I found it hard to believe that Jonna Lee's character of Pauline couldn't find a liveable wage job outside of the world of nude modeling and eventually porn. All the men who worked with Miss Applegate tell how dedicated they were to her best interests. The film doesn't have the theatrical style of something like "Star 80", but it's actually a much better film. The film doesn't have the theatrical style of something like "Star 80", but it's actually a much better film. And why? When mother Melinda Dillon discovers this, she is repulsed, even more so when Lee returns home for Christmas, boasting about her real work, of course leaving out the fact that she is doing drugs. The back door of Ehrlichs house was a possible means of access to the bedroom and to Grant. TV movies have a lack of fluidity of camerawork and lack of showmanship as is the case with "Shattered Innocence". Reviews There are no reviews yet. She ran away from her small town in Minnesota and proceeded to appear in over 30 pornographic films, earning up to $100,000 in her two-year career. With Jonna Lee, Melinda Dillon, John Pleshette, Kris Kamm. She had three sisters, Veronica, Sheila and Shelrae and one brother, Mike. By what name was Shattered Innocence (1988) officially released in Canada in English? She claims Erlich had Applegate killed because he was fearful Applegate might reveal his drug connections. However, despite these accolades and her beauty, Grant had some difficulty getting work due to her cocaine addiction and lack of "enthusiasm" during sex scenes. The plot continually amplified this and we were left to conclude that this lack of unconditional love and understanding was the main reason for Shauna's suicide. But an enormously compelling PBS Frontline documentary (at 9 tonight on Channels 28 and 15 and at 10 on Channel 50) lifts the storytelling to a stunning new level. Do it. Her parents offered to pay for her college expenses, but she believed she would no longer be comfortable at home in Minnesota. In some circles she acquired the nickname "Applecoke" and gained a reputation for being flaky. As a fast-rising adult entertainment personality, she was featured in Virginia, Suzie Superstar, and Flesh and Laces 1 & 2, among many other films. ''DEATH OF A PORN QUEEN'' is an account of the short, sad career of an 18-year-old who fled her Minnesota home in 1982, found success in Hollywood's pornography industry, developed a taste for cocaine and killed herself at the age of 20. Jonna Lee also does well to give us a sense of the innocent, starry-eyed and naive teen who, so soon and so sadly, becomes self-destructive, emotionally and morally devastated, and completely lost in a world of corruption. #1. Also, detectives noted Ehrlich avoided prison for a time by providing authorities with information. The acting is very good, with actress Melinda Dillon (most recognized as the mother from A Christmas Story) giving a stunningly frustrated and distraught performance. The film is based on Michael London's article, "The Death of Colleen", which detailed the short life and death of adult film actress Colleen Applegate (known professionally as Shauna Grant). Only the father seems somewhat uncharacteristically unfettered by his daughter's lifestyle, which doesn't really ring true for any father with daughters, that I've ever known. Colleen graduated from Farmington High School in 1981, where she had been a cheerleader. On March 23, 1984, Grant committed suicide in Palm Springs by shooting herself with a .22 Long Rifle. We see the frank-talking man who runs the agency explaining to a new applicant that she will be expected to pose in the nude and, if she doesn't object, in ''simulations,'' pretending to be engaged in sexual activities. Her parents offered to pay her tuition to college if she moved back home to Minnesota but she declined thinking she would no longer feel comfortable there. Coleen is related to Roge C Applegate and Gina Chelaine Erickson as well as 1 additional person. While London acted as a consultant on the film, producers changed Applegate's name to "Pauline Anderson" and fictionalized other aspects of her life at her parents' request. Coleen's age is 75. Melinda Dillion, who played Peter Billingsley's mother in "A Christmas Story", plays the mother of his real life siblings (Melissa Michaelsen and Neil Billingsley) in this film. Karen Applegate stated that she believes her daughter was murdered on the orders of her ex-boyfriend Jake Erlich ("Mel Erman" in the film), then a cocaine dealer who was in prison at the time of Applegate's death and the owner of the Palm Springs home Applegate was living. H.264 IA . There are many out there who can relate to it, and those are the ones I hope it helps., Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Tastefully, with humanity, and completely free of exploitation. They have also lived in San Mateo, CA and Atascadero, CA. Weeks after the event, police were still awaiting results of toxicological and gun-residue tests. I have a Patreon if you wish to help out the ch. All in all this movie is well made because it shows the family background of Pauleen and the psychological tensions and the reason why she leaves her family whereas she is young and beautiful and innocent and the slow but sad destitution of her image and life.It ends with a shooting and we learn that Pauleen killed herself with a long trifle. There are somewhat graphic samples here of Applegate earning her pay in porn films, so beware. Mel Erman: And do what, go back to pornos? Two years earlier to the week, she had arrived in Hollywood a fresh and beautiful 18-year-old, full of hope and unfocused dreams, soon to be making $100,000 a year as X-rated film star Shauna Grant, and blowing most of it on fast living and drugs. While her desire to act in mainstream films had generated no offers, she was so prestigious at the time that famed director Francis Ford Coppola was seated at her table. Warmer storms could cause problems, Dramatic before and after photos from space show epic snow blanketing SoCal mountains, Gloria Vanderbilt told Anderson Cooper not to expect a trust fund. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The real "Pauline" (a.k.a. Colleen is related to Eugene Keith Applegate and Bradley J Lawton as well as 2 additional people. movie was based on the life and ultimate suicide of Colleen Applegate, a young woman from Minnesota who went to Hollywood at the age of 18 with dreams of stardom, became a porn star under the name of "Shauna Grant" and then returned to her hometown two years later to be buried, a tragic suicide at the age of 20. Smith, who co-starred with Grant in several movies (including Suzie Superstar, The Young Like It Hot, and Bad Girls IV), also became Grant's best friend and fellow cocaine user during that period. She died on 21 March 1984 in Palm Springs, California, USA. I dont know, her mother said Tuesday. At 20, two years after leaving her hometown of Farmington, Minn., Colleen Applegate killed herself with a .22-caliber rifle. Mel Erman: [nods disapprovingly] I'm closing the cupboard. [2] She was sometimes credited as Callie Aimes, Callie Aims, or Colleen Applegate. Pauleen chose to enter the adult film world and succumbed to cocaine addiction and ultimately faced the horrible consequences. For a made for TV movie, it wasn't bad. It was kind of hard to feel sorry for her. I'll just move the hell out of here! Be the first one to write a review. When they did, they issued an ultimatum, which, of course, she ignored. this film was made in the late 80's and there was also a NY PBS documentary based on the same subject; her real name was Colleen, she was from the Midwest, she moved to L.A. to get her "big break". The pay isn't bad - $100 to $1,500 depending on who's doing the shooting. Shattered Innocence depicts a high school cheerleader who is bored and restless with her life in Banning, Kan., and after graduation heads for the bright lights and glitter of Hollywood. In "Shattered Innocence" entry, escape from and re-entry into the porn business leads to tragic, lonely, and hurtful existence. They have also lived in Liberty Lake, WA and Staten Island, NY. Can't take your eyes off of it, even though I know the people in the porn business saw a young beautiful woman mostly likely lied to her and worse, but either than that awesome characters, The true story of Colleen Applegate/Shauna Grant, A Family treated TV bio-pic "flavor of the moment", Shauna Grant, Based on the life and death of Colleen Applegate. ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** I've seen this movie in italian,as I do live in Italy. And why? She shot herself. It's not quite that simple in the movie. Shattered Innocence, Wednesday night on CBS, depicts the final years of Miss Applegate, who left her Farmington home in March 1982, posed nude for magazine photos and soon became porn movie star Shauna Grant. Coleen's birth date was listed as 06.01.47. There's nothing new here and it's presented in an obvious, watered down, made-for-tv style with annoying over-acting by Lee. The agent was as good as his word, and Miss Applegate made a hit with photographers for girlie magazines. The film starts in 1981, but Lee's attire is pretty much late 80s stuff (torn, tight Guess jeans), and the soundtrack is right out of the 1970s (Fleetwood Mac, Frampton). They try to intervene but she wants the family to love her on her terms, not theirs, Ocamb said. Born: 30-May-1963 Birthplace: Bellflower, CA Died: 21-Mar-1984 Location of death: Palm Springs, CA Cause of death: Suicide Remains: Buried, St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Empire, MN Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Pornstar Nationality: United States Executive summary: Killed . The only other movie I saw her in was "Making the Grade." She then started using cocaine to lose weight. After arriving in Los Angeles, Applegate and Marcell unsuccessfully pursued several employment leads. Everyone in every family needs to ask this question. I vaguely remember of this TV movie i watched long ago in France because i am french and found it on the net in American..poor Pauleen! It is really a sad and moving story, well directed and acted. All in all, I would rate it a 3*** out of 5. This is a movie that could have been tawdry and exploitative, and indeed, I recall reading that the parents of Colleen Applegate (whose life this is loosely based on) were displeased with it, saying it made the pornographers look like they were just running a business and Colleen got into trouble on her own. Marcell then saw an ad for the World Modeling Agency in Van Nuys, which sought recruits for "figure modeling". In the light of porn-glamourizing films such as "Boogie Nights", this tepidness accentuates the intent of "Shattered Innocence". Colleen Applegate was born in Bellflower, California. Within a year, Colleen was a gorgeous, triple-X porn starlet named Shauna Grant. John Pleshette is also good as the older man who's finally found the centerfold girlfriend he's wanted all his life, only to lose her to his own tragic flaw - being a cocaine dealer headed for prison. This TV-movie begins like most others in the good-girl-goes-bad vein, but it drew me in regardless. I agree with the comments above about this film. The glimpse of the workings of the pornography business, however, is revealing, if not pretty. She retired from adult films in 1983. JavaScript is disabled. Ms. Lee made only a few pictures. The shot passed through her right temple, out the left, and into the bedroom wall, according to police reports. Born in Bellflower, California, Colleen Applegate grew up in the small town of Farmington, Minnesota. She left. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Her family moved there in 1973, when her father took a managerial position with Central Telephone Company of Minnesota. Scenes such as the one where Shauna goes back home for Christmas, proudly showing off a scrapbook of nude photos to her family and then getting rebuffed by her appalled mother, are both tender and sad, and Shauna's fight to reclaim her life at the finale is quite gripping. Based loosely on the life story of porn superstar Shauna Grant/Colleen Applegate. The film is well-acted, especially by Melinda Dillon, who plays the girl's mother. This of course takes her life further into deeper dark places, from which there is only one escape. There have been some stirring accounts of the short life of Applegate, a.k.a. on the Internet. The high school photos on the yearbook that Pauleen shows Mel would later be shown in future movies, including Soapdish. 2. The mother asks, Why did this happen? Thats basically what the film asks, said Ocamb. You are using an out of date browser. That is no small feat in itself. The basic story is true. Born May 30, 1963 Died March 21, 1984 (20) Add to list Awards 3 nominations Known for Virginia 6.2 Virginia (as Colleen Applegate) 1983 Suzie Superstar 6.3 Suzie (as Shana Grant) 1983 Flesh and Laces 5.1 Model (as Colleen Applegate) 1983 Flesh and Laces: Part II 5.8 Jonna Lee was pretty good in this role. ", Christian Congregations (Christians Only). The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. She was an actress. She moved back to California in 1982 and fell into the adult movie industry. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help. [10], Grant persuaded her friend, veteran porn performer Kelly Nichols, to take over the role Grant had been offered in Matinee Idol. We know that Roger Applegate also lived at this address, perhaps within a different time frame. 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