Sharon Mitchell
Nude

Sharon Mitchell has lived a life that deserves a tragicomedy movie, preferably directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Boogie Nights isn’t fiction to Sharon, as she worked as an adult actress during the Golden Age of Porn in the ’70s and ’80s. Her classic titles include Sexcapades (1983), Night Hunger (1983), and D.O.D.: Dick of Death (1985). Like other porn stars of that era, Sharon crossed over to mainstream films, displaying her goods in Night of the Juggler (1980) and Class of Nuke ‘Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991). Also like other porn stars during those lucrative and chaotic years, Sharon developed a drug addiction and contracted a plethora of sexually-transmitted diseases. Ignoring those problems, she went full-steam-and-cream ahead in the industry until 1996, when an obsessive fan attacked her. After that, Sharon gave up porn and drugs, obtained an MA and Ph.D. from an unaccredited institution, and founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, which tested and protected adult performers from HIV and other STDs. “Dr. Mitchell” became a superhero for on-screen sex workers, including herself, as she still made nude appearances in movies like Thinking XXX (2004), American Swing (2008), and 9to5: Days in Porn (2008). However, the foundation folded in 2011 after concerns over improper licensing, inadequate care, and an information breach that made public the STD status of over 12,000 performers. That’s not the data leak that we would have associated with Sharon. Although they took away her clinic, they can’t take away her 1,000-plus pornos. Let the data fly!