Roberta Pedon
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Roberta Pedon was the stage name of a big-bust American glamour model who appeared in men's magazines in the 1970s.
Modeling Career
In 1973, Pedon relocated from San Francisco to Venice, California where she started her modeling career. 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".
Due to her extremely large breasts, Pedon's photographs frequently appeared in men's magazines that catered to breast fetishists. The earliest verifiable publication of her modeling photos was in a men's magazine called "The Swinger," in the February 1974 edition (which would have gone to press the prior November.) She dressed (and then undressed) as a hippie during most of her photoshoots.
Pedon’s appearance in the sexploitation film Carnal Madness aka Delinquent Schoolgirls resulted from 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 talents like Pedon and Nika Movenka to act in the film. After appearing in Delinquent Schoolgirls, Roberta caught the acting bug and auditioned for the lead female role in the Jan-Michael Vincent film Buster and Billie.
However, Pedon's personal problems and poor career management meant Delinquent Schoolgirls would be her only "legitimate" film appearance. In September 1975, she was imprisoned in San Francisco for drug and prostitution offenses. Upon her release, she was ostracized by many of her previous employers, including her employers at American Art Enterprises. Roberta would eventually become homeless while also suffering from alcoholism, drug abuse and chronic bulimia. Her modeling career was short-lived, lasting only 2 1/2 years. Her last photoshoot took place in 1976.
Personal Life
Roberta’s relationships with men were of a brief and turbulent nature, characterized by a repeated pattern of seeking deep emotional attachment with men who merely used and discarded her. She claimed to have had affairs with an actor from the film Planet of the Apes (1968) and a faded television star who was to later die in mysterious circumstances in 1978. While few of her relationships lasted more than a couple of months, she did enjoy a longer one with the writer Gustav Hasford, author of The Short-Timers and inspiration for the film Full Metal Jacket.
Disappearance and Death
She invariably dressed (and then undressed) as a hippie during most of her photoshoots. Her popularity was, however, rather short-lived; in September 1975 she was imprisoned in San Francisco for drug and prostitution offenses. Upon her release, she was ostracized by many of her previous employers, including the AAE people behind the Delinquent Schoolgirls film. Homeless and with drugs and her lifelong struggle against bulimia taking its toll, her last photoshoot took place in 1976.
Roberta Pedon supposedly died on July 30, 1982, (at the age of 28) at Alameda Hospital in Alameda Count, due to complications from liver disease. On Pedon's death certificate, the examining physician recorded her death as a result of "shock" due to lactic acidosis caused by "alcoholic liver disease". Pedon's remains were cremated at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California.
Legacy
In Dian Hanson's book, "The History of Men's Magazines Vol.5", Roberta Pedon is listed as one of the top five American cover girls from 1968-1980.
The "Big Book of Breasts", by Dian Hanson features several nude modeling photographs of Roberta Pedon.
Two books about Pedon are currently being written, one a traditional biography written by Charles L. Smith (due in 2009), the other a fictional narrative in which one of the main characters is heavily based on Pedon.
Delinquent Schoolgirls was released on DVD in February 2008.
Selected Magazine Appearances
- Fling (May 1973)
- Casanova (No.1, 1974
- The Swinger (Feb 1974)
- Gem (May 1974)
- Night and Day: Supermamas (Spring, 1974)
- Adam (Vol.18, No.6, 1974)
- Adam (Vol.18, No.7, August, 1974)
- Nacht Express (Vol. 1. No. 5, 1974, Germany)
- Showpiece (Vol.2 No.4, 1974)
- Hamburger Sex Illustrierte (No.40, 1974, Germany)
- Mayfair (Vol.9, No.5, 1974, UK, as "Roberta Baird")
- Showpiece (Vol.3, No.1, 1974)
- Cavalcade Galacolorama (Summer, 1974)
- Sam (197?)
- The Best of Sam (1974)
- Cavalier (November 1974)
- Torrid Teens (Vol.6, No.2, Winter 1974)
- Gent (Dec, 1974)
- Fabulous Females (1975)
- Candid (1975)
- Juicy (Vol.1, No.1 1975)
- Cavalier annual (1975)
- Climax (Janurary 1975)
- Man’s Pleasure (Vol.5, No.3 Feb 1975)
- Modern Man (Vol.25, No.3 March 1975)
- Gent (Vol.16, No.3 June 1975)
- Cavalcade Galacolorama (Spring 1975)
- Cavalcade Galacolorama (September, 1975)
- 38-26-34 -"the way out magazine" (Vol.13, No.1, 1975)
- Jallu (1975, Finnish)
- Peaches (No.8, 1975, UK)
- Big Tits (Vol.10,No.1, 197?)
- Bounce -"real life exeriences of big breasted women" (197?)
- St. Pauli Nachtrichen (197?, German)
- Big Boobs Superbusen Ballons (No.8, 197?, German)
- Big Boobs Superbusen Ballons (No.12, 197?, German)
- Blockbusters (197?)
- Scoop Magazine (No.6, 197?, German)
- Busts a Plenty (Vol.1, No.4, 197?)
- Tit Queens (Vol.2, No.4, 197?)
- Spheres (197?)
- Vixen (Vol.1, No.3, 197?)
- Pretty (No.3, 197?)
- The Best of Fabulous Females (197?)
- Robin (197?)
- 258 Knockers and Nipples (197?)
- Double Dips Annual (No.1, 197?)
- Best for Men (197?)
- Busen (197?)
- Big Tit Babes (197?)
- Peaches Special (197?, UK)
- Girl Illustrated (197?, UK)
- All Star Tit Queens (Vol.1, No.2, 197?)
- Big Busted Broads (197?)
- 293 Wild Ones (197?)
- Wild Tits (197?)
- Body Heat (Vol.1, No.3, 197?)
- Scoop Magazine (No.8, 197?, German)
- Big Busty Album No.7 (197?)
- Big Bosoms (197?)
- 272 Naked Delights (197?)
- Busty (197?)
- 290 Boobs, Busts and Bazooms (Vol.4, No.3, 197?)
- Teenage Sex (No.15, 197?)
- [[D-Cup (magazine)|}} (197?)
- Scoop Magazine (No.10, 197?)
- International Action Guide (197?) (as Mooschi)
- College Girls (197?)
- Jaguar (197?)
- Teenage Tits (197?)
- Swingle (197?)
- O.K. (No.2, 197?)
- Mingo (No.1 197?)
- International Sex Stars: Robin (197?)
- Fascination (197?)
- King Size (197?)
- Pornoboy (No.22, 197?)
- X-otica (No.6, 197?)
- Fabulous Females (February 1976)
- Cavalcade (February 1976)
- Fling (March 1976)
- Friends and Lovers 76’ Annual (1976)
- Beauty Bazaar 77 Annual (1977)
- Fling (May 1977)
- Peaches (No.29, 1977, UK)
- Pushovers (1977, Annual)
- Hookers (No.3, 1977)
- Peaches special (No.13, 1978, UK)
- Fling (Vol.20, No.5 March 1978 as "Melody O'Hare")
- Fling (September, 1978)
- Happy Girls (No.4, 1979, German)
- Busen Revue (No.12, 1979, German)
- Gem (archive pictures, Dec 1979)
- Popular Jokes (archive pictures, Feb 1980)
- Gent (archive pictures, April 1980)
- Scoop Magazine (archive pictures, 1980)
- Busen Girls (archive pictures, 198?, German)
- Gent (archive pictures, Feb 1981)
- BUF- Big Up Front Swinger (archive pictures, 1982)
- Adam Choice (Vol.3, No.1, archive pictures, Jan 1984)
- Velvet Touch (archive pictures, Feb 1984)
External links
- Roberta Pedon at the Internet Movie Database
- Roberta Pedon "loop" #1
- Delinquent Schoolgirls film clip #1
- Delinquent Schoolgirls film clip #2
- Delinquent Schoolgirls film clip #3
- Charles L. Smith's recollections of Roberta Pedon
- Biographer Charles L. Smith’s myspace page
- Reality-based Roberta Pedon website
- Roberta Pedon Gallery at MyArchives.net (listed alphabetically by first name under Pre-1980 Vintage and Retro)
- Pedon on the cover of 'Adam' magazine
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