985)
Spermbusters
(1985)
Electric Blue 17
(1985)
Miss Johnson (segment "School for Virgins") / Woman (segment ""Memories of Marrakesh")
Too Naughty to Say No
(1985)
Catherine
The Grafenberg Spot
(1985)
Leslie
Project: Ginger
(1985)
Ginger
I Dream Of Ginger
(1985)
Ginger
Ball Busters
(1985)
Country Girl / Ginger Lynn
Adult 45
(1985)
(archive footage)
Letters of Love
(1985)
Wife
Ten Little Maidens
(1985)
Carol
A Night For Legends
(1985)
Self
Whore of the Worlds
(1985)
Girl with Vest Guy (archive footage)
Ginger on the Rocks
(1985)
Ginger
The Pleasure Hunt 2
(1985)
Sharon Knight
Club Ginger
(1986)
Ginger
Girls of Paradise
(1986)
(archive footage)
Blame It on Ginger
(1986)
Ginger
Beverly Hills Cox
(1986)
Suzy Cox
Sex Game
(1986)
(archive footage)
Gentlemen Prefer Ginger
(1986)
Ginger
Tail Gating
(1986)
The World According to Ginger
(1986)
Ginger / Eve / Athena / Abigail / Charli
The Ginger Effect
(1986)
Ginger
No Man's Land
(1986)
Erotic Penetration
(1986)
(archive footage)
Summer Girls
(1986)
The Sweetest Taboo
(1986)
Beth
Voyeur's Delight
(1986)
(archive footage)
Cavalcade of Stars
(1986)
(archive footage)
Forbidden Entry
(1987)
(archive footage)
Legends of Porn
(1987)
(archive footage)
Electric Blue 47
(1987)
Bumper
The Beat Goes On
(1987)
Double Penetrations 2
(1987)
(archive footage)
Electric Blue 51
(1987)
Muffin Delight
A Tribute to the King
(1987)
(archive footage)
Ginger Snaps
(1987)
Ginger
Ginger's Hawaiian Scrapbook
(1987)
(archive footage)
Slip Into Ginger & Amber
(1987)
(archive footage)
What's Love
(1987)
Diana
Ginger & Spice
(1987)
Ginger / Ricebird
Electric Blue 26
(1987)
Muffin Delight (segment "Silk Garter Club")
The Devil in Mr. Holmes
(1987)
(archive footage)
Blow-Off!
(1987)
Mrs. White
Breastography
(1987)
(archive footage)
Deep Inside Ginger Lynn
(1987)
(archive footage)
Back to Class 2
(1988)
(archive footage)
Ginger: The Movie
(1988)
(archive footage)
Ginger Lynn Non-Stop
(1988)
Suzie Superstar: The Search Continues!
(1988)
Suzie (archive footage)
Rear Busters
(1988)
(archive footage)
Ginger Rides Again
(1988)
Billionaire Girls Club
(1988)
(archive footage)
Girls Together
(1988)
Tropical Nights
(1988)
Best of Barbara Dare
(1988)
(archive footage)
Command Performance
(1988)
(archive footage)
Backdoor Summer
(1988)
(archive footage)
Double Penetrations 4
(1988)
(archive footage)
Closed Eyes And Open Thighs
(1989)
(archive footage)
Backdoor Summer 2
(1989)
Wild Man
(1989)
Dawn Hall
Those Lynn Girls
(1989)
(archive footage)
Satan's Storybook
(1989)
Christeeth
Ginger Lynn & Company
(1989)
(archive footage)
Dr. Alien
(1989)
Rocker Chick #1
Wife Swap
(1989)
(archive footage)
Limousine's Escort Girls
(1989)
Legends of Porn II
(1989)
(archive footage)
Vice Academy
(1989)
Holly
Cleo/Leo
(1989)
Karen
Buried Alive
(1989)
Debbie
Backdoor Bonanza 12
(1989)
(archive footage)
The Wacky World of X-Rated Bloopers
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Ginger Then and Now
(1990)
(archive footage)
Let the Music Be
(1990)
Leila
Vice Academy Part 2
(1990)
Holly
Electric Blue 33
(1990)
Pepper (segment "Midnight Madness")
Young Guns II
(1990)
Dove
Whore
(1991)
Wounded Girl
Taboo IX
(1991)
Robin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard II
(1991)
Candy Chandler
Vice Academy Part 3
(1991)
Holly Wells
Fantasy World
(1991)
Ginger
Leather Jackets
(1992)
Bree
Mind, Body & Soul
(1992)
Brenda
Two For One 2
(1993)
(archive footage)
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
(1993)
Leslie
Hollywood X-Posed
(1993)
Superbody Workout
(1993)
Herself
B-Movie Queens Revealed
(1993)
Holly / Herself
Ultimate Taboo
(1995)
Shannon
The Stranger
(1995)
Sally Womack
Vice Academy 5
(1996)
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
God's Lonely Man
(1996)
Vivid's Bloopers And Boners
(1996)
Playboy: The Story of X
(1998)
(archive footage)
Turn the Page
(1999)
Stripper / Prostitute
Torn
(1999)
Clarisse Bijou
Ginger Lynn is Torn
(1999)
Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987
(2000)
(archive footage)
The Independent
(2000)
Mayor Kitty Storm
White Lightning
(2000)
Gabby White
New Wave Hookers 6
(2000)
Audrey
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
(2001)
(archive footage)
Taken
(2001)
Kim
Devon: Stripped
(2002)
Wanda
Sunset Stripped
(2002)
Katherine Connors
Behind Closed Doors
(2002)
Crime & Passion
(2002)
Kim
Deep Inside Ginger Lynn
(2003)
(archive footage)
Peepshow 2: Stuff It
(2003)
Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain
(2003)
Pandora
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
(2003)
Herself
Hard Trip
(2003)
Save Virgil
(2004)
Virgil's Mom
John Holmes: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
(2004)
Firebush 1
(2004)
Teenage Christy Canyon
(2004)
(archive footage)
Barbara Dare: Dirtiest of Dare
(2004)
(archive footage)
Love and Bullets
(2004)
Karen Roman
Thinking XXX
(2004)
Self
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
(2005)
Nurse Sanders
The Devil's Rejects
(2005)
Fanny
Head North
(2005)
(archive footage)
Ginger Lynn: The Queen of Erotica
(2006)
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
(2006)
Stripper
Porno Superstars of the 80's: Bunny Blue Collection
(2006)
(archive footage)
Kisses and Caroms
(2006)
Mrs. Whiteman
Christy Canyon: The Teenage Years
(2007)
(archive footage)
The Peoples Choice: Hall of Fame Babes
(2007)
(archive footage)
Dirty Rotten Mother Fuckers
(2007)
Cara Lott's Deep Throat Aerobics
(2007)
Ass Fucking in the 80's
(2008)
Dr. Mary Cochran (archive footage)
Ginger Lynn Screws the Stars
(2008)
(archive footage)
Seasoned Players 4
(2008)
Big Loves 4
(2008)
Mother Suckers 2
(2009)
Arrow's 80's Ladies
(2009)
(archive footage)
White Mommas
(2009)
My First Sex Teacher 17
(2009)
Battle Of The Superstars: Ginger Lynn vs. Nina Hartley
(2009)
When Ginger Met Nina
(2009)
Porno Superstars of the 80's: Susan Hart Collection
(2009)
(archive footage)
Ginger Loves Girls
(2009)
Boundaries 6
(2009)
When Ginger Met Nina: Girls' Night Out
(2009)
Lesbian Tutors 10
(2010)
Mommy & Me
(2010)
Saw: A Hardcore Parody
(2010)
Police Secretary
Mommy Knows Best 3
(2010)
Cougars Crave Young Kittens 3
(2010)
I Wanna Cum Inside Your Mom 23
(2010)
Interracial Anal Love 2
(2010)
Cougar Lesbians
(2010)
Charlie's Porn Family
(2011)
(archive footage)
Adam & Eve's Legendary Couples
(2011)
Charlies Devils
(2011)
Christy Canyon Triple Feature 6
(2012)
Celluloid Bloodbath
(2012)
Self
Classic Stars Cum in 3's
(2012)
(archive footage)
The World of Sexual Variations 5
(2013)
(archive footage)
Real Raunchy Redheads #3
(2013)
Christy Canyon's Lesbian Fantasies
(2013)
MILF Seductions
(2014)
(archive footage)
Ginger Lynn's Sluts
(2015)
(archive footage)
Taboo: The Mothers Edition
(2015)
(archive footage)
Hardcore to Horror
(2016)
(archive footage)
31
(2016)
Cherry Bomb
Streets of Vengeance
(2016)
Roxy Carmichael
Mothers & Their Boys
(2016)
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
(2016)
Self
Lesbian Fantasy
(2016)
(archive footage)
After Porn Ends 2
(2017)
Self - Former Porn Star
Udder Nonsense
(2017)
(archive footage)
Black In Me! Vol. 2
(2017)
Mommy Needs Cock 9
(2017)
Porndemic
(2018)
Self
My Stepmom's Tempting Tits
(2019)
House of Many Sorrows
(2020)
Jocelyn Mathers
Slashlorette Party
(2021)
Dr. Petra Jordan
Labia Lickers
(2021)
New York Ninja
(2021)
Nita Liu (voice)
Pig Killer
(2022)
Louise
Bitches From Way Back
(2022)
(archive footage)
Murdercise
(2023)
Dominica Stromboli
Feed Me
(2023)
Dorothy
Shaft Sucking Throwbacks
(2023)
(archive footage)
Blonde Legends
(2024)
(archive footage)
Writing
Those Young Girls
(1984)
Story
I Dream Of Ginger
(1985)
Story
Ginger on the Rocks
(1985)
Story
Torn
(1999)
Writer
New Wave Hookers 6
(2000)
Story
Directing