Jane Russell

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Jane Russell (1945)
Jane Russell (2008)

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (born June 21, 1921 in Bemidji , Minnesota , † February 28, 2011 in Santa Maria , California ,) was an American actress and singer who preferred blondes through films in the 1940s and 1950s was considered a sex symbol.

Life

After high school, Jane Russell first worked as a doctor's office assistant. Thanks to her stately appearance and good looks, she soon made money as a model . She later took acting lessons in a Max Reinhardt theater workshop .

Billionaire Howard Hughes became aware of her through a photo, hired her and made her a film star and sex symbol with her film debut in the western Outlaw (The Outlaw , 1943), a story about Billy the Kid . Hughes had a special bra made for this film that was supposed to show off Russell's bust - which she said she never wore because it seemed unsuitable to her. Her breasts were clearly highlighted in the advertising for the film with the slogan: "There are two important reasons to see this film" . The resulting problems with the US American censorship were very beneficial for the publicity of the film and the leading actress, who were sometimes announced in public appearances as "The two and only" .

Russell was able to free herself from the image of the sex bomb with later roles , she wanted to be seen as a talented actress. Russell often embodied cynical and self-confident female characters. In addition to Bob Hope , she embodied Calamity Jane in His Angel with the Two Pistols (The Paleface , 1948) and in Pale Face Junior (Son of Paleface , 1952). At the side of Marilyn Monroe , she played one of her most famous roles in Blondes, preferred by Howard Hawks in 1953 . After her film offers in the late 1950s increasingly waned, she turned back to increasingly appearances as a singer and roles on US television. She made her last feature film, McGee, The Tiger , in 1970, and her last roles on television were in the series Fight for Yellow Rose (1984) and Hunter (1986).

Russell was married three times. In 1943 she married the football player Bob Waterfield , with whom she ran the production company Russ-Field Productions in the 1950s , which made several films for United Artists . The couple adopted three children; the marriage was divorced in 1967. In 1968 she married the actor Roger Barrett, who died shortly after the wedding. Her marriage to real estate agent John Calvin Peoples in 1974 lasted until his death in 1999.

Jane Russell died in February 2011 at the age of 89 from complications from a respiratory disease in the presence of her closest relatives.

Filmography

Awards

literature

  • Russell, Jane: Jane Russell: My Path and My Detours , 1985

Web links

Commons : Jane Russell  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
 Wikinews: Hollywood star Jane Russell dies at the age of 89  - news

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Anita Gates: Jane Russell, Sultry Star of 1940s and '50s, Dies at 89. In: The New York Times . February 28, 2011, accessed March 1, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Jane Russell. In: prisma . Retrieved March 30, 2021 .
  3. ↑ Jane Russell at AllMovie , accessed March 30, 2021 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Russell, Jane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russell, Ernestine Jane Geraldine (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Bemidji , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2011
PLACE OF DEATH Santa Maria , California