# 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:** 4
**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 29, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/61 "2007-05-29T18:51:05Z")
[QUOTE=Rube E. Tewesday] Lords, though, is probably a good object lesson in why washed up celebrities don’t do porn. Lords is the most successful porno actress to move to mainstream, and she basically went from being an A list porn star to a C list TV actress. Someone who started out as a successful mainstream actress can probably do as well as Lords without doing the porno. [/QUOTE] It can’t hurt that all but one of her porn films are now banned as child pornography. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/62 "2007-05-29T19:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] It can’t hurt that all but one of her porn films are now banned as child pornography. [/QUOTE] True. Her contemporary, Ginger Lynn, who tried to go mainstream but without being able to have her porno past “disappeared” in the same fashion, ended up giving up and going back to porn. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/63 "2007-05-30T02:43:13Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Also, don’t forget [Traci Lords](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traci_Lords) (perfectly safe link), who started out in porn films as a 16-year-old ( :eek: ) [/QUOTE] Hold the “eek.” The age of consent in 30 U.S. states is 16. ---
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I suppose Marilyn Chambers is the closest I can think of: > **[Marilyn Chambers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Chambers)** > > Marilyn Ann Taylor (née Briggs; April 22, 1952 – April 12, 2009), known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress, singer and vice-presidential candidate. She was known for her 1972 hardcore film debut, Behind the Green Door, and her 1980 pornographic film Insatiable. She ranked at No. 6 on the list of Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time by AVN, and ranked as one of Playboy's Top 100 Sex Stars of the Century in 1999. Although she was pri... ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/65 "2007-05-30T13:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Hold the “eek.” The age of consent in 30 U.S. states is 16. [/QUOTE] I stand by my “eek.” ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/66 "2007-05-30T15:39:02Z")
I read somewhere recently that [Lisa Loring](http://imdb.com/name/nm0521006/bio) who played Wednesday on The Addams Family TV series was in some porn. Her second husband, [Jerry Butler](http://imdb.com/name/nm0124973/) is apparently a porn star as well. ---
**Author:** ![Yaxche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@Yaxche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yaxche)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/67 "2007-05-30T15:46:52Z")
I always assumed it was a bit of hyperbole pointing out the fact that everybody has a price if their career is on the line. More like former teen stars Tiffany and Debbie Gibson doing Playboy shoots when they were 30-ish. There are _many_ examples of that sort of progression… ---
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[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] 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. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure what this means. Are you saying that Jenna Jameson has more money and notoriety than a C-list star or less? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/69 "2007-05-30T16:27:27Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Poor thing. I wonder why she didn’t jump onto the convention circuit? Just about everyone who had a featured role in as few as only one episode of TOS has managed (it seems; I don’t know anything about the economics involved) to eke out a living by going from con to con. [/QUOTE] Someone suggested this to her, but she was a little hard of hearing. She thought they were suggesting she go “from john to john.” 3: Profit! ---
**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 30, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/70 "2007-05-30T17:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Hold the “eek.” The age of consent in 30 U.S. states is 16. [/QUOTE] I doubt that will stop you getting busted for child pornography if you’re in possession of one of her pre-18 movies. They were all taken off the market for a reason. ---
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[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] I doubt that will stop you getting busted for child pornography if you’re in possession of one of her pre-18 movies. They were all taken off the market for a reason. [/QUOTE] That is two different laws. Age of consent is set by each state. The law setting the age by which you can be filmed nekkid is federal and it’s 18. Each state probably has a law which mirrors the federal law. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/72 "2007-05-30T18:42:39Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] The law setting the age by which you can be filmed nekkid is federal and it’s 18. [/QUOTE] Naked may or may not be pronographic. It’s a very grey area, but there are films with naked folks under 18, usually babies. ---
**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 30, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/73 "2007-05-30T19:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] That is two different laws. Age of consent is set by each state. The law setting the age by which you can be filmed nekkid is federal and it’s 18. Each state probably has a law which mirrors the federal law. [/QUOTE] Nope. It’s having sex that is precluded. Serious photography can use underage nude models, and there are many films with nudity by under eighteens, including major mainstream Hollywood films like American Beauty with Thora Birch topless. Ironically for this thread, Thora Birch’s parents are Jack Birch and Carol Connors, both porn stars. Prosecutors have so misapplied the child pornography laws that it’s not surprising that people think that any nudity is illegal, but it ain’t so. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735/74 "2007-05-30T20:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] That is two different laws. Age of consent is set by each state. The law setting the age by which you can be filmed nekkid is federal and it’s 18. [/QUOTE] That [federal law](http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002252---A000-.html) has to do with interstate transfer of child porn. ---
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The kid from [The Toy](http://imdb.com/name/nm0777432/) grew up to have a rather lengthy career as a porn star. ---
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[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Ironically for this thread, Thora Birch’s parents are Jack Birch and Carol Connors, both porn stars. [/QUOTE] Bizarrely, in the director’s commentary for the film, he says that there was some question as to whether or not Thora would be allowed to do the scene and that she was a Mormon. ---
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[QUOTE=Morbo] The kid from [The Toy](http://imdb.com/name/nm0777432/) grew up to have a rather lengthy career as a porn star. [/QUOTE] That IMDb entry says only that he worked as a manager for adult performers, and his Wikipedia page says he acted in some porn films in non-sex roles. He might have gotten laid a lot in that business, but I doubt it was in front of the lens. The guy was 5’2", for cryin’ out loud - not exactly the typical stud. ---
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> [@](#): > > That IMDb entry says only that he worked as a manager for adult performers I don’t think you read that IMDB entry very closely. He’s lised as “Actor” in those films, one of which is called “Scotty’s X-rated Adventure”. He’s Scotty. It could be that he doesn’t have sex in them (the description for that film, at least, suggests it), but it’s not a foregone conclusion. ---
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[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I don’t think you read that IMDB entry very closely. He’s lised as “Actor” in those films, one of which is called “Scotty’s X-rated Adventure”. He’s Scotty. It could be that he doesn’t have sex in them (the description for that film, at least, suggests it), but it’s not a foregone conclusion. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen one of them once upon a time - he definitely has sex in them. ---
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[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] I read somewhere recently that [Lisa Loring](http://imdb.com/name/nm0521006/bio) who played Wednesday on The Addams Family TV series was in some porn. Her second husband, [Jerry Butler](http://imdb.com/name/nm0124973/) is apparently a porn star as well. [/QUOTE] She wasn’t ‘in some porn’ as such; she worked on the production end, and not in front of the camera. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-washed-up-high-profile-female-celebs-actually-gone-on-to-do-porn/405735.md?page=5)