At the age of 22, Fleiss began managing a prostitution ring under Madam Alex after meeting her in 1987 via Fleiss’s film-director boyfriend Iván Nagy. Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam. She ran an upscale prostitution ring based in Los Angeles and is often referred to as the “Hollywood Madam”. Fleiss has also worked as a columnist and was a television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media.

Heidi Fleiss parents: Paul M. Fleiss, Elisa Fleiss

Fleiss was born and raised in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her father, Paul M. Fleiss (1933–2014), was an American pediatrician and author known for his unconventional medical views. Fleiss was a popular and sought-after pediatrician in the Greater Los Angeles area, both among poor and middle-class patients living near his Los Feliz office and among Southern California celebrities. Fleiss was a breastfeeding and anti-circumcision advocate. and her mother, Eliss, was an elementary school teacher. Their marriage ended in divorce.