Mary Carey(I)
- Actress
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Cleveland native Mary Carey was born into what could be charitably
called a dysfunctional family. Both of her parents were mentally
handicapped (her mother had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic) and she
was taken away from her parents by her grandparents when she was three
months old. After her parents divorced, her mother moved in with Mary
and her grandparents. At seven years of age the family moved from
Cleveland to Florida, and the next year Mary was legally adopted by her
grandparents.
Mary continued in Florida with the dance lessons she had started taking
in Cleveland, and was a straight-A student in school. Her stage debut
occurred at 12 years of age when she performed "The Nutcracker" with
the Miami City Ballet, and she was bitten hard by the performing bug.
Her dancing skills were honed by attendance at a prestigious dance
school, and she was being offered dance scholarships from many
different institutions. Then, at age 16, her grandfather developed lung
cancer and died within a few months. Her grandmother's Parkinson's
Disease worsened, and on top of that her body began to develop and she
no longer had the thin body considered desirable for a
ballerina. She was told to lose weight and get a breast reduction, but
instead decided to leave ballet altogether and tried out for and won a
place on the dance team at Florida State University, where she was
enrolled. In the meantime her grandmother's health deteriorated even
further, and soon their financial situation became precarious. In order
to keep their head above water, Mary looked around for a job that could
pay the kind of money they needed, and found a job as a model on an
adult Internet site. From there she landed a job as a stripper. She saw
that the strippers who commanded the big money were the featured girls,
and an agent told her that the best way to become a featured stripper
was to get a following doing porn. She traveled to Los Angeles and made
the rounds of the adult-film producers and studios, eventually landing
a job with Playboy TV.
Just prior to the recall campaign against California Governor Gray Davis,
Mary signed a contract with Kick Ass Pictures, and as a publicity gag
they came up with the idea that Mary should enter the field of a dozen
or so candidates trying to replace Davis, so she soon publicly declared
her intention to run for governor. The stunt worked out far better than
they had hoped for, as Mary's bubbly personality and sense of humor
about herself, her profession and the campaign itself - not to mention
her beauty - endeared her to the California
public. Although some political pundits wrote her off as a joke, her
"campaign" received extensive coverage in the statewide media and she
drew enthusiastic crowds at her appearances. Although she didn't win
the election, she did manage to garner more than 11,000 votes. After
the election Mary continued to turn out videos, which continue to sell
well, and she is, besides Jenna Jameson, one of the porn stars most
recognized by the general public.
called a dysfunctional family. Both of her parents were mentally
handicapped (her mother had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic) and she
was taken away from her parents by her grandparents when she was three
months old. After her parents divorced, her mother moved in with Mary
and her grandparents. At seven years of age the family moved from
Cleveland to Florida, and the next year Mary was legally adopted by her
grandparents.
Mary continued in Florida with the dance lessons she had started taking
in Cleveland, and was a straight-A student in school. Her stage debut
occurred at 12 years of age when she performed "The Nutcracker" with
the Miami City Ballet, and she was bitten hard by the performing bug.
Her dancing skills were honed by attendance at a prestigious dance
school, and she was being offered dance scholarships from many
different institutions. Then, at age 16, her grandfather developed lung
cancer and died within a few months. Her grandmother's Parkinson's
Disease worsened, and on top of that her body began to develop and she
no longer had the thin body considered desirable for a
ballerina. She was told to lose weight and get a breast reduction, but
instead decided to leave ballet altogether and tried out for and won a
place on the dance team at Florida State University, where she was
enrolled. In the meantime her grandmother's health deteriorated even
further, and soon their financial situation became precarious. In order
to keep their head above water, Mary looked around for a job that could
pay the kind of money they needed, and found a job as a model on an
adult Internet site. From there she landed a job as a stripper. She saw
that the strippers who commanded the big money were the featured girls,
and an agent told her that the best way to become a featured stripper
was to get a following doing porn. She traveled to Los Angeles and made
the rounds of the adult-film producers and studios, eventually landing
a job with Playboy TV.
Just prior to the recall campaign against California Governor Gray Davis,
Mary signed a contract with Kick Ass Pictures, and as a publicity gag
they came up with the idea that Mary should enter the field of a dozen
or so candidates trying to replace Davis, so she soon publicly declared
her intention to run for governor. The stunt worked out far better than
they had hoped for, as Mary's bubbly personality and sense of humor
about herself, her profession and the campaign itself - not to mention
her beauty - endeared her to the California
public. Although some political pundits wrote her off as a joke, her
"campaign" received extensive coverage in the statewide media and she
drew enthusiastic crowds at her appearances. Although she didn't win
the election, she did manage to garner more than 11,000 votes. After
the election Mary continued to turn out videos, which continue to sell
well, and she is, besides Jenna Jameson, one of the porn stars most
recognized by the general public.