Mary Ruth Maxted (née Quilter; 30 November 1945 – 19 August 1979), known professionally as Mary Millington, was an English model and . Her appearance in the short softcore film Sex is My Business led to her meeting with magazine publisher David Sullivan, who promoted her widely as a model, and featured her in the softcore comedy , which ran for a record-breaking four years at the same cinema. But she soon found herself being replaced by younger models, and this led to a downward spiral of drug addiction, shoplifting and debt. At 33, she died of an overdose.
Millington has been described as one of the "two hottest British sex film stars of the seventies", the other being Fiona Richmond.
Mary Millington
Born Mary Ruth Quilter
30 November 1945
Kenton, Middlesex, England
Died 19 August 1979 (aged 33)
Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England
Other names Nancy Astley, Susan David, Janet Green, Samantha Jones, June Taylor, Karen Young, Sally Stevens, Marion Ellis
Height 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)