Goodbye Jane Russell !

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   tony0724posted 13 years ago

   One of the other Icons and Sex Symbols of early cinema passed away today. Jane Russell died at 89 in Santa Maria in central California today. She was definitely the brunettes version of Marilyn Monroe. Any thoughts ?
   
   

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   rebekahELLEposted 13 years ago

   RIP Jane. 
   
   my favorite is still Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur9GKLl8v4U

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   Oh WOW!
   
   Jane Russell, an awesome lady will be missed.

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   Ron Montgomeryposted 13 years ago

   
   
   She is survived by her daughter Lotta.

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   Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

   She does not look comfortable posing in that straw AT ALL!
   She seems to be snarling, "You think you're gonna roll in this hay with me? Not a chance, buster."

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      tony0724posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I woulda took my chances. I always liked edgy women anyway !

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   Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

   It's sad that another of those "old time" stars has passed.  Having said that, though, I can't honestly said I ever saw anything appealing about her.  I suspect it has to do with the fact that I'm not a man; but, to me, Jane Russell was just kind of "a big, awful, man-ish, woman".     (It probably also doesn't help that she was of my mother's generaton.)  (Obviously some people saw her as a sex symbol - so who am I to question it..    )

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   Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

   I think I always got her confused with Jayne Mansfield. Didn't she also have huge boobs?

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      tony0724posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yea but Jayne Mansfield was a blonde. And boy what a blonde !!! She had a gruesome ending to her life though.

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   Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

   
   
   This was the photo I had in my mind. It is at my local Bucca di Beppo restorante. What a crackup!
   Not to be too ghoulish, but what happened to Jayne Mansfield (since you seem to be our resident expert on "big" stars, Tony!)

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      tony0724posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I am no expert on the Hollywood crowd nor would I want to be. But she died in 1967 in an auto accident that cut off part of her head. YIKES !Oh by the way is that Sophia Loren ?

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   FelineFranceposted 13 years ago

   aww i really liked gentlemen prefer blondes

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    It most certainly is Ms. Loren. Who still looks FABULOUS (at least the last time I saw her -- maybe she's withering now).
    
    I think I'm sorry I asked about Jayne Mansfield. Hopeully Ms. Russell's demise was less gory!
    Thanks for the info, tho, pal Tony! MM

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