Marlene Willoughby
{{short description|American former pornographic actress}}
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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.{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Earl |title=Larry and Lucy —Lucky Luckenbills— are expecting a second encore |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/anonymous-celebrity-clipping-may-20-1982-390260/ |accessdate=10 October 2017 |newspaper=Doylestown Intelligencer |publication-place=Doylestown, Penn. |date=20 May 1982 |via=Newspaperarchive.com}} In 1961 she moved to New York with her mother and older sister Jacqueline, who was pursuing a career as a singer.{{cite news |last1=Leogrande |first1=Ernest |title=The Girl Who Was Fidel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29893683/ |accessdate=7 April 2019 |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=16 September 1970 |via=Newspapers.com}} She is of Polish and Italian decent.{{cite news |last1=Bonko |first1=Larry |title=A princess of porn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times/121202171/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work= |publisher=The Roanoke Times |date=22 August 1978 |pages=28}}{{cite book |last1=Peary |first1=Danny |title=Cult Movie Stars |date=1991 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York, NY |isbn=0671693948 |page=583}}
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{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |title=Che! |journal=Theater Heute |trans-journal=Theater today |date=1970 |page=72 |volume=11 |issn=0040-5507 |language=de}}{{cite web |title=Marlene Willoughby: The Scrapbook of an Actress |url=http://www.therialtoreport.com/2014/11/16/marlene-willoughby-the-scrapbook-of-an-actress/ |website=The Rialto Report |date=November 16, 2014 |accessdate=30 November 2015}} Other theater roles followed including the Obie Award–winning{{Cite web |url=http://www.obieawards.com/events/1970s/year-71/ |title=1971 Obie Award Winners |work=The Village Voice |issn=0042-6180 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730025513/https://www.villagevoice.com/obies/1971 |archive-date=30 July 2016}} Dracula Sabbat,{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Clive |title=Drama: The Ritual of 'Dracula Sabbat'; Leon Katz Play Given at Judson Theater; Work Based on Novel by Bram Stoker |newspaper=The New York Times |page=28 |date=1970-10-02 |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/10/02/76785345.html |url-access=subscription}} where she played the chief female vampire, Fuck Mother,{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ptpHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N4wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5842%2C4395425 |title=Off-Off |last=Brukenfield |first=Dick |date=26 March 1970 |access-date=30 November 2015 |work=The Village Voice |publication-date= |pages=54, 64 |issn=0042-6180 |via=Google News Archive}} and Keepers of the Hippo Horn.{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JnpIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H4wDAAAAIBAJ&dq=marlene-willoughby&pg=6604%2C4901042 |title=On the good ship Up-the-Creek |last=Sainer |first=Arthur |date=10 June 1971 |work=The Village Voice |page=55 |issn=0042-6180 |access-date=9 April 2012 |via=Google News Archive}}
Willoughby also landed parts in mainstream fare such as No Place to Hide (1970), Up the Sandbox (1972), I, the Jury (1982){{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZqBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZBIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=marlene-willoughby&pg=5971%2C3009164 |title=Tired of X-rating |last=Wilson |first=Earl |date=17 July 1981 |newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150101224233/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZqBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZBIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=marlene-willoughby&pg=5971,3009164 |archive-date=1 January 2015 |url-status=dead |via=Google News Archive}} 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).{{cite web|title=Married To The Mob: Cast & Details|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/married-to-the-mob/cast/127273|work=TV Guide|accessdate=22 January 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102529/http://movies.tvguide.com/married-to-the-mob/cast/127273|url-status=dead}} She was noted for often delivering her acting performances in a Tongue-in-cheek manner.
Willoughby began making hardcore porn in 1975.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Kent |last2=Moore |first2=Darrell W. |last3=Reagle |first3=Merl |title=Adult Movies |date=1983 |publisher=Pocket Books |location=New York |page=254 |isbn=0-6714-6844-8}} Her notable appearances include The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976), The Farmer's Daughters (1976), Outlaw Ladies (1981), and Foxtrot.{{cite news |last1=Hanrahan |first1=Thomas |last2=Sutton |first2=Larry |title=Verdict in on a juror: Porn star guilty of stealing show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29893746/ |accessdate=7 April 2019 |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=10 June 1982 |via=Newspapers.com}}
She appeared in many adult magazines, most notably the December 1980 issue of Penthouse,{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Paul |title=Brigette puts her trust in animals, not men. |url=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 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2018 |newspaper=Boston Herald |date=9 November 1980}} and also wrote columns for such magazines as High Society{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Paul |title=Business is going up for at least one outfit |url=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 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2018 |newspaper=Boston Herald |date=2 February 1981}} and Velvet. She also arranged film release parties and toured as a Burlesque dancer. During her career in porn Willoughby was known as an activist speaking out in favor of the porn industry.{{cite book |last1=Moreland |first1=Rich |title=Pornography Feminism: As Powerful as She Wants to Be |date=2015 |publisher=John Hunt Publishing |isbn=978-1-7827-9496-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ru7SBQAAQBAJ&q=marlene+willoughby&pg=PT84}}{{page needed|date=September 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0929578|Marlene Willoughby}}
- {{iafd name|id=willoughby|gender=female|name=Marlene Willoughby}}
- {{afdb name|id=4625|gender=female|name=Marlene Willoughby}}
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