Porn Star Marilyn Chambers Dead at 56

She was the picture seen on Ivory soap ads, when she- the woman born Marilyn Taylor- went into the adult film industry in the early 1970's, she was axed by the agency that represent Procter and Gamble. Over the course of her career, she made over 25 porn films, including one in which she had sex with an African-American man, 1972's "Behind the Green Door". That film was one of the first released in the US to attract widespread attention.

In 1976, she released this song, "Benihana":
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Marilyn Chambers was found dead late Sunday at her Los Angeles home. she had bit roles in 1970's "The Owl and the Pussycat", and 1977's "Rabid", but other than those roles, she was never able to return to mainstream roles. In 2004, she ran for vice president under the Personal Choice party ticket.

Chambers was 56.

This entry is linked to the story at Reuters.

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