Ivory Soap symbolized purity to America in the 1950s. A bar graced every bathroom. The soap actually floated in the tub thanks to the air whipped into the concoction. Ivory Soap's market share during the 1950s and 1960s was massive and the girls on the wrapper were symbols of virtue, until it was revealed that the star of the 1972 XXX hit BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR was a Ivory Soap Girl.
The stockholders of Proctor and Gamble were scandalized by the all-American girl next door acting in a salacious film about a sleepless night of lust. Marilyn Chambers broke several other taboos in the movie, most notably having sex with a black man. A lynching offense in several Southern states at the time. She also deepthroated John Holmes. A tremendous feat of fellatio for the Cybill Shepherd lookalike. She had never been in a skin flick before BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR.
Her salary was $25,000 and a percentage of the take.
Procter & Gamble asked for her resignation at the Ivory Soap girl and her parents didn't speak with her for years, but her career flourished in the age of Sexual revolution. A good actress, she was unable to shake the taint of porno and boldly explored the boundaries of decency, being hailed as the first porno actress to shave her pubic hair and also pierce her clitoral hood.
BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR remains her greatest acomplishment.
Who could ever forget the 6-minute slo-mo money shot?
She passed away two days ago in Hollywood.
My thoughts go out to porno-lovers.
We lost one of the goddess.
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