Note: The name Michelle Bauer also refers to a fictional character on the long-running soap opera Guiding Light , though they are distinct individuals.
: Born Michelle Denise Medvitz in Montebello, California. She is of Mexican descent on her mother's side and Czechoslovakian on her father's. michelle bauer
: She has a daughter, Whitney Rose McClellan, born in 1989, from her marriage to Don McClellan. Note: The name Michelle Bauer also refers to
: Alongside Linnea Quigley and Brinke Stevens, Bauer became one of the "big three" scream queens of the late 1980s. Whitney Rose McClellan
Her influence on the genre is documented in the 2011 film Screaming in High Heels: The Rise and Fall of the Scream Queen Era and its 2020 follow-up, which explores her career alongside other era icons.