Megan Leigh

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Megan Leigh

Birthdate:	March 2, 1964
Birth location:	Oakland, California,United States
Birth name:	Michelle Maira Schei
Date of death:	June 16, 1990 (aged 26) (suicide)
Measurements:	34-24-36
Eye color:	Blue
Hair color:	Blonde
Ethnicity:	Caucasian
Alias(es):	Megan Lee, Caroline Chambers, Heather Newman, Caitlyn Lewiss
No. of films:	133
Megan Leigh at IMDb
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Megan Leigh at AFDB

Megan Leigh (born Michelle Maira Schei on (March 2, 1964 – June 16, 1990) was an American exotic dancer and pornographic film star.

Leigh was born in Oakland, California, USA. She ran away from home for the first time at age 14. By 16, she was working at a Guam massage parlor and at 18 began dancing nude at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco. Although the O'Farrell's management considered her little more than a passably pretty bleach blonde with little dancing talent, she became popular as stripper "Eve" and made a few thousand dollars per month in tips (which she spent mainly on drugs). In late-1986 she underwent a "makeover" (i.e. detoxification and cosmetic surgery) and reemerged as Megan Leigh, porn star. In the summer of 1987, she starred in Secrets Behind the Green Door (see Behind the Green Door with Marilyn Chambers). She became known for her ability to easily deep throat her partners, getting a starring role in 1989's Deep Throat III.

Her body was discovered on June 16, 1990^[1] at her home in Solano, California. She had died after shooting herself in the mouth.^[2] According to former porn performer and message board contributor Brandy Alexandre, an autopsy discovered a lethal dose of Valium in Leigh's system. Porn historians, including Luke Ford, said that Leigh had recently entered a lesbian relationship and had moved in with her girlfriend, when her family reportedly denounced her for her decision to enter into a same-sex relationship. Reports claim that she had become despondent by her family's rejection, and had been abusing drugs before her suicide. She left behind a note mentioning personal problems, a body of work numbering 133 titles, and a $500,000 (USD) house that Leigh had purchased for her mother just one month before her suicide.