Bridget Powers 965334 225539799 2008-07-14T05:48:40Z Tabercil 203066 add and cite {{Cleanup|date=July 2007}} {{Female adult bio| name = Bridget Powers |photo= [[Image:Powers, Bridget - Lukeisback.jpg|200px]] |birth= {{birth date and age|1980|10|11}} |location= [[Boise]], [[Idaho]], [[United States|U.S.]] |birthname= Cheryl Marie Murphy |death= |measurements= 28A-22-32 |height= {{height|ft=3|in=9}}<ref name=bizarre>{{cite web|url= http://www.bizarremag.com/sleaze/interviews/357/bridget_the_midget.html|title= Sleaze Interviews: Bridget the Midget|accessdate= 2008-01-16|year= 2004|month= August|publisher= [[Bizarre (magazine)|Bizarre]]}}</ref> |weight= |shoe size= |eye color= Brown |hair color= Black |skin color= [[White people|White]] |natural bust= |blood= |orientation= [[Bisexual]]<ref name=Xtreme>{{cite web|url= http://xtrememagazine.com/index.php/bridget-the-midget.html|title= Bridget The Midget|accessdate= 2008-07-13|author= Nichola Fergeson|year= 2008|month= July|publisher= Xtreme Magazine}}</ref> |ethnicity=[[Hispanic]] |alias= Bridget Powerz, Bridget "the Midget" Powers, Bridgette |films= 46 (per IAFD) |homepage= http://bridgetthemidget.com |iafd= BridgetPowers |imdb= 0108808 |afdb= 7518 }} '''Bridget Powers''' (born [[October 11]], [[1980]] in [[Boise]], [[Idaho]]) is the pseudonym of an [[United States|American]] [[pornographic film|erotic film]] [[actor|actress]] with [[dwarfism]]. She is often credited as "Bridget the Midget" or with the alternate spelling "Bridget Powerz". Her parents divorced when she was one year old. 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. As a result Powers has to wear a knee brace.<ref name=bizarre/> Powers was discovered at a [[Goth subculture|Goth]] nightclub by a man who was working as a make-up artist for a gothic vampire [[pornographic film|adult movie]].<ref name=bizarre/> By her own count, she appeared in 65 to 70 original films, with compilations bringing that up to over 110.<ref name=Xtreme/> She left the business as she wished to do comdom-only scenes yet many of the male talent would remove the condoms.<ref name=Xtreme/> She was a co-host on [[Ed Powers]]' radio show ''Bedtime Stories''. She is also in a band named Blakkout. She once told [[Howard Stern]] on his radio show that she always wanted to be tall when she was young. In addition to her erotic film roles, she has appeared in mainstream films such as ''[[8mm (film)|8mm]]'', ''[[S.W.A.T. (film)|S.W.A.T.]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'', and independent films such as ''[[Tiptoes]]''. She also appeared, as herself, in an episode of the talk show ''[[The Roseanne Show]]''. She appeared as herself in the [[2002]] [[HBO]] [[documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[Cathouse (television series)|Cathouse]]'' which explored the lives of the owners, management, staff and customers of the [[Moonlite Bunny Ranch]] [[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 is mentioned in the Bloodhound Gang song "I'm the least you could do". ==External links== *{{Myspace|bridgetthemidget08|Bridget the Midget}}<ref name=Xtreme/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Powers, Bridget}} [[Category:American porn stars]] [[Category:Female porn stars]] [[Category:Guatemalan-Americans]] [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People with dwarfism]] [[Category:Actors with dwarfism]] [[Category:American musicians]] {{porn-stub}} [[de:Bridget Powers]] [[pt:Bridget Powers]]