Bambi Woods

Who is Bambi Woods?

Bambi Woods is the screen name of a former pornographic actress and exotic dancer best known for her appearance as the title character in the 1978 film Debbie Does Dallas. She was advertised on theater marquees and in advertising as a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, although this was not actually the case.

Woods performed in only one other adult films, Debbie Does Dallas 2.

An article in The Age stated that Woods died of a drug overdose in 1986. A 2005 Channel 4 documentary, Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered, employed the services of a private investigator to track down Woods. The investigator was unsuccessful, but could not confirm the report that Woods died of an overdose. The investigator also received a letter, ostensibly from Woods herself, claiming to have left the adult film industry as a result of the drug abuse she witnessed and to have become an anonymous homemaker and mother living in the Des Moines, Iowa area.

In Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered the porn film's director, Jim Clark, claims to have given her the name Bambi Woods, alluding to the Disney character: "I named her Bambi Woods. There wasn't any real reason behind it. Bambi ... a deer. In the woods. Do you want to get deeper?" Later in the same film, another interviewee is quoted as saying that Bambi's real name was "Barbara Woodson."