John Jesnor Lindsay - Notable Discoveries

Notable Discoveries

The following began their careers in Lindsay’s blue films and would later move on to more mainstream work, usually in the form of roles in British sex comedies or walk on parts in sitcoms.

• Mary Millington appeared in several Lindsay titles and most notably the lead role in Miss Bohrloch before becoming the British sex symbol of the 1970s, thanks to appearances in magazines like Playbirds and Whitehouse.

• Pat Astley played the maid in Lindsay’s End of Term before several years later appearing as Young Mr. Grace’s nurse in the 1977 season of Are You Being Served, as well as roles in British sex comedies and the low budget horror Don't Open Till Christmas.

• Timothy Blackstone was a blue movie leading man in several Lindsay shorts. He occasionally had minor roles in soft core feature films and was an extra in the Doctor Who story Genesis of the Daleks. The brother of Baroness Blackstone, he was convicted of insider trading in 2003.

• Maureen O’Malley modelled and performed in blue films for Lindsay circa 1973. She is seen being interviewed and auditioning for Lindsay in his 1973 film The Pornbrokers. The authenticity of these scenes is questionable, but at the very least the film provides a reasonably believable reconstruction of O’Malley meeting Lindsay. O’Malley later went on to model for David Sullivan’s magazines under the name "Miss Mary Whitehouse".

• Lisa Taylor appeared in the infamous Lindsay short Jolly Hockey Sticks and later acted in several British sex comedies such as Under the Bed and Let’s Get Laid.