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: She starred in the 1977 softcore comedy Come Play with Me , which ran for a record-breaking four years at a single London cinema. Fame and Advocacy

: Her career skyrocketed after meeting publisher and film producer David Sullivan , who promoted her as a national sex symbol.

: After training to be a veterinary nurse, she began glamour modeling to pay for the care of her terminally ill mother. Respectable -The Mary Millington Story

Born Mary Ruth Quilter in 1945, she was raised by a single mother in a small town and faced childhood bullying due to her illegitimacy.

Behind her public "respectable" persona and immense earnings lay a deeply troubled private life. Respectable: The Mary Millington Story (2016) - IMDb : She starred in the 1977 softcore comedy

: She famously posed topless outside 10 Downing Street , a move that led to her being bound over to keep the peace. The Downfall

At the height of her popularity, Millington was more than a film star; she was a controversial public figure who: Born Mary Ruth Quilter in 1945, she was

The story of Mary Millington , as chronicled in the 2016 documentary Respectable directed by Simon Sheridan, is a poignant journey through the rapid rise and tragic fall of Britain's most famous sex superstar of the 1970s.