Colleen Brennan (born December 1, 1949) is an

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former

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. She has also gone by the name Sharon Kelly.

Career

A buxom, freckled

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, Colleen Brennan began her career posing for men's magazines such as '' Swank'' and ''

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''. She later starred as Sharon Kelly in several 1970s softcore

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films produced by Harry Novak. She also made appearances in

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's ''

Supervixens ''Supervixens'' is a 1975 American film directed by American filmmaker Russ Meyer. The cast features Meyer regulars Charles Napier, Uschi Digard, and Haji. The film also features Shari Eubank (in a dual role) in one of her only two film roles ...

'' (1975) and the

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s ''

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS ''Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS'' is a 1975 Canadian nazisploitation film about a sadistic and sexually voracious Nazism, Nazi prison camp commandant. The film is directed by American filmmaker Don Edmonds and produced by David F. Friedman for Lionsga ...

'' (1975) and its first

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'' (1976).Landis & Clifford, pp.217–218 She also appeared in small parts in the mainstream films ''

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'', '' Hustle'', and ''The Boob Tube''. During the 1970s, she appeared in numerous B-level softcore men's magazine layouts. In the 1980s, Brennan began an extensive career in

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films, starring in several installments of the ''Taboo'' series, and winning two

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in 1987. In 1985, she hosted the first

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s with

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. In 1981, she had a small role (under the pseudonym "Katherine MacMurray") as a television gossip columnist in the mainstream comedy film '' S.O.B.'', directed by

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. Brennan retired from pornographic videos in 1986, at the age of 36. She is not related to actress

Eileen Brennan Eileen Brennan (born Verla Eileen Regina Brennen; September 3, 1932 – July 28, 2013) was an American actress. She made her film debut in the satire '' Divorce American Style'' (1967), followed by a supporting role in Peter Bogdanovich's ''The ...

with whom she appeared in the 1975

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film '' Hustle''.

Awards

*1984 CAFA Award for Best Actress ''Trinity Brown'' *1984 CAFA Award for Best Supporting Actress - ''Good Girl, Bad Girl'' *1987

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for

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– ''Getting Personal'' *1987 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress (Film) – ''Star Angel'' *1987

for Best Actress – ''Getting Personal'' *1987 XRCO Award for Best Supporting Actress – ''Star Angel'' *1988

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References

External links

AV Interview With Sharon Kelly by Ian Jane
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