Without question New England born and bred Marilyn Ann Briggs is one of the most recognizable, famous, iconic, legendary porn stars to ever come along. Of course we are talking about the late Marilyn Chambers.
Going through high school in Westport, Conn. she had her sets sight on becoming a model, much to her families dismay. But after graduation, she began making trips into NYC and auditions. In pursuing that dream she even landed a role in the Striesand film “The Owl and the Pussycat” under the stage name of Evelyn Lang. She deiced to head for Hollywood and see if she could make it as an actress, but other than a few small roles in low budget films nothing worked. She also did some legit modeling and one of those gigs would eventually put her on the map. That of course was the Ivory Soap ad with her as a mother holding a baby and being billed at the “99 and 44.100% pure Ivory girl.
Never ashamed of her body or sexuality Marilyn ventured to San Francisco and began getting work as a topless and bottomless dancer in clubs. She saw an ad for a casting call for a film, “Behind the Green Door”, but when she saw it was a porn film she started to leave. The Mitchell Brothers, seeing how much she looked like Cybil Shepherd, convinced her to take the role and the sizable check she would get as well. Though she has not one word of dialogue in the film, her performance because of he reactions, expressions and full out sexual scenes were mesmerizing and would make her a star. Of course once her double life was exposed, that was the end of Ivory soap ads for Marilyn. But the stage had been set for the next 35 years as she would go onto become one of porn’s most recognizable names the world over.
Marilyn would go on to star in dozens of top adult films like the classic “Insatiable”, “Resurrection of Eve”, “Beyond De Sade”, “EWdge Play” and “Dark Chjambers”. She also had a successful run with an R rated series on cable and the USA network with “Marilyn Chambers Private Fantasy” series and also appeared E! Entertainment, documentaries and many of the top talk shows. While she never really got to be the big mainstream name she had always hoped for, she made a lot of early inroads into mainstream that would open the doors for others to follow.
She is a member of both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame as well as having received the Lifetime Achievement Award from FOXE in 2005 and in 2008 from XBIZ.
Unfortunately in April 2009, Marilyn was found by her 17 year old daughter dead in her Santa Clarita, Ca. home. She had passed from a cerebral hemorrhage and aneurism related to heart disease. Ms. Chambers was just ten days away from her 57th birthday.
But the memory on accomplishments of this great performer and person will live on with all fans of adult and we are blessed that much of her work can still be watched and enjoyed today. R.I.P Marilyn!
Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves magazine and AAN
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