Michelle Bauer
Encyclopedia
Michelle Bauer is an American
B-movie
actress, scream queen
, pornographic actress
, and bondage model.
Bauer was Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month for July 1981.
Bauer also starred in the classic pornographic film Cafe Flesh
(1982) under the name of Pia Snow. She states that she was happy to appear in the film, and on the covers of other X-rated
films, but insisted on a double
for the sex scenes. Bauer appeared in several other pornographic titles under her Pia Snow moniker, including Bad Girls, Bizarre People (in bondage gear), Nightdreams, and others.
Bauer's Penthouse centerfold appearance led to acting for the Playboy Channel and a film try-out for director Fred Olen Ray
. Ray liked her audition, and offered her the part if she would be willing to dye her hair black. Her first B-movie
was The Tomb (1986), it would be the first of many
Bauer is her married name, from her first husband. After they divorced, he filed a lawsuit requesting she not use it for her films. She tried appearing as Michelle McClellen, using the name of her second husband, in Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
(1988), but the press resisted, so she returned to Bauer, which the first husband eventually accepted.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
actress, scream queen
Scream queen
A scream queen is an actress who has become associated with horror films, either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist...
, 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 bondage model.
Bauer was Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month for July 1981.
Bauer also starred in the classic pornographic film Cafe Flesh
Café Flesh
Café Flesh is a 1982 post-apocalyptic cult pornographic science fiction film designed and directed by Stephen Sayadian and co-written by Sayadian and Jerry Stahl...
(1982) under the name of Pia Snow. She states that she was happy to appear in the film, and on the covers of other X-rated
X-rated
In some countries, X is or has been a motion picture rating reserved for the most explicit films. Films rated X are intended only for viewing by adults, usually legally defined as people over the age of 17.-United Kingdom:...
films, but insisted on a double
Body double
A body double is a general term for someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character in any recorded visual medium, in shots where the character's body is shown but the face is either not visible or shown indistinctly, or in shots where the image of the credited actor's face is joined,...
for the sex scenes. Bauer appeared in several other pornographic titles under her Pia Snow moniker, including Bad Girls, Bizarre People (in bondage gear), Nightdreams, and others.
Bauer's Penthouse centerfold appearance led to acting for the Playboy Channel and a film try-out for director Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer.-Biography:He is the producer, director, and screenwriter of low to medium-budget feature films in many genres, including horror, science fiction, action/adventure, softcore sex films and crime dramas...
. Ray liked her audition, and offered her the part if she would be willing to dye her hair black. Her first B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
was The Tomb (1986), it would be the first of many
Bauer is her married name, from her first husband. After they divorced, he filed a lawsuit requesting she not use it for her films. She tried appearing as Michelle McClellen, using the name of her second husband, in Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers is a 1988 American comedy horror B-movie directed by Fred Olen Ray, and starring Gunnar Hansen, Linnea Quigley, Jay Richardson and Michelle Bauer.-Plot summary:...
(1988), but the press resisted, so she returned to Bauer, which the first husband eventually accepted.
Selected filmography
- Cafe Flesh (1982) As Pia Snow
- Bad Girls (1982) As Pia Snow
- Homework (1982)
- Special Request (1984) As Kim Bittner
- Electric Blue 30 (1985)
- Tomboy (1985)
- Cavegirl (1985)
- Beverly Hills Girls (1986)
- Reform School Girls (1986)
- Lust For Freedom (1987)
- Nightmare Sisters (1987)
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
- Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
- Dr. Alien (1989)
- Assault of the Party Nerds (1989)
- Virgin High (1991)
- Puppet Master III : Toulon's Revenge (1991)
- Red Lips (1995)
- Bikini Drive In (1995)
- Dinosaur Island (1995)
- Assualt of the Party Nerds Part 2: Heavy Petting Detective (1995)
- Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds (1995)
- Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in 8 Legs to Love You (1998)
- Lust for Frankenstein (1998)
- Blood and Honor (2000)
- Tomb of the Werewolf (2004)
- The Naked MonsterThe Naked MonsterThe Naked Monster is a 2005 American ultra low-budget science fiction and horror comedy film written by Ted Newsom and directed by Newsom and Wayne Berwick as an homage to and spoof of the "giant monster-on-the-loose" films of the 1950s...
(2005) - The Bikini Escort Company (2006)
- Gingerdead Man 2 : Passion of the Crust (2008)
- 1313 : Actor Slash Model (2011)
- 1313 : Cougar Cult (2012)
External links
- "PicPal's Michelle Bauer Home Page", officially endorsed.