After high school she moved to New York City and studied fine art at the Pratt Institute.
A lot of bands with good names, anyway, how d'ya like 'Leather Secrets' and 'Television'?”[3][4] In 1978 Lou Reed invited her to open for him on his Street Hassle tour.
"[2] That same year she also appeared in the gay experimental film New York City Inferno.
[6] In 1979 she moved to San Francisco and began to date photographer and art gallery owner Robert Opel.
Camille O'Grady was present for the murder and testified against Opel's killers.