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| Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell at Gruman's Chinese Theatre, 1953 |
The fabulous Jane Russell passed away at the grand old age of 89 yesterday. She was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s and only measured a tiny 38D-24-36 (she had a figure I would die for!). In her lifetime she starred in over 20 films including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The French Line, Double Dynamite and The Tall Men. Unfortunately her film career died by the 1960s and she turned her talents to music. In 1999 Russell said "Why did I quit movies? Because I was getting too old! You couldn't go on acting in those years if you were an actress over 30".
When Russell was just 18 she had a back-street abortion causing her to be unable to have children again. This obviously had an affect on her and in 1955 she founded the World Adoption International Fund (WAIF), which helped organise the adoption of thousands of children from overseas. She also adopted several children in her lifetime.
RIP Jane Russell
Images from Google Images and wikipedia.
Video found on Youtube
What a great selection of pictures!
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