Bobby Hollander (April 20, 1929 – March 7, 2002) was an American

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director, performer, and magazine publisher. He directed 59 pornographic movies between 1979 and 1995. He was one of the pioneers of the shot-on-video porn movie. Hollander was most famous for discovering and managing porn superstar

Shauna Grant Colleen Marie Applegate (May 30, 1963 – March 23, 1984), known professionally as Shauna Grant, was an American pornographic actress and nude model. During her two-year career, she appeared in over 30 pornographic films, earning up to $100,000. ...

. He is a member of the

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Pornographic film career

Born Ira Allen Sachs to a Jewish family in

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, Hollander entered the pornography industry in 1970, appearing in loops. According to a March 14, 1988 article in ''

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'', Hollander gave Colleen Applegate her stage name

, and in the fall of 1982 began managing her career. Over the next year, Grant made 30 X-rated movies. She eventually left Hollander for different management and committed suicide in 1984.

Robbed by John Holmes

In ''King Dong'', Hollander describes being introduced to fellow pornographic actor John Holmes, at the home Hollander shared in

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, and leaving briefly the next day to find John had robbed Hollander's house:

Illness and death

He died on March 7, 2002, at the Veterans Affairs hospital in

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, California from a

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. At the time of his death, Hollander was separated from his wife

Gloria Leonard Gale Sandra Klinetsky (August 28, 1940 – February 3, 2014), known professionally as Gloria Leonard, was an American pornographic film actress and publisher of ''High Society'' magazine. As a board member of Adult Video Association and its s ...

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