Christy Canyon Net Worth

Born as Melissa Kaye Bardizbanian on the 17th June 1966, in Pasadena, California USA and is a retired adult film actress who appeared in more than 100 adult film titles and won numerous awards, including being inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.

Melissa Kaye Bardizbanian net worth is
$5 Million

Melissa Kaye Bardizbanian Wiki Biography

Born as Melissa Kaye Bardizbanian on the 17th June 1966, in Pasadena, California USA and is a retired adult film actress who appeared in more than 100 adult film titles and won numerous awards, including being inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.

Have you ever wondered how rich Christy Canyon is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Canyon’s net worth is as high as $5 million, an amount earned through her successful career in the adult film industry, which was active from the mid- ‘80s, until the late ‘90s.

Christy Canyon Net Worth $5 Million

Christy is of part-Italian ancestry, since her mother is of Italian-American descent.

While waiting for a bus in Hollywood, Christy was approached by porn star Greg Rome, who suggested that she would be a great figure model. He gave her Jim South’s business card, the agent of the World Modeling Agency, and Christy made a call that would change her life for good. She was soon signed with the Agency, and was first featured in several men’s magazines, before making her debut on screen, in “Swedish Erotica 57” in 1984, and since then featured in over 100 adult films, which increased her wealth to a large degree. She retired from the adult film industry in 1997, but not before she won several prestigious awards, including the F.O.X.E Female Fan Favorite AVN Award in the category Best Group Sex Scene for the film “The Show” (1996), and many others.

Aside from appearing in the pornographic films, Christy has also been recognized as a radio host; from 2005 to 2011 she was the co-host of the show “Night Calls”, aired through Playboy Radio, which is syndicated through Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and then in 2011 was appointed as co-host with Ginger Lynn of Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s Spice Sex Circus. That was not the end of her radio engagements, since she became host of the show “Legends of Porn” the same year, while in December 2013, she started her own show on Vivid Radio on Sirius/XM Channel 102, called “The Christy Canyon Show”, all of which added considerably to her wealth.

Christy wrote and published her autobiography in 2003, entitled “Lights, Camera, Sex”, which no doubt boosted her wealth somewhat. She has been interviewed in depth on ABC News, and was a judge on “Jenna’s American Sex Star” in 2013,

These days she is still very active on her own web site, working on Vivid Radio, and for Ebay selling various types of merchandise, so her net worth is still ticking over..

Regarding her personal life, Christy has been married and divorced three times; her first husband was Tom Sinopoli and their marriage lasted from 1993 until 1994. Then in 1996 she married Jeremy Stone from whom she divorced in 1999. She married for the third time in 2003 to Grant, but the two divorced the following year. She has two adopted children.


Net Worth$5 Million
Date Of BirthJune 17, 1966
Place Of BirthPasadena, California, USA
Height5' 7" (1.7 m)
Weight58 Kg
ProfessionPornographic actress
EducationProvidence High School
NationalityAmerican
SpouseGrant (m. 2003–2004), Jeremy Stone (m. 1996–1999), Tom Sinopoli (m. 1993–1994)
SiblingsCarla Sinclair
IMDBhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001985/
#Quote
1I'm not into bodybuilders. I want a little softness in a guy. I wanna be able to squeeze on some love handles.
#Fact
1Currently writing the second volume of her autobiography, tentatively titled "Danger, Curves Ahead." In it, she promises to cover her days as a feature dancer, her marriages, and her final foray as an adult film performer. [2003]
2Los Angeles CA: Host of Spice Radio Legends of Porn and co-host with Ginger Lynn of Spice Sex Circus, both on Sirius/XM [April 2011]
3Has been co-host of Sirius' Playboy Radio Night Calls show, with Ginger Lynn. [September 2007]
4Radio personality, now senior co-host of Playboy Radio Night Calls on Sirius. [April 2008]
5Profiled in the book "Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985" by Jill C. Nelson.
6Went to elementary school and high school with Adam Carolla. He asked her out on a date and she accepted, but she never showed up.
7Referenced in the 1993 song "Heaven Is" by the band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The lyrics go, "Heaven is Christy Canyon falling in love with me".
8Her parents blamed her for their divorce, so she ran away from home at 17.
9She was expelled from Providence High School, but graduated from North Hollywood High.
10On April 26 and 27, 2003 Christy appeared at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, signing copies of her autobiography "Lights, Camera, Sex!" Since it was an all-ages event, she did not sell or autograph any adult videos, DVD's, photos or magazines.
11Graduated from North Hollywood High School in 1984.
12Has an associates degree in merchandise marketing.
13Is of Armenian and Italian heritage.
14Has an older sister, writer Carla Sinclair (born 15 August 1964) aka "The Net Chick".
15Has had three different stints in adult movies. The first September 1984-March 1985, the second June 1989-December 1992 and the third (and final) Febuary 1995-June 1996.
16Her last porn film to date is Where the Boys Aren't 9 (1997), made in June 1996.
17Although she retired from making movies and dancing, she still makes occasional autograph signing appearances with her best friend Victoria Paris.
18Was a very successful feature dancer from the early 1990s until 2001, when she retired from dancing.
19Her first adult feature was Night of Loving Dangerously (1985).

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Max World 6: Rolling and Reaming1996
Oral Addiction1996VideoMental Patient
Sex Secrets of a Mistress1996VideoChristine Conner
American Dream Girls 25: Christy Canyon1995Video
Comeback1995VideoChristy Canyon
Nightbreed1995Video
Where the Boys Aren't: Six1995VideoChristy
Where the Boys Aren't 51995Video
Where the Boys Aren't 61995Video
Where the Boys Aren't 71995VideoChristy
Talking Blue1995TV Series
Christy in the Wild1993VideoLilly
More Than a Handful1993/IVideo
Sex 21993VideoAlvie's Girl
Sex Asylum 41993VideoChristine Younger
Super Video Vixens 7: Christy Canyon1993Video
Bardot1992
Crazed1992Anita Bagdesarian
Crazed 21992VideoAnita Bagdesarian
Diamond Collection Double X 671992Video
Dixie Dynamite and the All-Star Tit Queens1992
Lick Bush1992Video
Pretty in Peach1992VideoPhoebe
Rapture Girls 21992
Rapture Girls 31992Video
Victim of Love1992VideoChristy
Victim of Love Part 21992VideoChristy
Fantasy in Blue1991Video
Fantasy World1991Video
On Trial Part 2: Oral Arguments1991VideoJana Winters
Passages 11991VideoLaura Jean
Passages 21991VideoLaura Jean
Passages III1991VideoLaura
Passages IV: Success1991VideoLaura Jean
Play Christy for Me1991Private Eye Christy
Racquel in the Wild1991
Swedish Erotica Hard 171991Video
Twisted1991Christy
Dreams of Candace Hart1991
Holly Does Hollywood 41991Holly Wood
On Trial Part 1: In Defense of Savannah1991VideoJanna Winters
Confessions of Christy1990Dr. Thorpe
Madam Christy's1990
Portrait of Christy1990
Star 901990Video
The Coming of Christy1990VideoChristy
Tit Banging Fever1990
Hot in the City1989Christine
I Dream of Christy1989VideoChristy
Keyhole Video #114: Christy Canyon Special1989Video
Le sex de femme1989
Savage Fury 21989Sandra Davis
Girls Who Dig Girls 81988Video
Men Who Love Huge Boobs1988Video
Star Flix Volume 4171988Video
Starlets 20: Amber Lynn1988Video short
Uncensored Sex Shows 32: Breast Bangers1988Video
Kiss My Asp1988Video
Breast to Breast1987Video
California Girls 131987
Star Cuts 62: Christy Canyon1987Video short
It's My Body1987VideoSue
Diamond Collection Double X 101987Video
Awesome! #41986Video short
Private Fantasies VI1986Christy
Star Cuts 32: Christy Canyon1986Video short
Summer Girls1986
Tit Fuckers1986Video short
Uncensored Sex Shows Volume 17: Woman to Woman1986Short
Perfect Fit1986VideoTina
Gourmet Quickies 7291986Video shortIvory Blake
Battle of the Stars1985VideoChristy
Big Busty 101985Video
Big Busty 81985Video
Big Melons 31985
Big Melons 51985
Black Throat1985VideoDominatrix
Diamond Collection 671985VideoMike's Wife (uncredited)
Dirty Shary1985VideoDirty Shary
Educating Mandy1985VideoHelen
Electric Blue: Beverly Hills Wives1985VideoConstance Barrymore
Electric Blue 261985VideoCandy (uncredited)
Erotica Jones1985Erotica Jones
Fantasies Unltd.1985Monique (Medieval Fantasy)
Fantasy Club 591985Video short
Flesh and Ecstasy1985VideoBuxom Daughter (as Cristy Canyon)
Gang Bang1985Video1st Biker Bar Chic
Ginger on the Rocks1985VideoNurse Rhonda
Gourmet Quickies 7191985Video
Gourmet Quickies 7301985Video
Harlequin Affair1985VideoRich's Sister
Holly Does Hollywood1985VideoHolly Body
Hollywood Starlets1985VideoCandy
Hypnotic Sensations1985VideoJeanie
I Dream of Ginger1985VideoBridget
Like a Virgin1985VideoSally
Midslumber's Night Dream1985Janette
My Private Party1985
One Hot Night of Passion1985Woman in Bar
Orifice Party1985Birthday Present
Savage Fury1985VideoSandra Davis
Sex Fifth Avenue1985VideoSusan
Sore Throat1985Family Friend
Swedish Erotica 571985
Swedish Erotica 581985Commercial Actress (segment "Commercial")
Tape Busters Vol. 11985Video
The Enchantress1985VideoMimi
Treasure Chest1985VideoIvory Blake
Wild Things1985Christy
WPINK-TV: Its Red Hot!!1985VideoKathi
You Make Me Wet1985VideoTracy (as Cristy Canyon)
Night of Loving Dangerously1985VideoLouise Harrison
Evil Angel1985VideoElan
Ladies in Lace1985VideoJane
Sinfully Yours1985VideoBetty
Tracy in Heaven1985VideoClaudette
Dirty Letters1984VideoNikki
Doctor Desire1984VideoNancy (as Cristy Canyon)
Electric Blue 191984Video
I Like to Be Watched1984VideoKaren (as Sara Wine)
Kissin' Cousins1984Dana McCoy (as Tara Wine)
Little Girls of the Streets1984Lisa
On Golden Blonde1984VideoAlice
The Sex Goddess1984VideoKim
The Woman in Pink1984Tracy
Video Tramp1984Ilene the Video Tramp
Can You Be a Pornstar? 7 & 82005VideoNonSex
Wicked Divas: Julia Ann2004VideoNonSex
Daily Nudes1997Video
Direct Dial1997Video
Dirty Bob's Xcellent Adventures 291997Video
Domination Nation1997VideoAlpha Leader
Domination Nation 21997VideoAlpha Leader
Into the Night1997Video
Max World 12: Chicks for Free1997Video
Twice in a Lifetime1997Video
Where the Boys Aren't 91997VideoMother Nature
Babes Boobs and Bikes1996

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sorority Pink 2: 'Hell Week Initiation'1989Video visitor on the set

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time2016DocumentaryHerself
X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time2015TV Special documentaryHerself
Dave's Old Porn2012TV SeriesHerself
Gene Simmons: Family Jewels2006TV SeriesHerself - Radio Personality
Jenna's American Sex Star2005-2006TV SeriesHerself - Judge / Herself
Thinking XXX2004TV Movie documentaryHerself
The Helmetcam Show1998-1999TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Playboy: The Story of X1998Video documentaryHerself
Bloopers and Boners1996VideoHerself
The Show1996VideoHerself
Adult Video News Awards 19961996Video documentaryHerself
Dirty Bob's Xcellent Adventures 271996Video documentaryHerself
Adult Video News Awards 19921992Video documentaryHerself
Adult Video News Awards 19911991Video documentaryHerself
Between My Breasts1984VideoHerself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1998Hall of FameAdult Video News Awards
1998Special Achievement AwardAdult Video News Awards
1997AVN AwardAdult Video News AwardsBest Group Sex Scene - FilmThe Show (1996)
1995XRCO Hall of FameX-Rated Critics' Organization, USA
1991XRCO Hall of FameX-Rated Critics' Organization, USA

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