Near the end of her career, Chambers appeared primarily in independent films, including her last role in Solitaire. Chambers claimed that the more laid-back pace of these roles suited her as "there's a lot less pressure on you to perform [and] you don't have to be young and skinny."[7] Among these were Bikini Bistro, Angel of H.E.A.T. (with Mary Woronov), Rated X, and Party Incorporated.
In 2005, Chambers received a lifetime achievement FOXE Award.
[edit] Singing career
Chambers had some chart success with the disco single "Benihana" in 1976, produced by Michael Zager on the Roulette Records label.
[edit] Personal life
Her first marriage to Doug Chapin ended after the release of Behind the Green Door. During her 1975-1985 marriage to porn producer/director/ manager Chuck Traynor, Chambers continued in both mainstream and porn films. After that marriage ended, Chambers married her third husband, truckdriver Tom Taylor. She gave birth to their daughter, McKenna Marie Taylor, in 1991, before that marriage also ended in divorce. Chambers has admitted to writer John Hubner and other interviewers that she battled drug and alcohol addiction in the past.[8]
[edit] Political life
In the 2004 United States presidential election Chambers ran for Vice President on the Personal Choice Party ticket, a quasi-libertarian party. She received a total of 946 votes. In the 2008 United States presidential election she was again Charles Jay's running mate, this time as an alternate write-in candidate to his primary national Boston Tea Party running mate Thomas L. Knapp in the states of Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah.[9][10]
[edit] Death
On April 12, 2009, 10 days before her 57th birthday, Marilyn Chambers was found dead at her home in Santa Clarita, California;[ 1] she was discovered by her daughter.[11]
[edit] Fictional portrayals
In 2000 Tracy Hutson played Chambers in the cable television biopic about the Mitchell Brothers' Rated X.
[edit] Awards
1985 XRCO Award for Best Kinky Scene - Insatiable II (with Jamie Gillis)[12]
