Marlene Willoughby Explained

Marlene Willoughby
Birth Place:Detroit, Michigan
Nationality:American

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

Biography

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". 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] [5] [6] Other theater roles followed including the Obie Award–winning[7] Dracula Sabbat,[8] where she played the chief female vampire,[2] Fuck Mother,[9] and Keepers of the Hippo Horn.[10]

Willoughby also landed parts in mainstream fare such as No Place to Hide (1970), Up the Sandbox (1972), I, the Jury (1982)[11] 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.[6] During her career in porn Willoughby was known as an activist speaking out in favor of the porn industry.[6] [17]

Notes and References

  1. News: Wilson . Earl . Larry and Lucy —Lucky Luckenbills— are expecting a second encore . 10 October 2017 . Doylestown Intelligencer . Doylestown, Penn. . 20 May 1982 . Newspaperarchive.com.
  2. News: Leogrande . Ernest . The Girl Who Was Fidel . 7 April 2019 . New York Daily News . 16 September 1970 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Bonko . Larry . A princess of porn . 24 April 2024 . The Roanoke Times . 22 August 1978 . 28.
  4. Book: Peary . Danny . Cult Movie Stars . 1991 . Simon and Schuster . New York, NY . 0671693948 . 583.
  5. Theater Heute . Theater today . 1970 . 72 . 11 . 0040-5507 . de.
  6. Web site: Marlene Willoughby: The Scrapbook of an Actress . The Rialto Report . November 16, 2014 . 30 November 2015.
  7. Web site: 1971 Obie Award Winners . The Village Voice . 0042-6180 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160730025513/https://www.villagevoice.com/obies/1971 . 30 July 2016.
  8. News: Barnes . Clive . Drama: The Ritual of 'Dracula Sabbat'; Leon Katz Play Given at Judson Theater; Work Based on Novel by Bram Stoker . The New York Times . 28 . 1970-10-02 . 0362-4331 . subscription.
  9. News: Off-Off . Brukenfield . Dick . 26 March 1970 . 30 November 2015 . The Village Voice . 54, 64 . 0042-6180 . Google News Archive.
  10. Web site: On the good ship Up-the-Creek . Sainer . Arthur . 10 June 1971 . The Village Voice . 55 . 0042-6180 . 9 April 2012 . Google News Archive.
  11. Web site: Tired of X-rating . Wilson . Earl . 17 July 1981 . The Milwaukee Sentinel . https://archive.today/20150101224233/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZqBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZBIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=marlene-willoughby&pg=5971,3009164 . 1 January 2015 . bot: unknown . Google News Archive.
  12. Web site: Married To The Mob: Cast & Details. TV Guide. 22 January 2014.
  13. Book: Smith . Kent . Moore . Darrell W. . Reagle . Merl . Adult Movies . 1983 . Pocket Books . New York . 254 . 0-6714-6844-8.
  14. News: Hanrahan . Thomas . Sutton . Larry . Verdict in on a juror: Porn star guilty of stealing show . 7 April 2019 . New York Daily News . 10 June 1982 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: Sullivan . Paul . Brigette puts her trust in animals, not men. . https://archive.today/20181221211605/https://www.genealogybank.com/nb-osd-toolbar/file-download/Boston_Herald_1980-11-06_16?setup=http://172.25.5.5:10009/SiteLinks/imageviewer/image/html/index.html%3Frem=nb_osd_toolbar%26image=large%26max_width=1600%26url=image/v2:1386BF60B4F67060@GB3NEWS-1416E3FFB98A4D56@2444550-1416731984BDADF1@15-1416731984BDADF1 . dead . 21 December 2018 . Boston Herald . 9 November 1980.
  16. News: Sullivan . Paul . Business is going up for at least one outfit . https://archive.today/20181221211847/https://www.genealogybank.com/nb-osd-toolbar/file-download/Boston_Herald_1981-02-02_13?setup=http://172.25.5.5:10009/SiteLinks/imageviewer/image/html/index.html%3Frem=nb_osd_toolbar%26image=large%26max_width=1600%26url=image/v2:1386BF60B4F67060@GB3NEWS-14171E474A74BC4B@2444638-1416E246C3BAF661@12-1416E246C3BAF661 . dead . 21 December 2018 . Boston Herald . 2 February 1981.
  17. Book: Moreland . Rich . Pornography Feminism: As Powerful as She Wants to Be . 2015 . John Hunt Publishing . 978-1-7827-9496-7 .

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