Screen siren Jane Russell dies
Her provocative performance in the 1943 Howard Hughes film — and the publicity shots posing her in a low-cut blouse while reclined on a stack of hay bales — marked a turning point in moviedom sexuality. She became a bona fide star and a favorite pinup girl of soldiers during World War II Jane Russell, the dark-haired siren whose sensational debut in the 1943 film “The Outlaw” inspired producer …
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Jane Russell dies at 89; screen siren had sensational debut in ‘The Outlaw’
Her provocative performance in the 1943 Howard Hughes film — and the publicity shots posing her in a low-cut blouse while reclined on a stack of hay bales — marked a turning point in moviedom sexuality. She became a bona fide star and a favorite pinup girl of soldiers during World War II Jane Russell, the dark-haired siren whose sensational debut in the 1943 film “The Outlaw” inspired producer …
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Jane Russell dies at 89; screen siren had sensational debut in ‘The Outlaw’
Her provocative performance in the 1943 Howard Hughes film — and the publicity shots posing her in a low-cut blouse while reclined on a stack of hay bales — marked a turning point in moviedom sexuality. She became a bona fide star and a favorite pinup girl of soldiers during World War II Jane Russell, the dark-haired siren whose sensational debut in the 1943 film “The Outlaw” inspired producer …
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