Dorothy LeMay, born Dorothy Staton Alder on February 14, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, is an American of Caucasian ethnicity who grew up in a modest household. Details about her formal education are sparse, but she completed high school and worked as a secretary at the University of California at Berkeley in 1976, where she answered a newspaper ad promising $300 a day for modeling or acting work, which unexpectedly led her into the adult film industry. This serendipitous entry began with short loops and escalated to feature films, marking her transition from administrative jobs to porn stardom. Throughout her career, she used various stage names including Dorothy LaMay, Dorothy Lamay, Dorothy Le May, Dorothy Le-May, Dorthy LeMay, Dorothy Lemax, Dorothy Young, Desiree Loy, Norma Gene, Norma Jean, and Laurie Jones. LeMay's adult film career spanned from 1977 to 1987, during which she appeared in over 70 films and scenes, though some sources estimate around 30 to 105 including compilations and webscenes, making her a staple of the Golden Age of Porn. She worked with studios like VCX, Caballero Home Video, Essex Video / Electric Hollywood, VCA, Metro, and Video-X-Pix. Her most well-known movies include Taboo (1980) as Sherry McBride in explicit family-themed sex scenes; Taboo II (1982) with expanded hardcore sequences involving incestuous vaginal and oral acts; Nightdreams (1981), where she played a frustrated wife in fantasy-driven interracial and anal encounters; Vista Valley PTA (1981) featuring group sex and facials; and High School Memories (1980) with cheerleader-themed blowjobs and penetration.