Renee Bond did B-movies and at least one made-for-TV movie. Kelly Royce made some B-movies as "Juliet James" after doing hardcore for a few years. Suzannah Britton starred in a couple of X features and some loops before getting small roles in major Hollywood films as "Barbara Peckinpah". Julia Parton started in hardcore straight porn then alternated between B-movies, nude glamor and hardcore lesbian porn. Marilyn Chambers started in porn, made some B-movies then returned to porn, the same career path as Ginger Lynn. Many of them appeared in movies from director Chuck Vincent, who had a successful porn career before making a string of erotic thrillers and comedies. He often featured porn actors and actresses in his non-porn films including Tracey Adams, Veronica Hart, Krista Lane and Georgina Spelvin. Veronica Hart of course also appeared in "Boogie Nights" with Nina Hartley. I'm sure there are more.
As was pointed out all of these women either had starring roles in B-movies or small roles in mainstream movies. There's no evidence for the ancient Joan Crawford rumors, the "Barbara Streisand", "Marilyn Monroe", etc. stories have all been debunked, and anyone who says otherwise should be prepared to post some photos or videos. I can't think of any actresses who started off in porn and later starred in a mainstream Hollywood feature - perhaps something like this has happened in Europe. If anyone knows a name please share.
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