Linda Lovelace, the most famous porn star of all time, was born
Linda Boreman in 1949. In the late 1960s, she began a relationship
with 'Chuck Traynor' (qv). She appeared in eight verified 8mm
hard-core fetish loops. Her breakthrough came with the feature
_Deep Throat (1972)_ (qv). Surprisingly, the film became a runaway
hit, playing to sell-out crowds in "respectable" cinemas; it is
still considered the quintessential adult film of all time. With
her newfound celebrity, Linda divorced Traynor, but was unable to
sustain a movie career. After the R-rated _Deep Throat Part II
(1973)_ (qv) and the soft-X _Linda Lovelace for President (1975)_
(qv) proved box-office disasters, she faded from sight. In 1980,
she re-emerged as the author of Ordeal, her controversial
autobiography. She fell in with the radical feminist movement,
testifying before the Meese Commission on the supposed dangers of
pornography. Today, Linda lives a fairly anonymous life, doing the
occasional autograph signing or interview.
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