Celebrity porn stars didn’t come any bigger than Linda Lovelace — who was only paid $1,200 for her role in the X-rated hit “Deep Throat!” The sordid movie still paid off big, as she became an unlikely ’70s superstar who bedded some of showbiz’s biggest names. The troubled star would eventually resent her life in porn, and spend her final years condemning her X-rated movies before returning to nude modeling before a fatal 2002 car accident. She also had mixed feelings about her celebrity lovers, but didn’t let that keep her from offering up plenty of dirty details about her Hollywood fans…
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Sammy Davis, Jr. gets most of the credit for Linda's showbiz connections — after he rented a Hollywood theater for a private celebrity screening of "Deep Throat" in 1972. Linda would also later blame Sammy for her most bitter disappointments, as well, saying he refused to help her escape from making porn. A vengeful Linda later blasted Sammy as a closeted bisexual who often pleasured men
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After
Johnny Carson had his own screening of "Deep Throat," he invited her to his suite at New York's Plaza hotel. Following their romp, he dressed and told her, "I'm running late. That was terrific. You're really good at your work." Linda was later rewarded with a turn on "The Tonight Show," despite producers complaining that she was too controversial.
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She felt more exploited by
Hugh Hefner — who she was out to impress to land a photo shoot in
Playboy magazine. While she was thrilled to meet celebrities at
the Playboy Mansion's sex-crazed parties. Linda had also been warned that the swinger actually preferred backgammon to sex. Then she left the mansion in humiliation after Hef demanded that she put on a live sex show with a dog.
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Linda wrote in detail about her flings with
Elvis Presley in her 1974 book "The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace" without using his name, with The King worried about being associated with a porn star.
Liza Minnelli and
Alice Cooper both confirmed that the two were mutual admirers, however — and Linda even later worked with his choreographer David Winters.
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Hollywood hustler
Scotty Bowers often lined up ladies for Desi Arnaz — with Linda reportedly called in by special request for
the "I Love Lucy" star. According to Scotty, however, Linda was mostly in demand for kinky Beverly Hills cocktail parties where she'd demonstrate her sex skills for wealthy onlookers!
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The bicoastal beauty hooked up with former Beatle
John Lennon in his West Village apartment, where he offered Linda hash cakes while guzzling three glasses of whiskey. But instead of sex, John went off to bed alone — telling her: "This Nowhere Man is sleepy and going to bed. I'd invite you to join me, but I've had enough action for tonight."
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Linda had better luck with
Frank Sinatra — giving the singer high marks after bedding him at Vegas' Sands Hotel. Linda said she told Ol' Blue Eyes that "he should have been my co-star in 'Deep Throat.' He was some kind of man, the kind rarely found among all the wimps out there."
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In his book "Inside Linda Lovelace's Deep Throat," author Darwin Porter also reported that cowboy star
Roy Rogers cheated on his cowgirl wife Dale Evans with Linda — with the porn star later saying the "rough rider" made her "feel sorry for"
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Linda also had some famous female fans.
Elizabeth Taylor approached her for sex tips at the Playboy Mansion, and promised to use them on
Richard Burton. Darwin Porter also reported that closeted star
Katharine Hepburn had paid Linda $500 for a sex session that the porn star remembered as "very mechanical."
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That wasn't Linda's biggest showbiz regret, however. She'd later go public with a story about bedding both
Paul Newman and his son Scott in a California motel room. She claimed that they'd holed up there to avoid cops after getting stoned after a singing performance by Scott. "Newman does a lot for charity," she said, "but he's not so squeaky-clean. He can get down and dirty!"
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Scott committed suicide in 1978 — after she had published "The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace," with shocking details of an anonymous celebrity father/son threesome. "That was bulls**t," she later confessed to
The National ENQUIRER. "I made it up for the book. I don't like people thinking that was Paul and Scott."
Sammy Davis, Jr. gets most of the credit for Linda's showbiz connections — after he rented a Hollywood theater for a private celebrity screening of "Deep Throat" in 1972. Linda would also later blame Sammy for her most bitter disappointments, as well, saying he refused to help her escape from making porn. A vengeful Linda later blasted Sammy as a closeted bisexual who often pleasured men
at the Playboy Mansion. Photo credit: Getty Images
After
Johnny Carson had his own screening of "Deep Throat," he invited her to his suite at New York's Plaza hotel. Following their romp, he dressed and told her, "I'm running late. That was terrific. You're really good at your work." Linda was later rewarded with a turn on "The Tonight Show," despite producers complaining that she was too controversial.
Photo credit: Getty Images
She felt more exploited by
Hugh Hefner — who she was out to impress to land a photo shoot in
Playboy magazine. While she was thrilled to meet celebrities at
the Playboy Mansion's sex-crazed parties. Linda had also been warned that the swinger actually preferred backgammon to sex. Then she left the mansion in humiliation after Hef demanded that she put on a live sex show with a dog.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Linda wrote in detail about her flings with
Elvis Presley in her 1974 book "The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace" without using his name, with The King worried about being associated with a porn star.
Liza Minnelli and
Alice Cooper both confirmed that the two were mutual admirers, however — and Linda even later worked with his choreographer David Winters.
Photo credit: Getty/Files
Hollywood hustler
Scotty Bowers often lined up ladies for Desi Arnaz — with Linda reportedly called in by special request for
the "I Love Lucy" star. According to Scotty, however, Linda was mostly in demand for kinky Beverly Hills cocktail parties where she'd demonstrate her sex skills for wealthy onlookers!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The bicoastal beauty hooked up with former Beatle
John Lennon in his West Village apartment, where he offered Linda hash cakes while guzzling three glasses of whiskey. But instead of sex, John went off to bed alone — telling her: "This Nowhere Man is sleepy and going to bed. I'd invite you to join me, but I've had enough action for tonight."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Linda had better luck with
Frank Sinatra — giving the singer high marks after bedding him at Vegas' Sands Hotel. Linda said she told Ol' Blue Eyes that "he should have been my co-star in 'Deep Throat.' He was some kind of man, the kind rarely found among all the wimps out there."
Photo credit: Getty Images
In his book "Inside Linda Lovelace's Deep Throat," author Darwin Porter also reported that cowboy star
Roy Rogers cheated on his cowgirl wife Dale Evans with Linda — with the porn star later saying the "rough rider" made her "feel sorry for"
his horse TriggerPhoto credit: Getty Images
Linda also had some famous female fans.
Elizabeth Taylor approached her for sex tips at the Playboy Mansion, and promised to use them on
Richard Burton. Darwin Porter also reported that closeted star
Katharine Hepburn had paid Linda $500 for a sex session that the porn star remembered as "very mechanical."
Photo credit: Getty Images
That wasn't Linda's biggest showbiz regret, however. She'd later go public with a story about bedding both
Paul Newman and his son Scott in a California motel room. She claimed that they'd holed up there to avoid cops after getting stoned after a singing performance by Scott. "Newman does a lot for charity," she said, "but he's not so squeaky-clean. He can get down and dirty!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
Scott committed suicide in 1978 — after she had published "The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace," with shocking details of an anonymous celebrity father/son threesome. "That was bulls**t," she later confessed to
The National ENQUIRER. "I made it up for the book. I don't like people thinking that was Paul and Scott."
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