Angel Kelly | |
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Born |
Lansing, Michigan, United States | December 7, 1962
Other names | Sugar Brown |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Angel Kelly (born December 7, 1962) is a retired pornographic actress. With Jeannie Pepper and Heather Hunter, Kelly was among the first African-American women to " cross over" into mainstream porn video. [1] She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. [2]
At age 19, Kelly began working in a peep show booth in an establishment called Cinema X in Michigan and would work there for two years. [3] Afterwards, she began dancing topless at a bar and was approached by a photographer to appear in adult magazines. [3] She would appear in magazines such as Cheri and Players, which led to offers to do adult films. [3]
Kelly began her film career in 1985. [3] During the period in which she was most active, 1986 through 1988, she made more than 100 original films — 53 in 1987 alone — but by the early-1990s she was appearing in fewer than five films a year. Kelly's final performance in an original film was in 1991. [4]
Kelly was the first African American female star to receive a contract in the Adult Film Industry when she signed with Fantasy Home Video. [5] On January 12, 2008, Kelly was inducted into the Adult Video News Hall of Fame. [2] She was also inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame on April 16, 2009. [6]
In 1996, Kelly and Heather Hunter appeared in the music video of Tupac Shakur's How Do U Want It. [7] [8]