“When I first met her at the table reading, she told me that, just like myself, she didn’t smoke, drink or do drugs, which was very unusual for the times, and I immediately noticed that she was extremely professional, personable and meticulously prepared, which is something that definitely helped make that production smooth and pleasant.”īraun told AVN he “bumped into her several times over the years at the Cannes Film Festival, because she loved to travel and she enjoyed the finest things in life. “I wrote the lead specifically for her, because she was very classy and had an aura of innocence that fit perfectly with the story I wanted to tell,” Braun continued. '80s/'90s Star Victoria Paris Dies at 60 /lrQY4U6fz5- AVN Media Network August 14, 2021Īdult filmmaker Axel Braun, who wrote Paris’ 1990 film “Fantasy Nights,” recalled the actress as a cut above the rest of her peers. In 1990, Paris tied for AVN’s Best New Starlet award with fellow porn legend Tori Welles - the only draw for that prize in the history of the AVN Awards, which are often hyped as the “Oscars of the porn industry.” The big-haired, buxom blonde reportedly entered the on-screen sex industry after earning a degree in nutrition from Montana State University before relocating to Los Angeles, where she worked part-time as a secretary, mud wrestler and nude model before shooting her first XXX title: 1988’s “Girls of Double D 7.” She earned her first starring role the next year in the “Three’s Company” porn parody “Live In, Love In,” opposite her then-husband Robert Bullock. (Note: Paris is not to be confused with the “TikTok Princess” influencer who is currently racking up millions of followers on social media under the moniker Victoria Paris.) Paris, who was born Sheila Young in Great Falls, Montana, and launched her porn career in 1988, passed away Tuesday after a battle with cancer, fellow AVN Hall of Famer Christy Canyon confirmed to the adult industry outlet. Victoria Paris, a 1997 Adult Video News Hall of Fame inductee who performed in more than 100 X-rated films during her on-screen career, has died. ‘The First Lady of Death Row Records’ dead at 53 Nick Cave’s son Jethro Lazenby dead at 31, 7 years after teen son’s deathĬountry star who inspired ‘Urban Cowboy’ dead at 86 ‘The Big Lebowski’ actor Jack Kehler dead at 75