Viper was the stage name of Stephanie Patricia Green, an American

United States

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 pornographic actress, known for a prominent full body snake tattoo, for co-founding Fans of X-Rated Entertainment

Fans of X-Rated Entertainment

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 with Bill Margold, and for her disappearance in 1991.
Green was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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, but raised in rural New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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. She was interested in theater and ballet

Ballet

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 while growing up, first dancing with the New Hampshire Ballet Company from 1968 to 1976, then one season with the American Ballet Theater in New York City

New York City

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 after graduating high school

High school

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.