Melissa Monet

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Melissa Monet
Born (1964-07-16) July 16, 1964 (age 55) [1]
Staten Island, New York City, United States [2]
NationalityAmerican [1]
Other namesMellisa Monet [1]
Height5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) [1]

Melissa Monet (born July 16, 1964) [2] is an American pornographic actress, [1] writer and film director. [3]

Monet was born in Staten Island, New York City. [2] to an Italian Catholic father and an German Orthodox Jewish mother. [4] After high school she worked as an accountant before becoming a sex worker, where she worked as a sexual surrogate, escort and madame. [4] [5]

Monet entered the adult film world in 1994 at the age of 30. [6] After a 12 year hiatus from performing in front of the camera, she returned, performing mainly in MILF themed productions. [7]

Monet has also appeared in the porn-related documentaries Rated X: A Journey Through Porn [8] and Pornstar Pets. [9] She has directed 19 hardcore titles [10] for the Spice channel and CD-ROMS [4] and has directed softcore cable movies for Roger Corman's production company Click Productions. [11]

Monet cites John Leslie as one of her influences. She is also an avid fan of the work of Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Melissa Monet at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. 1 2 3 Melissa Monet Interview, Retrieved November 6, 2011
  3. ↑ "Metro Recruits Monet to Direct Blu Dreams 2 for Cal Vista" . Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Sex as celebration". The Gazette (Montreal). November 26, 2000. p. 18. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ Lim, Gerrie (2004). Invisible Trade. Monsoon Books. ISBN   978-981-4358-10-1 . Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Melissa Monet Interview Archived January 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved November 7, 2011
  7. ↑ "The kind of porn that calls you afterward". Vice (in German). May 11, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rated X: a journey through porn" . Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Newest Porn Documentary Features Four-Legged Stars" . Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Melissa Monet directing credits" . Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Melissa's Cable Gig" . Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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