{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{short description|American pornographic film actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Raylene | image = Raylene (pornographic actress, 2011) (portrait cropped).jpg | alt = Portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a white tank top with horizontal black stripes | caption = Raylene in 2011 | birth_name = Stacey Bernstein<ref name="Morgan 2006" /> | other_names = {{unbulleted list|Stacey Hirsch<ref name="Morgan 2006" /><ref name="Miller 2005"/>|Alexis Fontane<ref name="Rock 1998"/>}} | birth_date = <!--See WP:BLPPRIVACY before adding birth names/dates--> | birth_place = [[Glendora, California]], U.S.{{r|Rock 1998}} | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Brad Hirsch (divorced) | children = | height = | years_active = | website = }} '''Stacey Hirsch''' ({{née}} '''Bernstein'''<ref name="Morgan 2006" />), known professionally as '''Raylene''', is an American [[pornographic film actress]].
==Early life== Raylene was born and raised in [[Glendora, California]].<ref name="Morgan 2006" /> She is of Italian and Mexican descent on her mother's side.<ref name="Rock 1998"/> Her father is Jewish, of Polish and Austrian descent.<ref name="Morgan 2006" /><ref name="Rock 1998"/>
As a child, Raylene attended [[Christian school]]s.<ref name="Rock 1998"/> She was an [[honors student]] in high school and graduated at age 16, two years early.<ref name="Rock 1998"/> She said she had originally intended to pursue Christian studies at [[Azusa Pacific University]] and become a Christian high school teacher.<ref name="Rock 1998"/>
==Career== Raylene began [[acting]] when she was five years old.<ref name="Kernes 2001">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/awards/bya_08.html |title=Best Actress - Film (Tie): Raylene, Artemesia, Vivid Film & Taylor Hayes, Jekyll And Hyde, Vivid Film |first=Mark |last=Kernes |date=March 2001 |magazine=Adult Video News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010411225444/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/awards/bya_08.html |archive-date=April 11, 2001}}</ref> With help from her uncle, a television producer, she appeared on ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]'' and ''[[21 Jump Street]]''.<ref name="Rock 1998"/> She had a non-speaking appearance on an episode of the HBO sketch comedy series ''[[Mr. Show]]''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Raylene made her pornographic film debut in 1998.<ref name="Miller 2009"/> She was a contract performer for [[Vivid Entertainment]] between May 1998 and November 2001, during which time she appeared in nearly 100 films.<ref name="Pike-Johnson 2001">{{cite magazine |url=http://avn.digitalod.com/query/?for=news&eid=9772 |title=Vivid Girl Raylene Retires |first=Heidi |last=Pike-Johnson |date=November 12, 2001 |magazine=Adult Video News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020924025934/http://avn.digitalod.com/query/?for=news&eid=9772 |archive-date=September 24, 2002}}</ref>
Raylene retired from the adult film industry in 2001. After briefly touring as a [[striptease]] dancer, she found work as a [[real estate agent]].<ref name="Morgan 2006" /> While working in real estate, she brokered a sale to the [[AIM Health Care Foundation]].<ref name="Miller 2005">{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Miller |title=Former Vivid Girl Finds Home in Real Estate |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/former-vivid-girl-finds-home-in-real-estate-44376.html |work=Adult Video News |date=June 27, 2005 |access-date=2022-08-14}}</ref> She returned to performing in pornographic films with ''Raylene's Dirty Work'' in 2009.<ref name="Miller 2009">{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Dan |date=28 July 2009 |title=Vivid to Unveil Raylene's Comeback Movie Next Week |website=Adult Video News |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/vivid-to-unveil-raylene-s-comeback-movie-next-week-353870.html |access-date=2022-08-14}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Raylene was briefly married to Brad Hirsch, brother of Vivid Entertainment co-chairman [[Steven Hirsch|Steve Hirsch]].<ref name="Morgan 2006">{{cite news |first=Gila |last=Morgan |title=Stacey Hirsch |publisher=XBIZ |url=https://www.xbiz.com/features/80767/stacey-hirsch |date=2006-10-22 |access-date=2022-08-14}}</ref>
==Awards== *1999 [[XRCO Award]] – Starlet of the Year<ref name="Masseuse 3 and Café Flesh">{{cite magazine |author=<!--anonymous author; no byline--> |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/masseuse-3-and-caf-flesh-2-top-xrco-awards-36335.html |title=Masseuse 3 and Café Flesh 2 Top XRCO Awards |access-date=2022-08-14 |date=1999-03-05 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref> *2001 [[AVN Award]] – [[AVN Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Film)]] – ''Artemesia'' <small>(tied with Taylor Hayes – ''Jekyll and Hyde'')</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ainews.com/Archives/Story1402.phtml |title=The AVN Awards Show a Night to Remember |first=Steve |last=Nelson |date=2001-01-09 |website=Adult Industry News |archive-date=2014-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506061130/http://ainews.com/Archives/Story1402.phtml |url-status=usurped}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=August 2024}} *2008 [[AVN Hall of Fame]]<ref name="Rutter 2008">{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2008-avn-awards-winners-announced-25411.html |title=2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced |access-date=2022-08-14 |first=Jared |last=Rutter |date=2008-01-13 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref> *2017 [[XRCO Hall of Fame]]
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Rock 1998">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.avn.com/html/avn/archives/98_04/inner/invw2.html |title=Raylene |first=Leif |last=Rock |date=April 1998 |magazine=Adult Video News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000601122627/http://www.avn.com/html/avn/archives/98_04/inner/invw2.html |archive-date=June 1, 2000}}</ref> }}
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