Lisa De Leeuw is an American pornographic actress

Pornographic actor

A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...

, and one of the few falsely reported to have died of HIV

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

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Career

She appeared in almost 200 films and was inducted into both the X-Rated Critics' Organization Hall of Fame

XRCO Hall of Fame

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 and the AVN Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame

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Alleged death

Headpress 25 (2003) noted that DeLeeuw died of complications from AIDS on November 11, 1993. But in the book Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry (2000), writer and porn producer David Jennings, describing the stigma and rumors surrounding AIDS in the porn community in the late 1980s and early 1990s, wrote, "Reputed to be dead of AIDS, Lisa DeLeeuw and Brandy Alexandre

Brandy Alexandre

Brandy Alexandre is the stage name of a former American adult actress.-Career:In 1991, she produced, directed, wrote and starred in Cheeks 5: Cop A Feel. This video received a nomination for the AVN Award for Best Director...

, now out of the industry, proclaimed themselves alive and healthy."

Awards

• 1981 CAFA Award for "Best Supporting Actress" – Amanda by Night
• 1982 CAFA Award for "Best Supporting Actress" – Blonde Heat
• 1985 AVN Award
  AVN Awards
  The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
  
   for "Best Supporting Actress – Film" – Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
• 1986 AVN Award for "Best Supporting Actress – Film" – Raw Talent

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