a.k.a. Merrill Townsend

Porn Star Merle Michaels was a staple on the late 70's/early 80's hardcore scene. Merle Michaels was a good actress, athletic and willing sexer, and a very good looking blonde, as well. Merle Michaels was one of the last of the early-style porno starlets, a hold-over from the days of heavily plotted and cleverly written sex films when acting talent was as important as sexual heat. Which isn't to say that Merle Michaels lagged in that area, either, though -- she could be every bit as sexy as she pleased.

Merle Michaels appeared in some of the all-time classics of early 80's erotica, making her mark in films like 'Babylon Pink' Her best performance, though, can be found in 1979's 'Sizzle.' Merle Michaels plays a kidnap victim who turns the tables on her captors by becoming the most insatiable, sex-crazed woman any of them have ever seen. It's a funny and sexy role that Merle Michaels plays to heat-inducing perfection. Merle Michaels left the business in late 1982, having sexed her way through over fifty hardcore features in less than five years. Anyone interested in early porn could do much worse than focusing on this wanton woman's always exciting career.