Erica Boyer was born in Andalusia, Alabama. Her auburn was sometimes dyed blonde or red in different films, and her fans always admired those sparkling blue eyes. Born under the astrological star sign of Capricorn, she stood just 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed only about 114 pounds. Her natural measurements were a buxom 36DD-24-36 and she had no known piercings or tattoos. A legend of the classic porn era, Erica Boyer has a porn career that spanned from 1974 to early 2000 and while rumors of her return persisted for years after that, her life was unfortunately ended in a fatal car accident on New Years Eve of 2009. Erica's first hardcore movie was a film called "Cowgirls in Chains" made in 1974 by Video Amor and distributed by Video De Sade. In it Erica partners with Aaron Stuart and another uncredited male performer. The movie is classified under the bondage and bizarre genre, and it turned out to be the initial breakout movie that got Boyer a foot in the door of the adult movie industry. Most of Erica's earlier movies featured her with female partners in lesbian scenes, since it was her preference. She was often described by her peers in the business as bisexual with a strong preference for doing it with other women. Initially Erica had became an exotic dancer at the world famous O'Farrell theater, where many golden age porn starlets of that era did feature dancing while not actively shooting scenes. It was at this venue that Erica was discovered by famous pornstar Marilyn Chambers who said she was so turned on by her dance performance that she personally wanted to be in a movie together with Erica Boyer. That film turned out to be "Beyond De Sade", released in 1979 and it was technically considered a short film loop, being that it was only 27 minutes long. It is credited in some circles however as being Erica Boyer's true debut since it was widely released thanks to Chambers who was already quite famous for her earlier works and mainstream Hollywood roles. She made a few other movies in the late 70's but the great body of her work was done in the decade of the 1980's. A good number of these earlier releases have Erica using various aliases or as an uncredited performer like the 1980 movie "Gym Coach In Bondage" where she plays a character named Erica that has no screen credit in the movie, but as any fan can tell you, it's clearly her. Known for her lesbian leanings, Erica was also known quite a practical joker on set. One person recalled in an interview that while staying in a suite next to Boyer, in the middle of the night he heard her screaming. Rushing into her room he found her standing there wearing a t-shirt much too large for her saying "I'm shrinking, I'm shrinking" as she burst out laughing. This was the sort of thing you'd have to expect if you had booked her for a shoot. Another bit of trivia about her is that she would often flake out on her bookings unfortunately. One talent agency representative said in an online interview that when you contacted Erica and she agreed to do a movie, you always had to reserve an alternate female performer as well. Because sometimes she would show up, and sometimes she wouldn't. He added that when she did show up, she was incredible and made the scene come alive. It was just a fact that she could be unpredictable when it came to scheduling. Erica initially disliked playing opposite male costars but she found she would make much more money doing scenes with men so she dove into it. Slowly she realized that she did in fact love having sex with men as well as with women and declared herself to be a true bisexual. Ironically, Erica was a harbinger of things to come because she was one of the very first women in adult films have anal intercourse regularly instead of vaginal sex. Erica also pioneered the use of sex toys in lesbian scenes which had previously been mostly about fingers, lips and tongues. In 1985 she won XRCO's Lascivious Lesbian Scene award for her work in the movie "Body Girls" put out by Essex Video. During the late 80's, Erica noticed that most of the new females coming into the porn business had breast augmentation, so she decided to get it done herself. However she soon realized that it was not a good fit for her physique, plus her fans loved her all natural so she had the implants removed. She also had gotten married, but it too was fated to come to an end after only a few years. Having made well over 300 movies in her adult film career, Erica became semi-retired in the early 90's and primarily worked as a touring exotic dancer. She also worked as a certified physical therapy masseuse helping patients recover from physical injuries. In 2000 Erica learned that Marilyn Chambers was going to make a film and hurriedly contacted the films director to see if she could do a scene with her. She'd wanted to shoot a scene with her ever since the 1979 title where they'd worked together and she was added to the cast list. The movie was called "Dark Chambers" and was produced by VCA and directed by Veronica Hart. In the fourth scene in the movie Erica gets to have the full hardcore lesbian scene with Marilyn that she'd been dreaming about for 20 years.