Lisa De Leeuw | |
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Born | Moline, Illinois, U.S. | July 3, 1958
Other names | Lisa DeLeeue, Lisa DeLeeuw, Lisa Deleuw, Lisa Leeua, Lisa de Ugga, Lisa Woods, Lil' Redhead |
Lisa De Leeuw (born July 3, 1958) is an American former pornographic actress.
She appeared in over 200 films and was inducted into both the X-Rated Critics' Organization Hall of Fame and the AVN Hall of Fame. [1] [2] She also appeared in magazine spreads for pornographic magazines such as Genesis , Hustler , and Swank in the early 80s.
In the 2000 book Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry, writer and porn producer David Jennings describes the stigma and rumors surrounding AIDS in the porn community in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He wrote: "Reputed to be dead of AIDS, Lisa DeLeeuw and Brandy Alexandre, now out of the industry, proclaimed themselves alive and healthy." [3] However, in 2003, another publication, Headpress 25, claimed that De Leeuw died of complications from AIDS on November 11, 1993. [4]
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