Phaedra Grant

Phaedra Grant, born in Texas on February 5nd, 1957. Of Caucasian descent, she moved to San Francisco in the mid-1970s, where she began stripping at local clubs. There, she met adult actresses Annette Haven and Bonnie Holiday, who inspired her entry into the adult film industry in 1976, per Babepedia and The Movie Database. Using aliases like Karen Blue (briefly, due to her resemblance to actress Karen Black), Priscilla Alden, Lois Lanes, and variations like Phedra Grant, she appeared in over 110 films and loops from 1976 to 1985, per IAFD. Her debut was in The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova (1976), and notable films include Boiling Point (1980, as Angel), Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (1981, as Karen Blue), Hot Fudge (1984), and Phaedra Grant’s Fantasies (1982), a collection of eight loops. Her performances, often involving anal, double penetration, fisting, and lesbian scenes with dildos, were known for their intensity. She worked with performers like John Holmes, Johnnie Keyes, and Sue Nero, and directors like Alex de Renzy.

Grant modeled for magazines like Cinema-X (June 1981, by Bobby Hollander) and Anal-Erotic (No. 2, as Aubrey Nichols), per Boobpedia. She performed live at San Francisco strip clubs, including the Mitchell Brothers’ O’Farrell Theatre, but had no mainstream roles. Physically, she was tall (6’0”, per PornOne), with red hair (later cut short and dyed blonde), brown eyes, and a slender figure, with a small design tattoo over her tailbone, per Babepedia. No surgeries or piercings are noted, and she was not active on platforms like OnlyFans. No major awards are documented, though her work is featured in the 2009 Phaedra Grant Collection by Alpha Blue, highlighting her as a “sexually confident” star, per PornZog.

Fans on Vintage porn sites praised her as a “fiery redhead with commanding presence,” noting her “tall, sultry frame” in Boiling Point (2023 comment: “Phaedra’s loops are pure 70s gold,” user: vintagefan77). A 2024 X post called her “a forgotten gem of the Golden Age, her Fantasies loops are iconic” (@RetroPornLover). PornZog (2021) described her as a “dynamite tall redhead” whose “sexually confident performances” captivate fans of true erotica. The Rialto Report lauded her “as one of the first very tall girls in porn,” cementing her as a niche but memorable figure in 1970s adult cinema.

She retired in 1985 and, as of the latest reports, is alive and living privately in California, per Babepedia and Boobpedia (2022). As of July 17, 2025, Grant, likely in her late 60s, has no active social media presence. Her films, particularly Phaedra Grant’s Fantasies, remain popular in vintage adult communities for their raw eroticism.