
Shauna Grant was born in Colleen Applegate in Bellflower,
California, but she actually grew up in Minnesota.
When she was 9 years old, the family followed her father's job with the phone
company to Farmington, Minnesota, a tree-lined village of 3,500 that lies thirty
miles of corn and soybean fields south of Minneapolis. Almost immediately,
Shauna Grant began to chafe against the bit of the small town atmosphere. She
dreamed of bigger things than sleepy Farmington could possibly offer.
At Farmington High School, Shauna Grant engaged in cheerleading and softball,
but her main allegiance was to her boyfriend, Mike Marcell, and the partiers
they hung with. Upon her 1981 graduation, she took a job with her father's phone
company, but Shauna Grant's fate was not in small town middle America. After a
prophetic attempted overdose of sinus pills, Marcell packed up his black El
Camino and the pair headed to Hollywood to make her a star.
Once in Los Angeles, they found that jobs were scarce . After a couple weeks of
fruitless searching, Shauna Grant answered an ad in a trade magazine looking for
'figure models.' Shauna Grant had the figure, and a photo-shoot was set up.
Although Shauna Grant was uncomfortable at first with the erotic nature of the
pictures, she wasn't uncomfortable with the much-needed cash they provided.
Instantly, a star was born.
Within two months of hitting L.A., she had modeled for most major adult mags and
her relationship with Marcell had ended. Shauna Grant became the most
photographed woman in the sex-mag field over the next six months. The money
began to roll in, sometimes at the rate of $2000 per day.
Shauna Grant's work in adult loops led to the breakup of another relationship,
but she soon rebounded into one with adult film producer Bobby Hollander. Her
new mentor wasted no time in getting Shauna Grant involved in full-fledged
erotic films. Hollander christened his new starlet Shauna Grant (sometimes
spelled Shana).
Shauna Grant shot to the top of the adult film world almost instantly. Her first
film, "Paper Dolls," quickly led to more and more offers, and Shauna Grant
became the star that Colleen Applegate always dreamed of being. Her 'day rate'
skyrocketed, and although having sex on camera was initially difficult for an
insecure midwesterner, the high salaries more than made up for any discomfort.
Limos, first-class hotels, and more and more coke became the staples of Shauna
Grant's new life.
Soon, though, Shauna Grant was on the outs with Hollander, and her new steady, a
coke dealer Jake Erlich, began moving her out of the porn biz. They moved to
Palm Springs together and Shauna Grant took over as manager at Pelle, a leather
goods store that Erlich owned. Her life became one of increasing domesticity and
she reestablished contact with her estranged family. Everything was going
smoothly until Erlich was arrested (and later convicted) on drug charges.
Shauna Grant was cut off from both Erlich and his money, and she was frantic.
Her money was at an end, so she agreed to go to San Francisco to shoot a new
film. Her cocaine use rose again, and she began having paranoid visions of
people stalking her. She appeared at the 1984 Erotic Film Awards, where she was
nominated three times. It was the last time most people saw her alive.
On March 21, Shauna Grant locked herself in her bedroom and got out Erlich's .22
rifle. She laid down on the bed, held the gun to her head and pulled the
trigger. The bullet passed clean through her head and imbedded itself into the
bloodied bedroom wall.
A friend who had been staying with her in Palm Springs became worried and walked
into her room, finding the body. Shauna Grant was rushed to Desert Hospital,
where life-support efforts were called off after two days. It was two years to
the week after the beautiful young Shauna Grant had left the rural town
Farmington, Minnesota for the big city and its bright lights.

Shauna Grant Filmography
Hollywood Exposed 2 (1993) (V)
Loads of Fun 4 (1993) (V)
Only the Best of the 80's (1992) (V)
Bad Girls IV (1986) .... Susan
Shauna Every Man's Fantasy (1985)
Electric Blue 11 (1984) (V)
Golden Girls: The Movie (1984)
Shauna Grant, Superstar (1984)
All-American Girls 2: In Heat (1983)
Feels Like Silk (1983) (as Callie Aims)
Flesh & Laces (1983)
Flesh & Laces 2 (1983)
Glitter (1983)
Maneaters (1983)
Nudes in Limbo (1983) .... Model
Private School Girls (1983)
Summer Camp Girls (1983)
Swedish Erotica 45 (1983)
Virginia (1983) .... Virginia
Young Like It Hot, The (1983) (as Callie Aimes)
Electric Blue 8 (1982)
Personal Touch 1 (1982)
Suzie Superstar (1982) .... Suzie Mitchell

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