Michelle Bauer (born October 1, 1958 in Montebello, California) is an American B-movie actress, pornographic actress and bondage model.

Bauer was Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month for July 1981.

Bauer also starred in the classic pornographic film Cafe Flesh (1982) under the name of Pia Snow. film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?frn=33487&searchTypeSelect=5" target="_blank">"Cafe Flesh (1982)" film review by Alan Jones, BBC _Radio Times. Retrieved 2007-09-25. She states that she was happy to appear in the film, and on the covers of other X-rated films, but insisted on a double for the sex scenes.

Bauer's Penthouse centerfold appearance led to acting for the Playboy Channel and a film try out for director Fred Olen Ray. Ray liked her audition, and offered her the part if she would be willing to dye her hair black. Her first B-movie was The Tomb (1986), it would be the first of many. bauer.php" target="_blank">"Interview with Michelle Bauer", by Joe Vannicola, EvilDread.com, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.

Bauer is her married name, from her first husband. After they divorced, he filed a lawsuit requesting she not use it for her films. She tried appearing as Michelle McClellen, using the name of her second husband, in _Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988), but the press resisted, so she returned to Bauer, which the first husband eventually accepted. "Michelle Bauer", interviews by Frederick C. Szebin and Catherine Carson, Femme Fatales, April 22, 1995. Archived at PicPal's Michelle Bauer Home Page. Retrieved 2007-09-30.

Penthouse Pet of the Month July 1981

Began her film career in X-rated hardcore movies as "Pia Snow", including the classic Café Flesh (1982), before moving into mainstream movies.

Has a daughter, Whitney, (born 1988).

Is Mexican (from her mothers side) and Czechoslovakian (from her fathers side).

Measurements: 35-25-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Longtime friend of Linnea Quigley.

Interviewed in the book "Invasion of the B-Girls" by Jewel Shepard.