Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Ann Taylor, known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress and vice-presidential candidate. She was known for her 1972 hardcore film debut, Behind the Green Door, and her 1980 pornographic film Insatiable. She is often regarded as one of the first pornstars. Chambers started her career as a model and actress. When Procter & Gamble was casting about for an image of a fresh-faced young lady to use on boxes of Ivory Snow laundry detergent in the early 1970s, they selected the now-iconic photograph of an 18 year old Marilyn Chambers posing as a loving young mother holding a bright-eyed, adorable baby. That photo became synonymous with the much-touted purity of the product (99 44/100% pure, according to the company), a circumstance that proved ironically embarrassing for Procter & Gamble when they learned that the model whose picture now represented their product had since moved to San Francisco and turned her hand (and other assorted body parts) to the making of porn films. Chambers never intended to do hardcore films. She had a few bit roles in mainstream movies but became frustrated her acting and modeling career wasn't taking off like she wanted. She moved to San Francisco in 1970 not long after she had shot the Ivory Snow photo in hopes to break into the burgeoning film industry there. Not finding much …