Trivia

Grew up in New York. She worked on Wall Street for three years as a registered representative of the now-defunct Schweickart and Company. Also worked for various PR firms. She started out as a copywriter for Elektra Records when they were "just a little one-room office in Greenwich Village.".

Served as administrative director of the now-defunct Adult Film Association, the pornographic film industry trade association, from 1989-92. She was kicked out after the merger of the AFA with the Free Speech Coalition (FSC), as FSC board members didn't want an outspoken former porn star to be the face of the new organization, and they objected to her demand that the term "Adult" be retained for the new organization's title. She replied,"Many of us are motivated by passion and principle rather than just profits." Ironically, after leaving the industry for several years in the 1990s, she was elected president of the FSC in 1998, one year after her return to porn production.

"High Society" magazine owner Carl Ruderman hired her to be the publisher of the men's magazine to give it the unique twist of having a woman as the head of its editorial operation. As publisher from 1977-91, she pioneered the (un)coverage of celebrities (in its "Celebrity Skin" features and stand-alone magazines) and telephone sex.

Profiled in the book "Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985" by Jill C. Nelson.

Mother of Robin Leonardi.