Sunday, April 19, 2009

She Came from Providence

I'm convinced that, beyond a feeling of youthful indestructibility, it takes one of two things to become someone who'll do anything... Complete Freedom or Complete Subjugation.

At age 20, the Marilyn I met seemed to be the latter portraying the former. Her "manager/husband" directed the performance.

On April 12, 2009, Chambers (nee Briggs, Chapin, Traynor, Taylor) was found dead in her trailer in Santa Clarita, California. She was 10 days shy of turning 57 years old. No coroner's report has been submitted as of this date , but foul play is not suspected.

In 1977, the poster girl for Early 70's 'Porno Chic' appeared on a segment of the NYC Public Access series Midnight Blue, having been filmed for only two explicit movies, but still portraying herself as an "anything, any time, anywhere with anyone" character, exploiting the wave of her ("Ivory Snow" girl next door who looks a lot like Cybill Shepherd does the nasty) debut.

YouTube Video: Marilyn Chambers Interview (Jan/Feb 1977).

Article: Vancouver Sun, April 15th.
Article: London Telegraph April 17th.
Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty circa 1973.

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