Shane (born December 16, 1969) is an American former
pornographic actress
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, director, and web personality, known for creating the '' Shane's World'' series of adult videos after having debuted in the Seymore Butts video series. She is also the founder of an adult film production company of the same name. Shane is a member of the
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995. Shane started her adult film career in 1993. According to her ''Adult Video News'' magazine profile, she and a girlfriend were impressed by a video made by Seymore Butts and decided to make a video of her own, which she sent to him. He invited her to Los Angeles and soon after she began making videos with him and for other production companies. The videos she made with Butts became among the most popular titles in reality porn. In 1994, Shane and Butts caused controversy when Shane performed a sex act on a volunteer firefighter at an
Elmont, New York
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fire department without permission of the department for the video ''Seymore and Shane Playing with Fire''. In addition to performing and appearing in Butts videos and those for her own production company, she worked predominantly in non-sex roles for a variety of adult film studios such as Evil Angel, Flying Leap Productions,
Odyssey Entertainment
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Wicked Pictures
Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. Between 2004 and 2021, it was one of the only heterosexual studios to maintain a condoms-only policy.
Company history
Steve Orenstein founded ...
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Shane broke up with her fiancé Butts in 1995 and started her own production company, Shane's World. In the spring of 1998, Shane's line of videos became condom-only. In 1999, after the release of ''Shane’s World, Vol. 18: The Roller Coaster of Love'', she retired from the adult industry to start a family with her husband. After her retirement, Shane was involved in a trademark dispute with two former employees: her personal assistant and cameraman, who go by the industry pseudonyms of Jennie and Brian Grant. This resulted in a licensing deal for the Shane's World name and the production company continued under the ownership of the Grants.
Shane was inducted into the
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.porn stars
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dis ...
out of their element on trips to exotic or interesting locations and filming everything that happens in a documentary style. The premise of the studio's movies can be summed up as "
MTV
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's '' The Real World'' meets gonzo style pornography". Shane's World gave many stars their start, which helped to increase their fan base.
Personal life
Shane was born Shannon Hewitt in
Simi Valley, California
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. She is married to Bobby Fernandez-Hewitt of the band
Orgy
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Swingers' parties do not always conform to this designation, because at many swin ...
X-Rated Critics Organization
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(XRCO) Unsung Siren
*1996
Fans of X-Rated Entertainment
Fans of X-Rated Entertainment (F.O.X.E., also known as FOXE) is a United States-based pornography fan organization founded by adult film actor, director, and critic William Margold and actress Viper.
*1997 XRCO Best Gonzo Series for ''Shanes World''
*1997 F.O.X.E Female Fan Favorite
*2005