Defined as “wanting it and wanting as much as she could get”, tragic English model and pornographic actress Mary Millington “loved money more than anything else”. Born out of wedlock and a friend of Diana Dors, Millington (also later known as Nancy Astley, Susan David, Janet Green, Samantha Jones, June Taylor, Karen Young, Sally Stevens and Marion Ellis) was “one of the hottest British sex film stars of the seventies” until she “absolutely f**ked her life up” by becoming an drug addict and kleptomaniac. Though she ended up blaming the police for her downfall, took a course in embalming and committed suicide aged just 33, this one-time associate of David Sullivan will forever be remembered as an advocate of free speech and a unique British star.
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Mary Whitehouse could not stand her but she paved the way for Karen Brady (now Lady Brady, she of The Apprentice with Lord Sugar) with David Sullivan/David Gold.
If she was still alive she’d be way more famous than Barbara Windsor.
Well Matt, long before your time, but my Pulitzer theory gains strength
Her whole life was very sad, it just depends on the lotto of life exactly where you hatch, and your destiny is set.