Biografia È nata ad Harlem, un quartiere di Manhattan (New York), il 31 marzo 1952 da padre cubano e da madre portoricana. Dopo aver sbarcato il lunario attraverso i più svariati mestieri, quali la programmatrice di computer, la cameriera, la barista e la go-go dancer, ed essersi persino prostituita per le strade della Grande Mela, la del Rio debuttò nel mondo del cinema a luci rosse nel 1974, proseguendo la sua carriera in oltre 200 interpretazioni, fino al 1986, anno in cui si ritirò dalle scene come performer per paura di contrarre l'AIDS.
Continuò a lavorare come produttrice, entrando a far parte della "Hall of Fame" dell'Adult Video News Magazine. Sia prima del ritiro dalla professione di pornostar che dopo è comparsa come guest star in diversi film e telefilm. Nel 2007 l'editore tedesco Taschen ha prodotto una biografia dell'attrice, a cura di Dian Hanson, Vanessa del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior (ISBN 9783822822302), in edizione limitata.
Riconoscimenti Premi 1980 CAFA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Dracula exotica 1981 CAFA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Dancers AVN Awards – AVN Awards Hall of Fame 1987 – XRCO Award – Best Group Grope Scene per The Devil in Miss Jones 3 con Jason Jullice, Mark Wallice, Steve Harper, Steve Powers e Tony Martino 1992 – XRCO Award – XRCO Hall of Fame Nomination 1985 XRCO Award – Best Kinky Scene, Best Single Female Performance of the Year e Orgasmic Oral Scene, tutte e tre per il film Viva Vanessa the Undresser, per la regia di Henri Pachard
Filmografia
Fury in Alice (1976) Gulp (1976) House of De Sade (1976) Jacquette (1976) Midnight Desires (1976) Night of Submission (1976) Temptations (1976) That Lady from Rio (1976) Too Young to Care (1976) Virgin Snow (1976) Breaker Beauties (1977) Cherry Hustlers (1977) Come Softly (1977) Exploring Young Girls (1977) Fire in Francesca (1977) Joy of Humiliation (1977) Odyssey (1977) Teenage Bikers (1977) Tell Teach and Show (1977) Blue Voodoo (1978) Chorus Call (1978) Emergency Nurses (1978) Final Test (1978) Girls in Passion (1978) Joint Venture (1978) Madam Bovary (1978) Take off - e ora spogliati (Take Off), regia di Armand Weston (1978) - non accreditata The Tale of Tiffany Lust, regia di Radley Metzger (1979) Angie Undercover Cop (1979) Auto Erotic Practices (1979) Babylon Pink (1979) Fulfilling Young Cups (1979) Her Name Was Lisa (1979) Jack and Jill 1 (1979) New York Babes (1979) Nurses Are Coming (1979) That's Erotic (1979) Tigresses and Other Man-Eaters (1979) Afternoon Delights (1980) Coed Fever (1980) Dracula Exotica (1980) Girls USA (1980) Joys of Erotica 1 (1980) Joys of Erotica Film 214 (1980) Justine (1980) Midnight Blue 1 (1980) Pink Ladies (1980) Platinum Paradise (1980) Pleasure Productions 1 (1980) Pleasure Productions 4 (1980) Samantha Fox's Fantasies (1980) Scent of Heather (1980) Seka's Fantasies (1980) Suzy Nero's Fantasies (1980) Woman in Love (1980) Between the Sheets (1981) Dancers (1981) Erotic World of Vanessa (1981) Filthy Rich (1981) Flesh Fantasy (1981) Lips (1981) Love-In Arrangement (1981) Swedish Erotica 29 (1981) Vanessa Del Rio's Fantasies (1981) Wet Shots (1981) Beauty (1982) Dirty Looks (1982) Double Pleasure (1982) Fox Holes (1982) Foxtrot (1982) Luscious (1982) Nasty Nurses (1982) Peep Shows 7 (1982) Peep Shows 8 (1982) Peep Shows 9 (1982) Swedish Erotica 43 (1982) Swedish Erotica 44 (1982) Top Secret (1982) Aphrodesia's Diary (1983) Babylon Gold (1983) Back Door Girls (1983) Bizarre Styles (1983) Carole (1983) Corruption (1983) Silk Satin Sex (1983) When She Was Bad (1983) Bizarre Thunder (1984) Eighth Erotic Film Festifal (1984) Joys of Erotica (1984) Maid in Manhattan (1984) Viva Vanessa (1984) Best of Hot Shorts 1 (1985) Erotic Gold (1985) Erotic Gold 2 (1985) Erotic World of Crystal Dawn (1985) Gourmet Quickies 10 (1985) Hot Wired Vanessa (1985) Jawbreakers (1985) Lady Vanessa (1985) Magic Girls (1985) Solo Girls (1985) Viva Vanessa (1984) Best of Hot Shorts 1 (1985) Erotic Gold (1985) Erotic Gold 2 (1985) Erotic World of Crystal Dawn (1985) Gourmet Quickies 10 (1985) Hot Wired Vanessa (1985) Jawbreakers (1985) Lady Vanessa (1985) Magic Girls (1985) Solo Girls (1985) Tickled Pink (1985) Vanessa's Bed of Pleasure (1985) Vanessa's Hot Nights (1985) Women in Love (1985) Adult Video News Magazine 1 (1986) Behind the Brown Door (1986) Beyond Desire (1986) Come to Me (1986) Deep Inside Vanessa del Rio (1986) Devil in Miss Jones 3 (1986) Doctor Lust (1986) Dynamic Vices (1986) Girls Who Dig Girls 1 (1986) Hot Shorts: Vanessa Del Rio (1986) Play Me Again Vanessa (1986) Afro Erotica 19 (1987) Amazing Sex Stories 2 (1987) Backdoor Bonanza 3 (1987) Backdoor Bonanza 6 (1987) Double Penetrations 2 (1987) Girls Who Love Orgies (1987) Legends of Porn 1 (1987) Moana e... le altre regine, regia di Lorenzo Onorati (1987) National Pornographic 5 (1987) Porn in the U.S.A. 2 (1987) Vanessa Obsession (1987) Best of Vanessa Del Rio (1988) Bitches in Heat 1 (1988) Blue Vanities 62 (1988) Blue Vanities 66 (1988) Bottega del piacere (1988) Girls Who Dig Girls 5 (1988) Girls Who Dig Girls 6 (1988) Oral Ecstasy 1 (1988) Oral Ecstasy 2 (1988) Rear Busters (1988) Backdoor Bonanza 14 (1989) Girls Who Dig Girls 9 (1989) Good Neighbors Come In All Colors (1989) Oral Ecstasy 5 (1989) Taste of Vanessa Del Rio (1990) Best of Backdoor Bangers (1991) Breast of America (1991) Blue Vanities 44 (1992) Girls Who Crave Rough And Raunchy Cocks (1992) True Legends of Adult Cinema: The Golden Age (1992) Blue Vanities 90 (1993) Blue Vanities S-534 (1993) Fetish Fever (1993) Only the Very Best on Film (1993) Blue Vanities 240 (1995) Blue Vanities 241 (1995) Blue Vanities 250 (1996) Blue Vanities 282 (1996) Blue Vanities S-612 (1996) Dirty Bob's Xcellent Adventures 25 (1996) Porno O.D. (1996) Dirty Bob's Xcellent Adventures 29 (1997) Dirty Bob's Xcellent Adventures 37 (1997) Blue Vanities 306 (1998) Blue Vanities 318 (1999) Blue Vanities 319 (1999) Blue Vanities 321 (1999) Blue Vanities 324 (1999) Blue Vanities S-629 (1999) Girls Who Were Porn's First Superstars (1999) Whack Attack 5 (1999) Blue Vanities S-630 (2000) Vanessa Del Rio's Dirty Deeds (2001) Screaming Orgasms (2002) Swedish Erotica 4Hr 24 (2003) Swedish Erotica 4Hr 25 (2003) Swedish Erotica 4Hr 3 (2003) Vanessa Del Rio Collection: Vol 1 (2004) Vanessa Del Rio Collection: Vol 2 (2004) Vanessa's Anal Fiesta (2004) Samantha Fox Collection (2005) Cocktails (2006) Real Boogie Nights 1 (2006) Vanessa Del Rio: Latina Goddess (2006) Lysa Thatcher: the Teenage Years (2007) Retro Pussy (2007) Seka Platinum Superstar (2007) Swedish Erotica 88 (2007) Young Twins (2007) Vintage Erotica 1 (2009) All Star Celebrity XXX: Vanessa Del Rio (2012) As Seen on 42nd Street (2012) Vanessa's Party Girls (2013) Ladies In Love Latin from Manhattan Red Hot
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