Dear Gene Ross, In addition to William Margold, Luke Ford’s biography of Sharon Mitchell also has a date of birth of January 18, 1958. Other websites have different dates of birth for her. According to the internet Movie Database, Sharon Mitchell was born on January 18 of 1956. Mitchell was born on January 18 of 1952 according to iafd.com. Joy may not be Mitchell’s first movie. According to imdb.com, Joy was released on September 14 of 1977. Sharon Mitchell movies that were released before Joy include The Violation of Claudia (June 1977), Captain Lust and the Pirate Women (March 1977), Odyssey, The Ultimate Trip (February 1977), Les Nympho Teens (November 1976), That Lady from Rio (October 1976) and Domination Blue (June 1976).

Before these movies, Imdb.com lists Abduction of June and Lisa Meets Mr. Big for 1975. There are 2 movies (Portraits of Pleasure and Tina Makes a Deal) for 1974. Sincerely, Jamie Gardner, http://www.demicomix.com/Carnal01.htm; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carnalcomics/