Mary Carey (actress)

Mary Ellen Cook, known professionally as Mary Carey,[1][2] is an American former adult film actress, Playboy model, radio host, film director and former politician known for her appearance on the VH1 reality TV series Celebrity Rehab and Sober House.

Mary Carey
Mary Carey, Los Angeles, CA on August 26, 2011
Born
Mary Ellen Cook[1][2]
Other namesMary Cary, Marey Carey
Websitewww.marycarey.com

Career

Mary retired from performing in adult films in January 2007.[3]

Appearances

She was featured on VH1's reality series Celebrity Rehab and Sober House.

Politics

During the 2003 California recall election, Carey signed a contract with Kick Ass Pictures and, as a publicity stunt, they came up with the idea that Carey should run for governor. She was an independent candidate, placing tenth in a field of 135 candidates. She ran on an eleven-point platform that included somewhat tongue-in-cheek promises of taxing breast implants, making lap dances tax-deductible, and creating a "Porn for Pistols" exchange program.

In June 2005, Carey announced her bid for Lieutenant Governor of California as an independent in 2006. She dropped out of the race in October 2006 to care for her mother, who had jumped off a building while off her medications.[4]

Mary Carey attending a website launch party in Hollywood, CA on May 2, 2009

Personal life

In April 2005, Carey was arrested in connection with a Lakewood, Washington, cabaret sting operation, for violating a city strip club ordinance that forbids dancers from sexually touching themselves.[5] She subsequently made a plea agreement and received a 19-month sentence, which was suspended on the condition that she was not charged with any other offense within one year.[6][7]

VH1 appearance
Carey at an industry party in 2005

In January/February 2008, Carey was featured on the VH1 reality TV series Celebrity Rehab,[8][9] receiving treatment for alcoholism. While on Celebrity Rehab, she stated that she would leave the porn industry and straighten out her life because of her mother, who was hospitalized in Florida after jumping off a four-story building as a suicide attempt the previous month.[10]

In the reunion episode of the show taped approximately six months after leaving rehab, she claimed she had not made an adult movie since becoming sober and intends to never make another one. However, she continues to "feature dance" in clubs, saying that she needs the money to care for her mother, but also hopes to stop doing this. In an interview with AVN magazine, Carey stated that she had entered rehab to tackle an addiction to Xanax (which she had developed around the time she dropped out of her second run for governor)[11] and that the focus on alcohol was created by the show.[12]

In 2009, she made a film titled Celebrity Pornhab with Dr. Screw. The film is a pornographic parody of the VH1 show, and includes a sex scene between Mary Carey and a female costar. Drew Pinsky commented in a January 2010 TV Guide story, "She puts together, like, six weeks at a time of sobriety, then drifts away. We're trying to get her to stay with it once and for all."[13]

During an interview with The Howard Stern Show on November 29, 2010; Pinsky commented that Carey was doing "a lot better".[14] In 2011, Carey was interviewed for Celebrity Rehab Revisited stating that, following the end of Celebrity Rehab, she had quit Xanax and binge drinking, apart from occasional champagne. She had been married to an electrician for two years and stopped making adult films, but continued making a living with personal appearances in night clubs and strip clubs. Counselor Bob Forrest, while critical of her continuing to drink "occasional champagne," noted her improvement, saying "it's progress, not perfection and Mary's progressing and she's a million miles away from where she was when we met her five years ago."[15]

Awards
  • 2004 AVN Award – Best Overall Marketing Campaign (Individual Project) – Mary Carey Campaign[16]
  • 2004 FOXE Award – Vixen of the Year[17]
  • 2004 XRCO Award – Mainstream's Media Favorite[18]
  • 2006 AVN Award – Best Overall Marketing Campaign (Individual Project) – Mary Carey's Dinner with President Bush[19]
  • 2013 AVN Hall of Fame inductee[20]

See also

References
  1. Kershaw, Sarah (8 October 2003). "What the Well-Undressed Woman Wears to Her Concession". The New York Times.
  2. Wallace, Amy (December 2003). "Under the Big Top". Los Angeles Magazine. Vol. 48 no. 12. p. 109. ISSN 1522-9149.
  3. Robinson, Melia. "12 Former Porn Stars Who Now Lead Boring, Normal Lives". www.businessinsider.com. Business Insider magazine. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. "Porn star quits governor's race". Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-10-24. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  5. "News".
  6. Gretchen Gallen (2005-09-11). "Mary Carey Faces Judge Over Strip Club Violation". XBiz. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  7. "Porn star Mary Carey arrested". USA Today. 2005-04-19. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  8. "Video: Celebrity Rehab - Mary Carey and her Toy!". 12 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  9. "Episode Cast for: "Celebrity Rehaby with Dr. Drew"!". Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  10. "Porn Star Mary Carey Drops Out Of California Governor's Race". The Huffington Post. 2006-10-24. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  11. "Porn star politician auctions breast implants". www.stuff.co.nz. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  12. David Sullivan (2009-05-18). "AVN - Mary Carey Pokes Fun at VH1 in 'Celebrity Pornhab With Dr. Screw'". business.avn.com. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  13. Rochlin, Margy (February 1, 2010), "Addicted to Rehab", TV Guide, pp. 34–35
  14. MarksFriggin.com - Stern Show News - Archive
  15. VH1.com | Full Episodes
  16. Heidi Pike-Johnson (2004-01-12). "Evil Angel, Wicked Pictures Big Winners at 2004 AVN Awards". AVN. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  17. Rhett Pardon (2004-06-15). "Birthday Girl Mary Carey Is 'Vixen' of Year". XBIZ. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  18. "Jules Jordan, Evil Angel, Elegant Angel, Wicked Pictures Capture XRCO Awards". AVN. 2004-08-19. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  19. "2006 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2006-01-09. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  20. AVN Staff (2012-12-21). "AVN Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees". AVN. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
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