Lorna Maitland

About Lorna Maitland

Lorna Maitland (born November 19, 1943 Glendale, California) is an American film actress noted mostly for her large-breasted figure and appearances in three Russ Meyer films: Lorna (1964), Mudhoney (1965) and Mondo Topless (1966).

Lorna was a exotic dancer in Los Angeles, California when she answered an ad in Daily Variety placed by Russ Meyer for the lead in Lorna (1964). Another actress was initially cast but replaced because she was too small chested. Meyer decided to hire Maitland the first day of shooting (he had accidentally overlooked her audition photos). When the movie was being filmed Maitland was 20. She weighed 135 pounds and measured 42DDD-24-35. Maitland was pregnant during the two week Lorna shoot. This increased her already very large breasts giving them such a sensually engorged look that when she bent over for her first closeup her nipples touched her knees, leading Meyer to exclaim "confirmation of the dreadnoughts, box office!"

Meyer chose the name Lorna Maitland after a secretary he had once been attracted to. Also, the surname 'Maitland' would overcome the 'backwoods roots' of the character. Lorna marks the end of Russ Meyer's "nudies" and his first foray into serious film making. It is, perhaps his most romantic film, despite the tragic ending. The director describes the movie as "a brutal examination of the important realities of power, prophecy, freedom and justice in our society against a background of violence and lust, where simplicity is only a facade." Reviews described Maitland as "a wanton of unparalleled emotion...unrestrained earthiness...destined to set a new standard of voluptuous beauty." Lorna was called "the female Tom Jones (film)."