Linda Lovelace

About Linda Lovelace

Linda Susan Boreman (January 10, 1949 – April 22, 2002), better known by her stage name, Linda Lovelace AKA Elaine Fox, became famous after starring in the 1972 hardcore porn film Deep Throat. She later became a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement.

Deep Throat was notable for beginning a brief fad of porn chic; it was also the inspiration for Bob Woodward's name of his secret Watergate source, W. Mark Felt. Boreman later stated that she regretted her pornographic career and was coerced into pornography by her then-husband, Chuck Traynor.

Although she later became an advocate against pornography, Boreman is still famous for her depictions of deep throat fellatio. While she continued to use the Lovelace name in books and for other commercial purposes, she stated that she generally preferred to be called Linda Boreman.