Melissa Wolf
Penthouse Pet of the Month, June 1985

Melissa Wolf Bio

April 14, 1964 / Aries / Age 61

Melissa Wolf is a Canadian-born Penthouse model, pornographic actress, born Lisa Ann Taylor on April 14, 1964 in Vancouver, Canada. Throughout her modeling career, she has also appeared under the names Lisa Taylor or Melissa Wolfe, each marking a distinct chapter in her evolving on-camera persona.

Melissa Wolf was crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1985, stepping into the spotlight at just 21 years old. With her statuesque 36-24-36 figure, charming brown eyes, honey blond hair, and natural breasts, Melissa carries a new sense of confidence, blending youthful softness with a teasing, self-assured edge.

Photographed by Earl Miller, the Vancouver-raised beauty represented pure upward momentum. Of mixed Dutch and German descent, Melissa combined European sensuality with North American hustle. She entered the adult world at just eighteen, working days at McDonald’s while competing in wet T-shirt and naughty nightie contests at night — not for scandal, but for strategy. She understood early that attention could be currency.

From local Vancouver stages to the title of Miss Nude Vancouver Exotica 1984, Melissa built her name the old-fashioned way: in heels, under lights, earning every cheer. Los Angeles was the inevitable next step. Penthouse became her breakthrough moment — and she didn’t treat it as a peak, but as a launchpad.

Her pictorials would go on to appear in more than 350 men’s magazines, a staggering number that earned her the self-proclaimed title of “North America’s Most Published Penthouse Pet.” She returned for a follow-up Penthouse spread in February 1987 and appeared across the brand’s extended publications, cementing herself as one of the magazine’s most visible alumni.

Melissa’s career expanded into film, from adult features such as The Great Pet Hunt, Melissa’s Mansion, and Welcome to Canada to cult, low-budget horror projects — most memorably as the seductive lead in Dream Witch. She navigated the industry’s many corners unapologetically, moving between glamour modeling, hardcore cinema, and exotic dance with the confidence of someone who understood her own market value.

Recognition followed. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Gelardi South Enterprises and the Exotic Dance industry in 1998, and in 2000 was inducted into the Hall of Fame by Exotic Dancer and the Adult Film Industry — an honor she dedicated to her mother, who passed away in 1990 and remained one of her deepest inspirations.

Her life was not without turbulence. Legal troubles in 2007 brought public scrutiny, fines, and consequences — a chapter that reminded everyone that living boldly often comes with a cost. Yet Melissa endured, resilient and self-determined, continuing to work, reinvent, and remain present in the industry she helped define.