The eternally beautiful Jane Russell turns 88 today! I had the pleasure of seeing the living legend in person a few years back in Los Angeles at the Aero Theatre's Jane Russell Double Feature of Gentleman Prefer Blondes and Son of Paleface. Jane showed up unexpectedly for a Q & A and was very candid and pleasant. At the time she was living in New Mexico and involved with adoption charities. Still statuesque and elegant, she was visibly flattered at the overwhelmingly amorous response the audience gave her. If you can, pick up Jane Russell: My Path and My Detours : An Autobiography, fantastic read!
Happy Birthday Jane!
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What beautiful pictures. I love the one where she is sitting on the steps with Marilyn.
ReplyDeleteJane is a stunner! Such a great actress too. Wonderful to see the post on her birthday.
ReplyDeleteJane Russell was so beautiful. That would have been a fascinating Q&A to sit in on!
ReplyDeleteOhhh, gorgeous shots!
ReplyDeleteYou look at how beautiful she is and think 'yep, the just don't make 'em like that anymore.'
Happy Birthday, Jane!
she is stunning..and is that a coke bottle Marilyn appears to be drinking out of? :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a coke bottle! And Robby, I wish I could remember a lot of what was said during the Q & A. I do remember she went on at length about adoption charities and the like.
ReplyDeleteThe pics of her are stunning!
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She is just marvelous! I loved her in Son of Pale Face and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes!
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous shots! I particularly like the one of Russell fixing her lipstick while Monroe drinks a bottle of pop! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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On some photos she looks a lot like Katharine Hepburn...
ReplyDeleteSuch a Fox <3 Womens bodies back then were so much more soft and beautiful back then, now if they aren't hard as a rock and fake they are not as proportioned...I dunno that's what it seems anyways
ReplyDeleteWow, I'd long heard about the Mozert sitting but have never seen this photo. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the nice plug of my Bolles blog.
ReplyDeleteJack
The first photo is just stunning! Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteOne of the sexiest ladies of all time; even dressed in " drag " wearing black cowboy clothes in " son of Paleface " as " Mike ", The Torch , Delroy, Jane's ultra femininity can't be masked by her cowboy duds. Jane in this movie was the sexiest " disguised cowboy " ever !
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