Bridget Powers
Bridget Powers | |
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 Powers in 2000 | |
| Born | October 11, 1980 Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Other names | Bridget Powerz Bridget "the Midget" Powers Bridgette Cheryl Marie Murphy |
| Height | 114 cm (3 ft 9 in)[1] |
Bridget Powers (born October 11, 1980) is an American pornographic actress with dwarfism. She is often credited as "Bridget the Midget"[2] or with the alternate spelling "Bridget Powerz".[2] Besides her adult work, she has also appeared in many films in either comedic or dramatic roles, such as Big Money Rustlas, Tiptoes, and S.W.A.T.. She also is the singer in the punk band Bridget and the Nameless.
Early life
[edit]Powers was born in Boise, Idaho. Her parents divorced when she was one year old, and she had a number of operations between the ages of three and fourteen to correct bowed legs; the results left her with one straight leg and one that points to the left. Powers has to wear a knee brace.[1]
Career
[edit]Powers was discovered at a goth nightclub by a man who was working as a make-up artist for a gothic vampire adult movie.[1] She made her first porn film in 1999.[3] By her own count, she appeared in 65 to 70 original films, with compilations bringing that up to over 110.[4] She left the business, as she wished to do condom-only scenes yet many of the male performers would remove the condoms.[4] Disillusioned with the exploitation of the porn film industry, she then set up her own video on demand website.[2]
She was a co-host on Ed Powers' radio show Bedtime Stories. She is also in a band named Blakkout. In addition to her erotic film roles, she has appeared in several mainstream films, such as 8mm, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, S.W.A.T., Wristcutters: A Love Story, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell[citation needed] and independent films such as Almost Amateur, Tiptoes, and Lynsey does Jody 2 – Extreme Edition.
She appeared as herself in the 2002 HBO documentary series Cathouse: The Series, which explored the lives of the owners, management, staff and customers of the Moonlite BunnyRanch brothel in Mound House, Nevada. As "Bridget the Midget", she was featured in an episode of the History Channel series Wild West Tech. In 2006, she appeared on an episode of VH1's celebrity reality show, The Surreal Life. She has also appeared on The Howard Stern Show on E![5] She also played the role of Tink, Sheriff Sugar Wolf's love interest in the 2010 film Big Money Rustlas.
In 2022, Powers formed the punk band Bridget and the Nameless.[6]
Personal life
[edit]She has one child.[7] On September 18, 2019, she was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center after stabbing her boyfriend Jesse James[8] in the leg at her home in Las Vegas, after discovering him in bed with another woman.[9]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Little Person | |
| 2003 | Temptation | Rita's Porn Partner | |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Self | |
| 2003 | Tiptoes | Sally | |
| 2006 | Wristcutters: A Love Story | Stripper | |
| 2006 | Cain and Abel | Little Vito | |
| 2009 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Rainbow Sprite | |
| 2010 | Big Money Rustlas | Tink | |
| 2020 | Tidy Tim's | Tiny Tammy |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Andy Dick Show | Episode: "Blind Date" | |
| 2005 | Cathouse: The Series | Self | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | The Surreal Life | Self | Episode: "Tawny Takes on Flo Part: 2" |
| 2013–2014 | The League | Candy | 2 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sleaze Interviews: Bridget the Midget". Bizarre. August 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ a b c Giles, David (2003). Media Psychology. Routledge. p. 100. ISBN 0-8058-4048-6.
- ^ "Bridget Powers – Biography Filmography". Internet Adult Film Database. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ a b Fergeson, Nichola (30 July 2008). "Bridget The Midget". Xtreme Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ Kolya, Nicholas (2002). You Never Ate Lunch in This Town to Begin With!: An Outsider's Inside Look at the Outside of Hollywood. iUniverse. p. 222. ISBN 0-595-24967-1.
- ^ "Bridget and the Nameless". Retrieved October 19, 2024.[self-published source]
- ^ "Party Favors: An Interview with Cathouse's Dennis Hof". QuickStopEntertainment.com. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ Lupiani, Joyce (20 September 2019). "Adult film star 'Bridget the Midget' arrested for stabbing boyfriend in Las Vegas". KTNV-TV. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ Lacanlale, Rio (20 September 2019). "Dwarf porn star jailed in Las Vegas, accused of stabbing boyfriend". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
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- 21st-century American women musicians
- Actors with dwarfism
- American actors with disabilities
- Actresses from Idaho
- American people of Guatemalan descent
- American pornographic film actresses
- Hispanic and Latino American people in television
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- Actors from Boise, Idaho
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