Michelle Bauer (born October 1, 1958) is an American actress, model, and scream queen.

Early life

Bauer was born and raised in

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Career

Bauer was ''Penthouse'' magazine's Pet of the Month for July 1981 and also appeared in many other adult magazines during the early to mid 1980s, under a number of different names. Bauer also starred in the pornographic film '' Cafe Flesh'' (1982) under the name of Pia Snow."Cafe Flesh (1982)"
film review by Alan Jones,

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. Retrieved 2007-09-25. (Dead link) She states that she was happy to appear in the film, and on the covers of other

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films, but insisted on a

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for the sex scenes. Bauer appeared in several other pornographic titles under her Pia Snow moniker, including ''Bad Girls'', ''Bizarre People'', '' Nightdreams'', and others. Bauer's ''Penthouse'' centerfold appearance led to acting for the Playboy Channel and a film try-out for director Fred Olen Ray. Ray liked her audition, and offered her the part if she would be willing to dye her hair black. Her first

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was '' The Tomb'' (1986), it would be the first of many. Along with

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and

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, Bauer became the most prominent B-movie scream queens in the late 1980s. Her life and career are one of the main subjects of the 2011 documentary '' Screaming in High Heels: The Rise and Fall of the Scream Queen Era'' by director Jason Paul Collum. She returned for the 2020 follow up '' Screaming in High Heels: The Reunion'' which reunited her with fellow actors and subjects

and

Personal life

Bauer retained her married name as a screen name. After she and her husband divorced, he filed a lawsuit requesting she not use it for her films. She tried appearing as Michelle McClellan, using the name of her second husband, in '' Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers'' (1988), but the press resisted, so she returned to Bauer, which the first husband eventually accepted."Michelle Bauer"
, interviews by Frederick C. Szebin and Catherine Carson, '' Femme Fatales'', April 22, 1995. Archived at PicPal's Michelle Bauer Home Page. Retrieved 2007-09-30.

Selected filmography

* ''Bad Girls'' (1981) * '' Nightdreams'' (1981) * '' Café Flesh'' (1982) * ''

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'' (1982) * ''Terror on Tape'' (1983) * ''Special Request'' (1984) * ''Tied & Tickled'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1985) * ''Beverly Hills Girls'' (1986) * '' Reform School Girls'' (1986) * '' The Tomb'' (1986) * '' Lust for Freedom'' (1987) * '' Terror Night'' (1987) * '' Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers'' (1988) * ''Demonwarp'' (1988) * '' Nightmare Sisters'' (1988) * ''Death Row Diner'' (1988) * '' Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'' (1988) * '' Beverly Hills Vamp'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''Assault of the Party Nerds'' (1989) * ''Virgin High'' (1991) * '' Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge'' (1991) * '' Camp Fear'' (1991) * ''

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'' (1992) * ''Naked Instinct'' (1993) * '' Dinosaur Island'' (1994) * ''Red Lips'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1995) * ''Vampire Vixens from Venus'' (1995) * ''Assault of the Party Nerds Part 2: Heavy Petting Detective'' (1995) * '' Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1995) * ''Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in 8 Legs to Love You'' (1998) * ''Lust for Frankenstein'' (1998) * ''Blood and Honor'' (2000) * '' Tomb of the Werewolf'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''The Bikini Escort Company'' (2006) * '' Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust'' (2008) * ''1313: Actor Slash Model'' (2011) * ''1313: Cougar Cult'' (2012) * ''1313: Bermuda Triangle'' (2012) * ''The Trouble With Barry'' (2013) * ''3 Scream Queens'' (2014)

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