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Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and Playboy Playmate.A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansfield was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life.
Audrey Gwendoline Long (April 14, 1922 – September 19, 2014) [1] was an American stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in low-budget films in the 1940s and early 1950s. [2]
Jan Sterling (born Jane Sterling Adriance; April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004) was an American film, television and stage actress.At her most active in films during the 1950s (immediately prior to which she had joined the Actors Studio), [1] Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954) as well as an Academy Award for ...
Beverly Michaels circa 1950 Michaels then appeared in two films by independent film director and producer Hugo Haas . The first, the 1951 film noir Pickup , [ 9 ] was a surprise hit, albeit a secondary B feature, and launched Haas's career as a Hollywood director.
In 1950, when Lewis was hired by Jerry Lester for NBC's first late-night show Broadway Open House (1950–51), he renamed her Dagmar. Lester devised the name as a satirical reference following the huge success on television of the TV series Mama (1949–1957), in which the younger sister, Dagmar Hansen, was portrayed by Robin Morgan .
Mara Corday (born: Marilyn Joan Watts; January 3, 1930) is an American retired actress, showgirl, model and Playboy Playmate and 1950s cult figure. Early life [ edit ]
She was under contract to Howard Hughes-owned RKO Pictures in the 1950s, but he only allowed her to act in one movie (a small part in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt in 1956). [4] When her seven-year contract ended, she became a regular on the science-fiction adventure TV series Men into Space (1959–1960) [ 5 ] as well as acted in many other TV ...
Mary Murphy (January 26, 1931 – May 4, 2011) was an American film and television actress of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Murphy on The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963) Early years