Sharon Mitchell (born January 18, 1956) is a former erotic actress, with a pornography career spanning over two decades.
An adopted only child, raised Catholic, and briefly married at age 17, she was an Off-Broadway actress and dancer who toured with the Martha Graham company, before becoming an adult actress in the mid-1970s.
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Sharon Mitchell: Punk Rock Porn Star
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During her career in hardcore adult films, she appeared in over 200 movies and directed 38. She made many appearances as a bondage model in underground magazines and, in the 1990s, made the transition from sex films to bondage and S&M videos, nearly always playing the role of a dominatrix.
She is a member of the AVN Awards Hall of Fame, Legends of Erotica and XRCO Hall of Fame.
As an erotic performer, Mitchell was a soft butch lesbian. She also performed sex scenes with men (often as part of a bisexual threesome with another female performer), but this was usually in her early career. She contracted herpes, chlamydia and trichomoniasis during her career.
During her adult work, Mitchell was addicted to heroin for nearly two decades, a condition she eventually overcame. She contracted hepatitis from needle use. She subsequently referred to her 16-year addiction to heroin as her "blackout years."
Mitchell had a relationship with production assistant and adult actress Tigr Mennett that was the basis of the 1986 movie Kamikaze Hearts.
On March 30, 1996, she was attacked and raped by a stalker who almost killed her. After that incident, she briefly left the sex industry, only to return to make sporadic appearances until retiring permanently in 2003, and earned a Ph.D. from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She was the Director of the , which she established in 1998 until it closed its doors in May 2011.
is one of twenty-five women of the golden era of adult films featured in the 2012 book, by author Jill C. Nelson, entitled: Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985, published by BearManor Media.

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6. Ladies Of The 80's The Lost Footage N/A
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11. Retro Pussy N/A
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17. Swedish Erotica Vol.83 N/A
18. Swedish Erotica 14 N/A
19. International Battle Of Superstars N/A
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21. Travails of June (1975)
22. Sin Of Lust (1976)
23. Captain Lust (1977)
24. Joint Venture (1977)
25. Barbara Broadcast (1977)
26. The Sex Team (1977)
27. Odyssey (1977)
28. Skin Flicks (1978)
29. A Touch Of Desire (1978)
30. Satisfiers Of Alpha Blue (1980)
31. Trashi (1981)
32. The Devil in Miss Jones 2 (1982)
33. Brief Affair (1982)
34. Marathon (1982)
35. Wild Dallas Honey (1982)
36. Every Which Way She Can (1982)
37. San Fernando Valley Girls (1983)
38. Hot Dreams (1983)
39. Lady Lust (1983)
40. Nie allein Schlaf (1983)
41. Blue Voodoo (1983)
42. When She Was Bad (1983)
43. Sexcapades (1983)
44. Sulka's Wedding (1983)
45. Nasty Girls (1983)
46. Bold Obsession (1983)
47. Show Your Love (1983)
48. Throat: 12 Years After (1984)
49. Good Girl Bad Girl (1984)
50. Women At Play (1984)
51. Dirty Blonde (1984)
52. Snake Eyes (1984)
53. 12 ans après... Gorge profonde II (1984)
54. Talk Dirty to Me 4 (1985)
55. The Lust Bug (1985)
56. Getting Personal (1985)
57. Poonies (1985)
58. Blue Ribbon Blue (1985)
59. Desperate Women (1985)
60. Shes So Fine (1985)
61. Les Lesbos Of Paris (1985)
62. Aerobics Girls Club (1986)
63. Wet Kisses (1986)
64. Confessions of a Middle-Aged Nympho (1986)
65. Hannah Hat ihre Schwestern (1986)
66. Beverly Hills Cox (1986)
67. Club Ginger (1986)
68. Living Doll (1986)
69. Joanna Storm on Fire (1986)
70. With Love Lisa (1986)
71. Triple Xposure (1986)
72. Backside To The Future (1986)
73. Blazing Bedrooms (1986)
74. World According To Ginger (1986)
75. Sacrificed To Love (1986)
76. Ladies Room (1987)
77. Dr. Blacklove (1987)
78. Grand Prixxx (1987)
79. Lust Italian Style (1987)
80. Real Men Eat Keisha (1987)
81. Princess Charming (1987)
82. Born to Be Bad (1987)
83. Sweet Things (1987)
84. The Penetration of Elle Rio (1987)
85. Furburgers (1987)
86. Keisha (1987)
87. Dream Lovers (1987)
88. $50 Million Cherry (1987)
89. Hard Rocking Babes (1987)
90. Load Warriors 2 (1987)
91. The Load Warriors (1987)
92. Tracis Big Trick (1987)
93. In Charms Way (1987)
94. Porsche: The Girl...The Car...The Legend (1987)
95. Liquid Love (1988)
96. Soul Kiss This (1988)
97. Rear Busters (1988)
98. Tail For Sale (1988)
99. Crocodile Blondee # 2 (1988)
100. 69 Pump Street (1988)
101. A Womans Touch (1988)
102. Days Gone Bi (1988)
103. Inside Sharon Mitchell (1988)
104. Lays Of Our Lives (1988)
105. Lust Incorporated (1988)
106. The Rhine Waltz (1988)
107. Taija’s Tasty Treats (1988)
108. Eye of the Tigress (1989)
109. Mystery of the Golden Lotus (1989)
110. Coming on Strong (1989)
111. Friday the 13th 2 (1989)
112. Sharon Mitchell Non Stop (1989)
113. No Mans Land 2 (1989)
114. Wacky World Of X-rated Bloopers (1989)
115. Getting Off On Broadway (1989)
116. Girl Crazy (1989)
117. Classic Lesbians Screw The Stars (1990)
118. Only The Best # 3 (1990)
119. Night Vibes (1990)
120. Ginger Then and Now (1990)
121. Weekend Blues (1990)
122. Invitation Only (1990)
123. Girls Gone Bad 3: Back to the Slammer (1991)
124. Black Balled (1991)
125. Lesbionic Woman (1991)
126. Big Bust Babes 6 (1991)
127. Wet Pink (1992)
128. Colossal Orgy (1994)
129. Colossal Orgy 3 (1994)