Depiction in Popular Culture
- Adult filmmaker Roberta Findlay made the controversial Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy (1985), about Grant's suicide.
- Grant's career and death were fictionalized as the basis for the television movie Shattered Innocence (1988), starring Jonna Lee, a film that bears little resemblance to Grant's actual life. Her parents used their proceeds from selling the movie rights to fund Grant's tombstone.
- The musician Klaus Flouride honored Grant in the song "Dancing with Shauna Grant" from his album The Light is Flickering (1991). The song also mentions Virginia and Suzie Superstar, films in which Grant starred.
- American death metal band Ripping Corpse wrote a song for their album Dreaming with the Dead (1991) about Grant, entitled "Deeper Demons". The lyrics question why such a tragic fate befell "little Colleen".
- Christian metal band Mastedon wrote a song "Innocent Girl" in memory of Shauna Grant on their debut album It's a Jungle Out There! (1989). The lyrics were written by the former Kansas lead John Elefante and his brother Dino.
- The rise and fall of Dirk Diggler in Paul Thomas Anderson's film, Boogie Nights (1997) was allegedly inspired by Grant's story, in addition to John Holmes'.
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