16 Facts About Shauna Grant

Colleen Marie Applegate, known professionally as Shauna Grant, was an American pornographic actress and nude model.

Shauna Grant was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1999.

Shauna Grant's family moved to the small town of Farmington, Minnesota in 1973 when her father, Philip Applegate, took a managerial position with the Central Telephone Company of Minnesota.

Shauna Grant's pay rose from $300 a day to around $1,500.

Shauna Grant was provided with her own make-up artist, 27-year-old Laurie Smith.

Shauna Grant quit the adult film business for a short time following Grant's suicide.

Shauna Grant's popularity earned her three acting nominations at the Erotic Film Awards in March, 1984.

In 1983, Shauna Grant met Jake Ehrlich, a cocaine dealer who had wanted to meet Shauna Grant after seeing modeling photos of her.

Shauna Grant met Ehrlich at his home in Palm Springs and simply never left.

Shauna Grant's career lasted less than a year, appearing in over 30 films and videos.

At the awards show, Shauna Grant accepted a role in the upcoming adult film Matinee Idol.

Shauna Grant persuaded her friend, veteran porn performer Kelly Nichols, to take over the role Shauna Grant had been offered in Matinee Idol.

Shauna Grant's parents offered to pay for her college expenses, but she believed she would no longer be comfortable at home in Minnesota.

On March 20,1984, Shauna Grant called her friend Brenda and asked her to keep her company while she packed to leave Ehrlich's Palm Springs home.

Shauna Grant was taken to a Palm Springs hospital where she was taken off life support and declared dead two days later.

Shauna Grant's funeral was held on March 28,1984, at St Michael's Church, a Catholic parish in Farmington.