In its heyday, Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion was the place to be if you were in show business, with the biggest stars of TV and the Silver Screen showing up to be wooed by the hand-picked harem of the Sultan of Sleaze.
The porn industry and Hollywood worked hand-in-glove, and many of the stars took full advantage of the favors Hefner was willing to provide them in exchange for the prestige of their presence. One former porn actress told me that many of the unattached movie stars had a “porn girlfriend” from the industry — and that this remains an open secret in certain circles.
