American pornographic actress
| Raylene | |
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.jpg) Raylene in 2011 | |
| Born | Stacey Bernstein Glendora, California, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Brad Hirsch (divorced) |
Stacey Hirsch (née Bernstein), known professionally as Raylene, is an American pornographic actress.
Early life
Raylene was born and raised in Glendora, California. She is of Italian and Mexican descent on her mother's side. Her father is Jewish, of Polish and Austrian descent.
As a child, Raylene attended Christian schools. She was an honors student in high school and graduated at age 16, two years early. She said she had originally intended to pursue Christian studies at Azusa Pacific University and become a Christian high school teacher.
Career
Raylene began acting when she was five years old. With help from her uncle, a television producer, she appeared on Hunter and 21 Jump Street. She had a non-speaking appearance on an episode of the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show.
Raylene made her pornographic film debut in 1998. She was a contract performer for Vivid Entertainment between May 1998 and November 2001, during which time she appeared in nearly 100 films.
Raylene retired from the adult film industry in 2001. After briefly touring as a striptease dancer, she found work as a real estate agent. While working in real estate, she brokered a sale to the AIM Health Care Foundation. She returned to performing in pornographic films with Raylene's Dirty Work in 2009.
Personal life
Raylene was briefly married to Brad Hirsch, brother of Vivid Entertainment co-chairman Steve Hirsch.
Awards
- 1999 XRCO Award – Starlet of the Year
- 2001 AVN Award – Best Actress (Film) – Artemesia (tied with Taylor Hayes – Jekyll and Hyde)
- 2008 AVN Hall of Fame
- 2017 XRCO Hall of Fame
References
- ^ Morgan, Gila (October 22, 2006). "Stacey Hirsch". XBIZ. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ Rock, Leif (April 1998). "Raylene". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on June 1, 2000.
- ^ Miller, Dan (June 27, 2005). "Former Vivid Girl Finds Home in Real Estate". Adult Video News. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- Kernes, Mark (March 2001). "Best Actress - Film (Tie): Raylene, Artemesia, Vivid Film & Taylor Hayes, Jekyll And Hyde, Vivid Film". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2001.
- ^ Miller, Dan (July 28, 2009). "Vivid to Unveil Raylene's Comeback Movie Next Week". Adult Video News. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- Pike-Johnson, Heidi (November 12, 2001). "Vivid Girl Raylene Retires". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2002.
- "Masseuse 3 and Café Flesh 2 Top XRCO Awards". Adult Video News. March 5, 1999. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- Nelson, Steve (January 9, 2001). "The AVN Awards Show a Night to Remember". Adult Industry News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014.
- Rutter, Jared (January 13, 2008). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". Adult Video News. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
External links
- Raylene at IMDb
- Raylene at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Raylene at the Adult Film Database
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- American female adult models
- American pornographic film actresses
- American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- American people of Italian descent
- American actresses of Mexican descent
- American people of Polish-Jewish descent
- Hispanic and Latino American pornographic film actors
- Living people
- Actresses from Greater Los Angeles
- Pornographic film actors from California
- People from Glendora, California
- 21st-century American women