Raylene

Stacey Bernstein, known professionally as Raylene, is an American former pornographic actress.

Raylene
Raylene at the AVN Expo, 2011
Born
Stacey Bernstein[1]

Glendora, California, U.S.[2]
Other namesStacey Hirsch[1]
SpouseBrad Hirsch (divorced)

Early life

Bernstein was born and raised in Glendora, California.[2] She is of Italian and Mexican descent on her mother's side.[2] Her father is of Polish and Austrian descent.[1][2]

As a child, Bernstein attended Christian schools.[2] She was an honors student in high school and graduated at age 16, two years early.[2] She wanted to pursue Christian studies at Azusa Pacific University and become a Christian high school teacher, but did not have enough money or time to do so.[2]

Bernstein began acting when she was five years old.[3] With help from her uncle, who is a producer, she appeared on Hunter and 21 Jump Street.[2] She made a non-speaking appearance on an episode of the late nite HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show titled "Show Me Your Weenis" in which she played an anonymous groupie at the wild house party of a fictional hair metal rock band.

Career

Bernstein entered the adult film industry in 1996 and did her first scene with Mark Davis in Shane’s World #4.[4] She was a contract performer for Vivid Entertainment between May 1998 and November 2001.[5]

Bernstein retired from making pornographic films in 2001 to become a real estate agent, and later retired from striptease in 2004.[1] While working in real estate, Bernstein brokered a sale to the AIM Health Care Foundation.[6] In response to financial hardship, she made a comeback with Raylene's Dirty Work in 2009, as documented in the 2012 film After Porn Ends.[7] In 2014, she announced via Twitter that she had again retired.[8]

Personal life

Bernstein was briefly married to Brad Hirsch, brother of Vivid Entertainment co-chairman Steve Hirsch.[1]

Awards

References
  1. Morgan, Gila (October 22, 2006). "Stacey Hirsch". XBIZ. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  2. Rock, Leif (April 1998). "Raylene". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on June 1, 2000.
  3. 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.
  4. Watson, Billy (February 6, 2010). "Interview with a Porn Star (#73) — Raylene". I Shoot Porn. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015.
  5. Pike-Johnson, Heidi (November 12, 2001). "Vivid Girl Raylene Retires". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2002.
  6. Miller, Dan (June 27, 2005). "Former Vivid Girl Finds Home in Real Estate". Adult Video News. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  7. Miller, Dan (July 28, 2009). "Vivid to Unveil Raylene's Comeback Movie Next Week". Adult Video News. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  8. Bernstein, Stacey [@StaceyB4RE] (April 23, 2014). "For this who are confused and clearly there are some who are, this is @raylenexxx I changed my name a while ago when I retired" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 3, 2014 – via Twitter.
  9. "Masseuse 3 and Café Flesh 2 Top XRCO Awards". Adult Video News. March 5, 1999. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  10. Nelson, Steve (January 9, 2001). "The AVN Awards Show a Night to Remember". Adult Industry News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. Rutter, Jared (January 13, 2008). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". Adult Video News. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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