My mother always told me I was a show-off'. 'I was always a performer, a junior Olympic diver, a junior Olympic gymnast.
'Ever since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to be an actress,' Chambers said in 1997. Her father tried to discourage her from pursuing a modeling career, citing brutal competition. Chambers attended Burr Farms Elementary School, Hillspoint Elementary School, Long Lots Junior High School, and Staples High School where she graduated in 1970. She was the youngest of three children, a brother, Bill Briggs (keyboardist for 1960s Boston band The Remains), and a sister, Jann Smith. Her father was in advertising and her mother was a nurse. It is often reported that she was born in Westport however, in a 2007 interview, Chambers confirmed she was born in Providence but grew up in Westport. 2.2 Resurrection of Eve and Inside Marilyn Chambersīorn Marilyn Ann Briggs in Providence, Rhode Island, Chambers was raised in Westport, Connecticut, in a middle-class household.
