Ann Perry was born Virginia Ann Lindsay on March 23 1936 in Spokane Washington Perry attended a private Catholic school and initially planned on being a nun Ann met her first husband Ron Myers while attending a convent and soon thereafter decided to abandon a life of celibacy and devotion After acting in a handful of softcore adult features in the early 1960s Ann decided to launch her own production company called Evolution Enterprises in the 1970s which enabled Perry to write direct and produce her own hardcore movies Perry went on to become the first female president of the Adult Film Association of America AFAA A staunch advocate of free speech Ann was arrested several times on morals charges Married four times Perry was the mother of two children who include a son Greg Yedding She died from Alzheimers Disease on September 11 2015 in Los Angeles California