Career
Summer was raised in Tarzana and Encino, Los Los Angeles She worked as an extra, photo double, stand-in, and production assistant in the mainstream entertainment industry prior to working in porn. She worked on The Dukes of Hazzard for three years when she was between the ages of 18 and 20.
Summer was introduced to the adult film industry by Jim South, whom she met at an El Torito.
She did her first nude photo shoot with Bobby Hollander in the summer of 1982, four days before her 20th birthday. Her first scene was in the film Shades of Ecstasy.
She initially used the stage name Ricky Lane before changing it to her current stage name after approximately six months in the business. She quit performing in adult films in 1993.
Foreign the most part, she spent the last five years of her career working as a feature dancer and burlesque performer.
In 2014, Summer returned to the industry after she ran into Nina Hartley, who encouraged her to resume her adult film career. She currently hosts her own show on XXX Porn Star Radio. She plans to start her own production company, SummerSun Productions, with Sonny Malone in 2015.