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Marlene Willoughby

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Marlene Willoughby
Born
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican

Marlene Willoughby is an American former adult film actress and model who also made occasional appearances in mainstream film, television and theatre.

Biography

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Willoughby was born in Detroit, Michigan and sang in the local church choir growing up.[1] In 1961 she moved to New York with her mother and older sister Jacqueline, who was pursuing a career as a singer.[2] She is of Polish and Italian decent.[3][4]

She chose the surname "Willoughby" for her professional work after someone called her "willowy".[5] She followed her older sister, Jacqueline Carol, in pursuing a career in show business.

In 1969 she appeared for eight months in the experimental Off-Off-Broadway play Che! by Lennox Raphael, where she played both a nymphomaniacal nun and Fidel Castro[2][6][7] Other theater roles followed including the Obie Award–winning[8] Dracula Sabbat,[9] where she played the chief female vampire,[2] Fuck Mother,[10] and Keepers of the Hippo Horn.[11]

Willoughby also landed parts in mainstream fare such as No Place to Hide (1970), Up the Sandbox (1972), I, the Jury (1982)[5] and Trading Places (1983), and softcore work such as Voices of Desire (1972) and While the Cat's Away... (1972). Following her retirement from porn, she also appeared in the mainstream film Married to the Mob (1988).[12] She was noted for often delivering her acting performances in a Tongue-in-cheek manner.[4]

Willoughby began making hardcore porn in 1975.[13] Her notable appearances include The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976), The Farmer's Daughters (1976), Outlaw Ladies (1981), and Foxtrot.[1][14]

She appeared in many adult magazines, most notably the December 1980 issue of Penthouse,[15] and also wrote columns for such magazines as High Society[16] and Velvet. She also arranged film release parties and toured as a Burlesque dancer.[7] During her career in porn Willoughby was known as an activist speaking out in favor of the porn industry.[7][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wilson, Earl (May 20, 1982). "Larry and Lucy —Lucky Luckenbills— are expecting a second encore". Doylestown Intelligencer. Doylestown, Penn. Retrieved October 10, 2017 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
  2. ^ a b c Leogrande, Ernest (September 16, 1970). "The Girl Who Was Fidel". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Bonko, Larry (August 22, 1978). "A princess of porn". The Roanoke Times. p. 28. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Peary, Danny (1991). Cult Movie Stars. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. p. 583. ISBN 0671693948.
  5. ^ a b Wilson, Earl (July 17, 1981). "Tired of X-rating". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015 – via Google News Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Theater Heute [Theater today] (in German). 11: 72. 1970. ISSN 0040-5507. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ a b c "Marlene Willoughby: The Scrapbook of an Actress". The Rialto Report. November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "1971 Obie Award Winners". The Village Voice. ISSN 0042-6180. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016.
  9. ^ Barnes, Clive (October 2, 1970). "Drama: The Ritual of 'Dracula Sabbat'; Leon Katz Play Given at Judson Theater; Work Based on Novel by Bram Stoker". The New York Times. p. 28. ISSN 0362-4331.
  10. ^ Brukenfield, Dick (March 26, 1970). "Off-Off". The Village Voice. pp. 54, 64. ISSN 0042-6180. Retrieved November 30, 2015 – via Google News Archive.
  11. ^ Sainer, Arthur (June 10, 1971). "On the good ship Up-the-Creek". The Village Voice. p. 55. ISSN 0042-6180. Retrieved April 9, 2012 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "Married To The Mob: Cast & Details". TV Guide. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  13. ^ Smith, Kent; Moore, Darrell W.; Reagle, Merl (1983). Adult Movies. New York: Pocket Books. p. 254. ISBN 0-6714-6844-8.
  14. ^ Hanrahan, Thomas; Sutton, Larry (June 10, 1982). "Verdict in on a juror: Porn star guilty of stealing show". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Sullivan, Paul (November 9, 1980). "Brigette puts her trust in animals, not men". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018.
  16. ^ Sullivan, Paul (February 2, 1981). "Business is going up for at least one outfit". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018.
  17. ^ Moreland, Rich (2015). Pornography Feminism: As Powerful as She Wants to Be. John Hunt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7827-9496-7.[page needed]
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