Marsha Jordan was the reigning queen of softcore cinema in the 1960s. She was born Carolyn Marcel Jordan in the small Southern town of Gadsden, Alabama. She was the granddaughter of a minister and grew up in a Catholic convent. Jordan cites John Wayne as her "ultimate hero." At one point she worked as a stewardess for Delta Airlines. Marsha first became involved in the softcore feature business while vacationing in Los Angeles in 1960. She appeared in a slew of adults-only pictures throughout the 1960s up until the mid-'70s; she alternated between lead roles--she played the titular characters in Lady Godiva Rides (1968), Marsha: The Erotic Housewife (1970) and Sweet Georgia (1972)--and secondary supporting parts. She was savagely whipped at least 40 times in the harsh adult Western Nude Django (1968) and portrays one of Robert Quarry's beautiful bloodsucker brides in the hit drive-in horror cult classic Count Yorga, Vampire (1970). With her sweetly pretty face, long blonde hair and buxom, shapely figure, Jordan was--not surprisingly--a big favorite with male audience members. Moreover, her likable and down-to-earth personality earned her a sizable female following as well. Jordan further ensured her fame by making public appearances at movie theaters in the South and Midwest that showed her pictures. She was paid $100 to $125 a day or $1,000 a week at the height of her career. Marsha acted in films for legendary "smut cinema" moguls Harry H. Novak and David F. Friedman. She did guest spots on both Gunsmoke (1955) and Star Trek (1966). She also pops up in a TV commercial for Charmin paper towels. Marsha quit acting in softcore flicks in the mid-'70s because of the then rising popularity of hardcore porno fare. She resides in San Miguel, California, with her husband John Moore; the couple have one son and three daughters. - IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)

Filmography

• 2009Big Bust Loops Volume 1
• 1986Classic Striptease and Glamour Films 11
• 1975Brother and Sister
• 1975The Manicurist
• 1974I Love You, I Love You Not — Lynn's Mother
• 1974Inside Amy — Irene Simon
• 1973Teen-Age Jail Bait — Valerie Forsythe
• 1973The Black Alley Cats — Mrs. Kincade
• 1972Breast Orgy
• 1972Breast Orgy 2
• 1972Dr. Carstair's 1869 Love-Root Elixir — Miss Molly
• 1972Love Boccaccio Style — Patrizia
• 1972Prison Girls — Sugar
• 1972Sweet Georgia — Georgia
• 1972The Class Reunion — Jane
• 1972The Snow Bunnies — Joan
• 1972Tonite... I Love You — Marsha
• 1971Documentary of a Madam
• 1971Ride the Hot Wind — Lady Driver (uncredited)
• 1971Six Women — Maud
• 1971The Toy Box — Party Guest in Orange
• 1971Uschi Digart: Girl Snatcher — Kidnapped Girl
• 1970Count Yorga, Vampire — Donna's Mother
• 1970Love from Paris — Marsha
• 1970Marsha: The Erotic Housewife — Marsha Bannister
• 1970The Golden Box — Diane
• 19692069 A.D. — Natasha
• 1969Her Odd Tastes — Chris
• 1969I Want More — Guest at Swinger's Party
• 1969Infrasexum — Mrs. Allison
• 1969Lady Godiva Rides — Lady Godiva
• 1969The Daisy Chain
• 1969The Divorcee — Betty Brandt
• 1969The House Near the Prado
• 1969The Ramrodder — Motula
• 1968Brand of Shame — Miss Mollie
• 1968College Girls — First Blonde
• 1968Key Club Wives
• 1968Office Love-In, White Collar Style — Ann Albertson
• 1968Suburban Pagans — Marsha
• 1968The Head Mistress — The Head Mistress
• 1968The Muthers — Sally Driscoll
• 1964Bare with Me
• 1964Dr. Sex — Julie
• 1962Bachelor Tom Peeping — Bouncy Bouncy
• 1960Candid Nudistviews No 3: An Afternoon with Marlene — Marlene

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2011Dad Made Dirty Movies — Self (archive footage)