Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Chambers was born on April 22, 1952. She is an adult film actress, feature dancer and political candidate perhaps best known for her 1972 hardcore debut "Behind the Green Door."

Chambers happened to see an advertisement for a casting call and rushed to the audition, only to find it was for an adult film. She was about to leave when the Mitchell brothers noticed her resemblance to Cybill Shepherd. They thought a wholesome blonde actress was needed for the film and stopped her. Chambers was initially resistant to starring in "Behind the Green Door" and asked the Mitchell brothers for a $25,000 salary and a percentage of the gross, never expecting they'd agree.

In the film, Chambers has sex with the well-endowed African-American actor Johnny Keyes. She also fainted at the end of one scene lasting over 45 minutes. The viewing public were shocked by the then-taboo spectacle of a white woman having sex with a black man. (Chambers' parents refused to talk to her for several years after the film's release, but eventually reconciled with her). In subsequent films with John Holmes, who was noted for his extremely large penis, Chambers "talked dirty" to him off-camera to give him an erection and she was supposedly one of the few actresses that could fully deepthroat John Holmes' penis. Chambers also had some chart success with the disco single "Benihana" in 1976, produced by Michael Zager on the Roulette Records label. Eventually, mainstream films noticed Chambers as well when she was cast in David Cronenberg's 1977 low-budget Canadian-made "Rabid." However, her adult film career made Hollywood studios nervous and she was unable to make a full transition to mainstream films.

She is noted for her enthusiastic performances of deep throat, anal, lesbian, interracial, extreme bukkake, and double or triple penetration scenes. She was one of the first female stars to shave her pubic hair a practice now routine for adult actresses. Chambers continues to appear in adult films for such companies as Naughty America and MILF Hunter. Later in her career she had a series of breast augmentations raising her from a B-cup to at least a D. She is reputedly one of the first adult actresses to have her genitals pierced.

In recent years, Chambers has appeared primarily in independent films, claiming that their more laid back pace suits her as "there's a lot less pressure on you to perform and you don't have to be young and skinny."

In 2005 Chambers received a lifetime achievement FOXE Award. She has also been inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.