Linda Lovelace was born Linda Susan Boreman on January 10, 1949. In the late 1960s, she began a relationship with Chuck Traynor - following the end of their marriage, Chuck Traynor married and helped guide the career of Marilyn Chambers.

Linda appeared in 8 verified 8mm hardcore fetish loops. Her breakthrough came with the feature Deep Throat (1972). Surprisingly, the film became a runaway hit, playing to sell-out crowds in "respectable" cinemas. With her newfound celebrity, Linda divorced Traynor, but was unable to sustain a movie career. After the R-rated Deep Throat Part II (1974) and the soft core Linda Lovelace for President (1975) proved box-office disasters, she faded from sight.

In 1980, Lovelace re-emerged as the author of Ordeal, her controversial autobiography. In the autobiography she claimed she was forced at gunpoint to perform in Deep Throat [Yeah, right.]. She soon fell in with the radical feminist movement, testifying before the Meese Commission on the supposed dangers of pornography.

Linda was involved in a car accident on April 3, 2002 in Denver, Colorado. She died of her injuries on April 22, 2002.