I just learned this, too. Except I thought it was totally awesome.

You can only bring sadness and shame upon yourself if you don't own the situation. If you have an attitude of 'My folks did porn, good for them' then nobody can make you feel anything. You can only be bullied if you are a victim.

It didn't hurt her chances to become the Quaker Oats girl. The info probably made her the most popular girl in high school with boys standing in line for a date and girls who want to meet her boyfriends.

The internet has made such revelations easier but the porn careers of many were exposed even back in the era before home video. Just like today, the actors still had friends & family that were part of the "rain coat" crowd lurking in dingy porn houses.

Right, I think people didn't know. I had watched her films since she was a little kid - for example in
Monkey Trouble
and
Hocus Pocus
but never knew at that time. I read about this less than ten years ago - long after she appeared in any film of importance. Since then, up to ten threads have appeared here every year about this.

That's doubtful considering that when she was younger there was next to no internet (compared to what it is today) and back then porn wasn't quite the enterprise that it is these days. It was very underground. So, the only way anyone would have known was if she had told them.
VHS>DVD

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