# Have any washed-up, high profile female celebs actually gone on to do porn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735 "2007-05-27T23:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/1 "2007-05-27T23:08:42Z")
Inspired by [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422523) Some posters are suggesting that there are “good odds” that Lohan goes on to do porn in the near future, due to her being a washed up female celebrity. Is there any precedent to this beyond male fantasies? Even Paris Hilton, who we can all agree is the embodiment of the irrelevant, attention-whore celebrity, hasn’t actually done REAL pornography. She was in an amateur sex tape, one with horrible visual quality which by no means constitutes an actual porn movie. Are there any female celebrities who actually have done porn after enjoying a brief career as a sex symbol, then became “washed up” and acquired a reputation as a hard partier? I hear people say “she’ll be doing porn in 2 years tops” or variations of that about Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and other celebs all the time. I personally think it is highly unlikely and that those women have enough money for them to enjoy their high rolling lifestyle without having to turn to porn. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/2 "2007-05-27T23:12:43Z")
You wouldn’t count her as high-profile or a sex symbol, but [Jaimee Foxworth](http://www.nndb.com/people/592/000074370/) who played Judy Winslow on Family Matters eventually made some porn. Not exactly the answer you were looking for, I don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/3 "2007-05-27T23:22:19Z")
The predictions of A-list and B-list celebs heading to porn is pretty ridiculous. The most high profile porn stars out there (Jenna Jameson, anyone?) aren’t even close to notoriety or income, I would expect, to even a C-list star. I doubt things will ever get so bad for Lohan, who has a legit career, though her personal life is a mess, that she’d ever have to do porn. She might choose it, sure, but doing porn closes doors to the “legit” film industry. The only person I can even remotely connect to the OP is Jaimee Foxworth. (Link is definitely NSFW, careful!) She was on Family Matters (the show with Steve Urkel) and ended up doing porn. The WWF wrestler Chyna did a porn film as well. (Again this isn’t even close to being SFW.) Dana Plato apparently did softcore porn as well. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/4 "2007-05-27T23:35:48Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Are there any female celebrities who actually have done porn after enjoying a brief career as a sex symbol, then became “washed up” and acquired a reputation as a hard partier? I hear people say “she’ll be doing porn in 2 years tops” or variations of that about Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and other celebs all the time. I personally think it is highly unlikely and that those women have enough money for them to enjoy their high rolling lifestyle without having to turn to porn. [/QUOTE] [Barbara Payton](http://crimemagazine.com/03/barbarapayton.htm), though not a huge star, became a skid row prostitute near the end of her life, which is probably below “doing porn” on the social disgrace ladder. Teri Weigel had small roles in legit movies for a number of years before turning to porn. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/5 "2007-05-28T00:45:48Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] The only person I can even remotely connect to the OP is Jaimee Foxworth. (Link is definitely NSFW, careful!) [/QUOTE] I removed your links, **Hippy Hollow** , because, as you warned, they led directly to NSFW images. While we appreciate the warnings, we still want you to follow the “two-click” rule: > [@Registration Agreement](#): > > When posting a link to potentially shocking or offensive material, observe the “two click” rule - don’t link directly to the item, but rather to an intermediate page that in turns links to the item. If you can’t come up with an intermediate page, you can post the URL and deselect the “Automatically parse links in text” option. This will make a link unclickable. For example: [http://www.randomnakedimage.com](http://www.randomnakedimage.com) That way, posters won’t accidentally click on the NSFW link and can choose whether to view the image. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/6 "2007-05-28T01:04:07Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] …but doing porn closes doors to the “legit” film industry… [/QUOTE] [Simon Rex](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005350/), while not an A-lister, did some gay porn before moving on to the “legit film industry” (granted he never had contact with another guy on camera, all he did was strip & masturbate). ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/7 "2007-05-28T01:08:50Z")
To answert the OP, no it has not. Actaully thinking it would happen to Lohan, while fun to fantasize about, just isn’t gonna happen. Even if she ever ran out of money and couldn’t continue to do B list films ala Tara Reid, its not like she couldn’t service wealthy Bahrain shieks for much more money than a porn, and without it being put on a DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/8 "2007-05-28T01:12:26Z")
Even the most washed up actress can usually parlay the remnants of a formerly successful career into something a bit more lucrative than porn. In general porn still has a stigma as the dumpster for wanna-be’s and never-were’s, and in Hollywood perception is everything. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/9 "2007-05-28T01:33:36Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Inspired by [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422523) …Even Paris Hilton, who we can all agree is the embodiment of the irrelevant, attention-whore celebrity, hasn’t actually done REAL pornography. She was in an amateur sex tape, one with horrible visual quality which by no means constitutes an actual porn movie… [/QUOTE] I am choking on my own phlegm to find myself in a position discussing the artistry of Paris Hilton. Nevertheless, talented and attractive amateurs making sex tapes definitely ARE real pornography. Usually the best kind. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/10 "2007-05-28T01:33:51Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] I removed your links, **Hippy Hollow** , because, as you warned, they led directly to NSFW images. While we appreciate the warnings, we still want you to follow the “two-click” rule:If you can’t come up with an intermediate page, you can post the URL and deselect the “Automatically parse links in text” option. This will make a link unclickable. For example: [http://www.randomnakedimage.com](http://www.randomnakedimage.com) That way, posters won’t accidentally click on the NSFW link and can choose whether to view the image. [/QUOTE] :smack: I think I knew that, **Skip** … but I guess I forgot during the coding. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/11 "2007-05-28T01:38:50Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] To answert the OP, no it has not. Actaully thinking it would happen to Lohan, while fun to fantasize about, just isn’t gonna happen. Even if she ever ran out of money and couldn’t continue to do B list films ala Tara Reid, its not like she couldn’t service wealthy Bahrain shieks for much more money than a porn, and without it being put on a DVD. [/QUOTE] Unless she does something really bad (like running over a family of four in their own backyard 😉 ) Lohan will always be able to do crappy made-for-TV SciFi Channel quality films. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/12 "2007-05-28T01:46:50Z")
As another form of response to the OP, I guess my question to you is, “What is porn?” Is porn the soft-variety peddled on late night Cinemax? The basic rules for them are some nonos on visuals: no penises, no penetration, and I’m sure there are others. If that counts, then Shannon Tweed has, er, straddled that line. One of those Cinemax series has Tanya Roberts; not actually performing porn, but pimping it as a hostess introducing soft-porn episodes. I once took a class in pornographic film appreciation at UW Madison. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/13 "2007-05-28T01:49:07Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] I once took a class in pornographic film appreciation at UW Madison. 🆒 [/QUOTE] **Professor:** Would you like to watch some porn? **Boyo Jim:** I’d appreciate that! **Professor:** You get an ‘A’. You’re on the team. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/14 "2007-05-28T02:03:40Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] As another form of response to the OP, I guess my question to you is, “What is porn?” Is porn the soft-variety peddled on late night Cinemax? The basic rules for them are some nonos on visuals: no penises, no penetration, and I’m sure there are others. If that counts, then Shannon Tweed has, er, straddled that line. One of those Cinemax series has Tanya Roberts; not actually performing porn, but pimping it as a hostess introducing soft-porn episodes. I once took a class in pornographic film appreciation at UW Madison. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Didn’t David Duchovny host the “Red Shoe Diaries” or something? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/15 "2007-05-28T02:05:01Z")
Louise Brooks is another former movie star who was reduced to prostitution, although [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Brooks) phrases it as that she “eked out a living as a sort of courtesan, with a few select wealthy men as clients.” I wouldn’t be surprised if there were many other silent stars who did similar things to make money. I think the whole “turn to porn” thing comes from two increasingly common events. One is the 15-minute-of-fame type of celebrities who have done porn, from John Bobbitt to the wrestler Chyna. Others, like Ginger Lynn, have gone back to porn after the lack of success of their mainsteam film careers. The other is that people are so cynical that they assume that every home sex tape that gets out is a deliberate publicity ploy. Wiki has a whole page of [celebrity sex tapes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_sex_tape) listed. Some of those probably were deliberate, which puts a bit of truth to the rumor. ---
**Author:** ![UKCatGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@UKCatGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UKCatGirl)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/16 "2007-05-28T02:56:32Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Teri Weigel had small roles in legit movies for a number of years before turning to porn. [/QUOTE] I had no idea she was a fairly well-known porn star, let alone in legit movies! Her sister was the principal of my high school and I was good friends with her nephew. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/17 "2007-05-28T03:03:55Z")
A few actors had minor mainstream careers before moving into porn films. Janine Lindemulder appeared in mainstream movies like _Moving Target_, _Spring Break USA_, and _Caged Fury_ before making porn films. Paul Thomas made a few films, including playing Peter in _Jesus Christ Superstar_, before going on to make porn films. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/18 "2007-05-28T03:16:00Z")
Grace Lee Whitney (AKA Yeoman Rand of ST TOS fame) did porn after getting booted off the show. Tom Sizemore has done porn since his movie career seems to have tanked. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/19 "2007-05-28T03:25:47Z")
With a name like “Sizemore,” the surprising thing is that the porn came AFTER a real career. ---
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[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Grace Lee Whitney (AKA Yeoman Rand of ST TOS fame) did porn after getting booted off the show. [/QUOTE] You have a cite for that, of course? I mean, [www.us.imdb.com](http://www.us.imdb.com) doesn’t indicate any such thing, but you wouldn’t just make that up! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735.md?page=2)