Alisha Klass | |
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Born | [1] Chino, California, U.S. | January 3, 1972
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Alisha Klass (born January 3, 1972) is a former American pornographic actress.
Klass began starring in pornographic movies around 1997, becoming the best known collaborator with director Seymore Butts, aka Adam Glasser, to whom she was once engaged. [2] [3] Klass had a tattoo on her rear reading "Seymore Butts." However, following an acrimonious break up in 2000 she has since had it covered with a dolphin. [4] Tampa Tushy Fest, Part 1 , a 1998 video featuring Klass in a lesbian fisting scene with Chloe Nicole, resulted in Glasser being charged with obscenity. [4] Glasser pleaded public nuisance charge as part of an agreement with the Los Angeles city attorney's office on March 20, 2002. He also paid a fine of $1,000. [5]
Klass has worked as a host on the Playboy television show, Inside Adult, [6] and wrote a column for Club Confidential magazine. [6]
Klass had a brief cameo as a cheerleader in the movie Cruel Intentions in 1999. [7] She appeared briefly as a dancer in the 2001 independent film The Center of the World . [6] [8] Klass has also made appearances on the Howard Stern Show , both television and radio, as well as various documentaries about the adult industry as herself including Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy in 2001. [9]
She studied directing and screenwriting at UCLA in 2001. [6] She was engaged to Seymore Butts and briefly dated sports agent Dan Lozano. [10]
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