Linda Lovelace | |
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 Lovelace in 1973 | |
| Born | Linda Susan Boreman January 10, 1949 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 2002 (aged 53) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Pornographic actress, memoirist |
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| Children | 3 |
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Linda Lovelace (born Linda Susan Boreman; January 10, 1949 – April 22, 2002) was an American pornographic actress who became famous for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat, which was an enormous success. She later alleged that her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, had threatened and coerced her into participation. In her autobiography Ordeal, she described what took place behind the scenes. She later became a born-again Christian and a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement.[1]
- ^ Briggs, Joe. "Linda Lovelace dies in car crash - UPI.com". United Press International. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
By 1980 she had become a mother of two, a born-again Christian, and a feminist -- and was living on welfare as her husband tried to make ends meet as a cable installer on Long Island. She had already become the feminist poster child for the demeaning effects of pornography, turning up in Andrea Dworkin's 1979 book "Pornography: Men Possessing Women."