Samantha Fox

Early life Stasia Micula was born on December 3, 1950, in New York City. Her father worked as a foreign diplomat. Fox was discovered by a film production company when she accidentally knocked on the door of the company, thinking it was a magazine. She was recruited for porn on the spot.

She starred in Chuck Vincent's 1978 film Bad Penny, and proceeded to work with Vincent throughout her career in both porn and mainstream films. In 1978, she met Bobby Astyr, while filming Double Your Pleasure. Fox described him as "something of a jerk." Fox and Astyr eventually started dating and remained a couple for 24 years until the death of Astyr from lung cancer in 2002.

1980s By the 1980s, Fox was living in New York City, rooming with fellow actress Kelly Nichols. In 1980, Fox co-starred with Jack Wrangler in the Vincent-directed porn Jack 'n Jill. It was their first film together. When Fox met Wrangler she "tingled all over" and they had "instant magnetism". They lived together for a week "playing husband and wife" to prepare for the domestic-themed swinging film. She was noted for her strong screen presence and her ability to play roles that range from an innocent to an assertive woman. In 1981, she also co-starred in Centerfold Fever with Tiffany Clark, Kandi Barbour, Ron Jeremy and others.

In 1982, she co-starred in The Devil in Miss Jones 2, the sequel to the seminal The Devil in Miss Jones. Her role in Roommates was called "one of the top erotic performances ever", by Pornstar Classics.

Fox played the lead role in the 1983 Doris Wishman horror A Night to Dismember. One of her final adult films was in 1984, Jack & Jill 2 the sequel, again with Jack Wrangler. By this point, Fox was again struggling with drug addiction and she began detoxing from drug use; at the same time, she also suffered from pneumonia. She decided to retire from porn, sharing in a 2003 interview with Adult Video News that "I realized I had to close the door on porn and see if I could start from scratch." The charges were later dropped. That same year, she had roles in Streetwalkin' and Playgirl.

Fox continued acting in mainstream films, co-starring in Chuck Vincent's 1987 film Warrior Queen alongside Sybil Danning.

1990s

After leaving the film industry, Fox attended Hunter College for physical therapy and worked as a fitness instructor.

Views on the film industry

When Fox started in the adult film industry, money did not matter to her – "I didn't take it seriously, it was pocket money." She died from a cardiovascular illness related to suspected COVID-19 complications at her home on April 22, 2020.