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Colleen Brennan, born Sharon Kelly on December 1, 1949, in Tennessee and raised in Kentucky, is a retired American pornographic actress. A buxom, freckled redhead standing 5 ft 4 in tall, she entered the adult industry in the late 1960s as a go-go and burlesque dancer at venues like The Clermont Lounge, posing for men's magazines such as Swank and Penthouse. In the 1970s, as Sharon Kelly, she starred in sexploitation films including Russ Meyer's Supervixens (1975), the Ilsa series like Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975), and women-in-prison flicks, plus small mainstream roles in Shampoo, Hustle, The Boob Tube, and S.O.B. (1981 as Katherine MacMurray).
In the early 1980s, she transitioned to hardcore pornography as Colleen Brennan, featuring in the Taboo series and other features. Acclaimed for her acting range, she won CAFA Best Actress (1984) for Trinity Brown, AVN Best Actress (1987) for Getting Personal and Best Supporting Actress for Star Angel, XRCO equivalents, and was inducted into the 1988 XRCO Hall of Fame. She co-hosted the inaugural XRCO Awards in 1985 with Ron Jeremy and retired in 1986 at age 36.