37 Facts About Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Ann Taylor, known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress, singer and vice-presidential candidate.

Marilyn Chambers was known for her 1972 hardcore film debut, Behind the Green Door, and her 1980 pornographic film Insatiable.

Marilyn Chambers's father was in advertising and her mother was a nurse.

Marilyn Chambers was the youngest of three children, a brother, Bill Briggs, and a sister, Jann Smith.

Marilyn Chambers attended Burr Farms Elementary School, Hillspoint Elementary School, Long Lots Junior High School, and Staples High School where she graduated in 1970.

Marilyn Chambers's father tried to discourage her from pursuing a modeling career, citing brutal competition.

Marilyn Chambers sought work in theater and dance groups in San Francisco to no avail.

Marilyn Chambers rushed to the audition only to find it was for a pornographic film, which was to be called Behind the Green Door.

Marilyn Chambers was about to leave when producers Artie and Jim Mitchell noticed her resemblance to Cybill Shepherd.

Marilyn Chambers was highly dubious about accepting a role in a pornographic film, fearing it might ruin her chances at breaking into the mainstream.

Marilyn Chambers insisted that each actor get tested for venereal disease.

The fact that Marilyn Chambers's image was so well known from Ivory Snow boosted the film's ticket sales, and led to several jokes on television talk shows.

Marilyn Chambers was relatively unknown prior to Behind the Green Door; however, the film made her a star.

Marilyn Chambers had always considered the brothers as her own brothers but when she abruptly announced that she was leaving them to take up with Chuck Traynor, they were appalled and had a falling out with Marilyn Chambers.

In retaliation, the brothers created a documentary in 1976 called Inside Marilyn Chambers, which was composed of alternate shots and outtakes from Green Door and Eve, as well as interviews with some of her co-stars.

Marilyn Chambers dreamed of having a career in mainstream films and believed her celebrity as the star of Behind the Green Door and the Ivory Snow girl would be a stepping stone to other endeavors.

Marilyn Chambers claimed that Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel brought her in to talk about a role in the 1978 film Goin' South, then asked her for cocaine and grilled her about whether her orgasms in Behind the Green Door were real; she was angered to the point where she stormed out of the interview.

Marilyn Chambers was going to be cast in the film Hardcore, opposite George C Scott, but the casting director took one look at her and said she was too wholesome to be cast as a porn queen.

Marilyn Chambers won the starring role in film director David Cronenberg's low-budget Canadian movie, Rabid, which was released in 1977.

The director says that the idea of casting Marilyn Chambers came from producer Ivan Reitman, who had heard that Marilyn Chambers was looking for a mainstream role.

Cronenberg stated that Marilyn Chambers put in a lot of hard work on the film and that he was impressed with her.

Marilyn Chambers had some chart success with the disco single "Benihana" in 1976, produced by Michael Zager on the Roulette Records label.

Marilyn Chambers did the same for the song, "Still Insatiable", which was used in her comeback in the 1999 adult film of the same name.

Marilyn Chambers sang vocals in the 1983 X-rated film, Up 'n' Coming, in which she plays a rising country music star.

One of the male models featured in the photos with Marilyn Chambers was a young Ron Jeremy.

Marilyn Chambers left the pornography business because of the increasing fear of AIDS.

In 1999, Marilyn Chambers returned to San Francisco to perform at the Mitchell Brothers' O'Farrell Theatre.

That same year Marilyn Chambers returned to adult features with a trio of films made for VCA Pictures called Still Insatiable, Dark Marilyn Chambers, and Edge Play, each directed by Veronica Hart.

Marilyn Chambers claimed that the more laid-back pace of these roles suited her as "there's a lot less pressure on you to perform [and] you don't have to be young and skinny".

On February 1,1985, while performing her nude act at the "Cine-Stage" within the Mitchell Brothers' O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, Marilyn Chambers was arrested by a vice squad and charged with committing a lewd act in a public place and soliciting prostitution.

Marilyn Chambers was released on $2,000 bail and the charges were later dropped.

Marilyn Chambers was charged with promoting prostitution and was held in jail until she was freed on a $1,000 bond.

Marilyn Chambers divorced Chapin in 1974 and married Chuck Traynor, who was recently divorced from Linda Lovelace.

Marilyn Chambers became her manager and they were together for 10 years.

Marilyn Chambers got so angry that she kicked a wall and broke her leg.

When Marilyn Chambers became clean and sober during the early 1990s, her Lexus had a vanity plate that read "LUV NA".

The LA County Coroner's autopsy revealed Marilyn Chambers died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm related to heart disease.