Juliet Anderson, born Judith Carr on July 23, 1938, in Burbank, California, was a pioneering figure in the adult film industry, known as "Aunt Peg." The "Aunt Peg" name came from a series of short films she did as the character Aunt Peg under the Swedish Erotica title. Her "nephew" in the movies would call out "Oh Aunt Peg" when she was giving him a blowjob, or in the middle of intercourse, and the name stuck and became the name she was most identified with. The daughter of a jazz trumpeter and an aspiring nurse, she battled childhood arthritis and Crohn’s disease, spending much of her youth in hospitals or on bedrest, per Wikipedia. After graduating as a straight-A student from Burbank High School in 1956, she briefly studied art at Long Beach State College before moving to Hayama, Japan, in 1961 with a Navy sailor, whom she married briefly until 1964. Over the next 13 years, she taught English as a second language in Japan, Mexico, Greece, and Finland, and worked as a radio journalist and clerical worker, per IMDb.Entering the adult industry at the almost unheard age of 39 in 1978 after answering an ad by producer Alex de Renzy while studying at San Francisco State University, she starred in over 70 films during the "Golden Age of Porn (1969-1984)," including Pretty Peaches (1978), Talk Dirty to Me (1980), Aunt Peg’s Fulfillment (1981), and Educating Nina (1984), where she discovered and mentored Nina Hartley, per The Rialto Report. Known for her short bob haircut, garter belts, and vibrant, comedic performances as the insatiable "Aunt Peg," she never faked orgasms, per IMDb. Using aliases like Judy Carr, Alice Rigby, and Ruby Sapphire, she also directed and produced, notably Ageless Desire (1998), featuring over-50 couples, per Wikipedia. She won the Erotic Legends Hall of Fame (1996), XRCO Hall of Fame (1999), and Free Speech Coalition’s Lifetime Achievement Actress Award (2001), per celebsnetworthpost.com.In 1985, Anderson left porn due to disputes over Educating Nina’s distribution, losing all investor funds, and moved to Placerville, California, working in a bed and breakfast, cleaning houses, and running a massage therapy office, per Wikipedia. She returned to adult entertainment in 1995, producing and performing in stage shows combining comedy and Q&A sessions, which she found most gratifying, per The Rialto Report. Physically, she stood at 5’5”–5’6” (sources vary), with short blonde or brunette hair, a natural figure, and no documented tattoos or surgeries, per Babepedia. Controversies were minimal, though her late entry into porn at nearly 40 and health struggles with Crohn’s disease were notable, per SFGate. She was briefly married in the 1960s and later in the 1980s, had no children, and was survived by her mother, sister, niece, and two great-nieces, per SFGate.Fans praised her as “the original cougar,” noting her “vibrant, lusty energy” in Aunt Peg’s Fulfillment (2023 comment: “Juliet’s Aunt Peg is pure legend,” user: goldenerafan). A 2024 X post called her “a Golden Age trailblazer whose Pretty Peaches scenes are timeless” (@VintagePornFan). Salon’s Charles Taylor (2002) wrote, “Critics sneer at XXX films, but careers like Juliet Anderson’s offer as much to admire as those of John Wayne orAudrey Hepburn,” per The Rialto Report.Nina Hartley, in a 2010 SFGate interview, said, “Juliet was a great mentor; she was pretty enough for anything and so smart,” per SFGate. The Rialto Report described her as “a force of nature, fueled by an incredible sense of adventure,” cementing her legacy as a multifaceted icon of 1970s–1980s adult cinema.Anderson died of a heart attack on January 11, 2010, at her Berkeley, California home, discovered by a friend, Kevin Fong, and was cremated per her wishes, with a memorial held at San Francisco’s Center for Sex and Culture, per Find a Grave. Her films and “Aunt Peg” persona remain iconic in vintage adult cinema.🏆 Hall of Fame InductionsAVN Hall of Fame:1996: Inducted into the Hall of FameXRCO Hall of Fame:1999: Inducted into the XRCO Hall of FameLegends of Erotica Hall of Fame:2008: Inducted into the Hall of Fame🏆 Major Award WinsCAFA Awards (Critics' Adult Film Association):1980: Best Acting Performance for Aunt Peg1981: Best Supporting Actress for The DancersFree Speech Coalition:2001: Honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award