Bambi Woods

Bambi Woods's brief but historically prominent film career is defined by her title role in the 1978 landmark Debbie Does Dallas. She played Debbie Benton, a part that established her public identity. Her screen credits number four and span 1978 to 1985. In addition to Debbie Does Dallas, she appeared in Thundershine and returned for two sequels. Debbie Does Dallas Part II was released in 1981, with Woods billed as Debbie Benson. Debbie Does Dallas III: The Final Chapter followed in 1985, and she returned to the Debbie role. The sequels extended her association with the Debbie Does Dallas title through 1985. Debbie Does Dallas was a feature film, and Thundershine was another credited appearance.

Woods also worked as a striptease dancer. She was an American former adult performer and exotic dancer. In 1980 she was identified as both an adult-film actress and a dancer, and that dual career places her work in the Golden Age of adult film. She was also known as Debbie DeSanto, Debra DeSanto, and Barbara Woodson. Her birth date and birthplace are disputed. One claim places her birth on July 12, 1955, in Pierre, South Dakota. Another places it in late summer 1960 in Brooklyn, with an upbringing on Long Island. The birth claims conflict. No single birth detail is settled. Her film activity remained brief, ending in 1985. The Debbie Does Dallas sequels were released in 1981 and 1985. Myths about her identity and whereabouts have circulated.