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lesfunk
02-28-2011, 09:55 PM
Screen Legend Jane Russell Dead at 89

By Tracey Harrington McCoy Posted Feb 28th 2011 08:40PM

Legendary pinup star Jane Russell died Monday of respiratory failure, the Associated Press reports. She was 89. The screen legend shot to fame in the '40s after starring in Howard Hughes' 1941 western, 'The Outlaw.' She also starred in 1953's 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' alongside Marilyn Monroe.

Russell became a star after Hughes distributed sexy publicity photos of her prior to the release of 'The Outlaw.' She soon became famous as a pinup for World War II GIs.

After 'The Outlaw,' Russell starred in 'The Paleface' opposite Bob Hope in 1948. Her next notable film was 'Gentleman Prefer Blondes.' She and Monroe played friends who seek romance in Paris and sing 'Two Little Girls From Little Rock.' In 2001, Russell spoke of the film, noting that Monroe was five years younger than her and that "it was like working with a little sister."

Russell then filmed the 1954 musical 'The French Line', which was shot in 3D. Its promotional campaign was short and sweet: "J.R. in 3D. Need we say more?"

The screen legend made the sequel 'Gentleman Marry Brunettes' in 1955--this time without Monroe. And she joined Clark Gabel and Jeff Chandler for two Western movies: 'The Tall Men' and 'FoxFire,' respectively. Her career began to falter in the 1960s.

"Why did I quit movies?" she remarked in 1999. "Because I was getting too old! You couldn't go on acting in those years if you were an actress over 30."

After Russell retired from the screen, she became active in her church and other charitable foundations.

During her years in Hollywood, the screen star was married to pro football player Bob Waterfield. In 1968, their 24-year marriage ended in divorce. She then married actor Roger Barrett--who died three months later of a heart attack. Russell's third and final marriage was to developer John Peoples in 1978. He died in 1999 of heart failure.

"She always said I'm going to die in the saddle, I'm not going to sit at home and become an old woman," Russell's daughter-in-law Etta Waterfield told The Associated Press. "And that's exactly what she did, she died in the saddle."

Survivors include her children, Thomas K. Waterfield, Tracy Foundas and Robert "Buck" Waterfield, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

SunisinuS
02-28-2011, 10:39 PM
No No No No.....grrr.....

RIP Jane. Man you had them sailor boys going. Nice Gal all the way around.....classy and Snarling.


http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/news_images/4/47666_103232_2.jpg

http://www.shareyourwallpaper.com/upload/wallpaper/celebrities-female/jane-russell/jane-russell_3ac3d935.jpg

http://d.yimg.com/gg/u/17acc4940a90f8597491c4740287298295c860ee.jpeg


And to be correct she was known for her Gams and not just her tits.

Hardrock69
03-01-2011, 12:11 AM
That fucking sucks. She was a screen legend.

And whoever wrote that article is a hack. It is spelled "Clark GabLE" not "Gabel".

lesfunk
03-01-2011, 12:24 AM
Someone needs to find her Bra Ad.

Hardrock69
03-01-2011, 12:27 AM
Man, I knew a stripper back in the 1990s who looked just like her. She was fucking SMOKING hot!

chefcraig
03-01-2011, 07:49 AM
Someone needs to find her Bra Ad.

Trust me, I remember those Playtex commercials she did in the 1970s. I was a kid at the time, and this just might go a long way toward explaining certain "fixations" that I have today.

hambon4lif
03-01-2011, 09:28 AM
R.I.P. Jane

ELVIS
03-01-2011, 09:47 AM
:elvis:

Nitro Express
03-01-2011, 12:00 PM
My mom grew up with Howard Hughes widow Terri Moore. She also went to school with with the guy who was Howard's barber and was with him right up to the end of things. Terri was dating Howard and told my mom Howard would hire her to be a stewardess on TWA but you had to be a registered nurse to be a stewardess in those days. At nursing school she met my dad so that plan never came to be. When my mom would get pissed at my dad she would grumble that she should have finished nursing school. LOL! I guess Howard paid well but he worked your ass off.

Nitro Express
03-01-2011, 12:05 PM
Trust me, I remember those Playtex commercials she did in the 1970s. I was a kid at the time, and this just might go a long way toward explaining certain "fixations" that I have today.

It's good to know I was not the only one. Playtex ads and the JC Penny catalog women's underwear section was my first porn.

Nitro Express
03-01-2011, 12:09 PM
Sometimes when we were in LA we would visit Terri at her Holmby Hills home which was huge! I was just a kid and didn't really understand who Howard Hughes was. I knew he owned airlines and was rich and that was about it. All I cared was Terri had a big swimming pool and I got to swim in it. LOL!

hambon4lif
03-01-2011, 12:15 PM
My mom grew up with Howard Hughes widow Terri Moore. She also went to school with with the guy who was Howard's barber and was with him right up to the end of things. Terri was dating Howard and told my mom Howard would hire her to be a stewardess on TWA but you had to be a registered nurse to be a stewardess in those days. At nursing school she met my dad so that plan never came to be. When my mom would get pissed at my dad she would grumble that she should have finished nursing school. LOL! I guess Howard paid well but he worked your ass off....That is the most touching, respectful tribute to JANE RUSSELL that I have ever read in my life.

I gotta admit, I almost wept a little......

fifth element
03-01-2011, 03:33 PM
Jane Russell, RIP

you WERE a class act.

Bob_R
03-01-2011, 03:41 PM
RIP Jane.

Nitro Express
03-01-2011, 04:06 PM
...That is the most touching, respectful tribute to JANE RUSSELL that I have ever read in my life.

I gotta admit, I almost wept a little......

I was going to do a tribute but I couldn't find any nude photos of her.

hambon4lif
03-01-2011, 05:59 PM
I was going to do a tribute but I couldn't find any nude photos of her.That's quite alright. Besides, if "sexy" is something you think you'll find thumbing through a Hustler, then your Walter Mitty excerpt will just have to suffice.

Blaze
03-01-2011, 08:36 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3821068348_a114af3251_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4332951363_c6874be8b2_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4332951363/)
Jane Russell - His Kind of Woman 008 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4332951363/) by Tanith Mélange (http://www.flickr.com/people/tanith_melange/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4333692810_eae6322e20_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4333692810/)
Jane Russell - His Kind of Woman 002 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4333692810/) by Tanith Mélange (http://www.flickr.com/people/tanith_melange/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4333693266_141bf4ae23_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4333693266/)
Jane Russell - His Kind of Woman 009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4333693266/) by Tanith Mélange (http://www.flickr.com/people/tanith_melange/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4333692880_8a4ca11cfb_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4333692880/)
Jane Russell - His Kind of Woman 003 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4333692880/) by Tanith Mélange (http://www.flickr.com/people/tanith_melange/), on Flickr

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4316518050/" title="Jane Russell - Macao 003 by Tanith Mélange, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4316518050_0f4877a38b_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="480" alt="Jane Russell - Macao 003" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanith_melange/4316517884/" title="Jane Russell - Macao 001 by Tanith Mélange, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4316517884_8e09167894_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="480" alt="Jane Russell - Macao 001" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/minnesotahistoricalsociety/5488839171/" title="Jane Russell matchbook back by Minnesota Historical Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5488839171_4054a2506d.jpg" width="388" height="500" alt="Jane Russell matchbook back" /></a>

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/3993025327_57abd03a1f_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/semillerimages/3993025327/)
Jane Russell - Actress (http://www.flickr.com/photos/semillerimages/3993025327/) by semillerimages (http://www.flickr.com/people/semillerimages/), on Flickr

Jane Russell - Actress
Cover shot for the Santa Maria Sun back in November of 2007 at her home in Santa Maria. Classic old school movie star aura about her and she was extremely gracious.
Natural light coming through her patio doors into her living room.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2550935626_8335bbdffa.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/2550935626/)
Birthday Surprise in Hollywood (2001) by Stephen B Whatley (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/2550935626/) by Stephen B Whatley (http://www.flickr.com/people/stephenbwhatley/), on Flickr

Birthday Surprise in Hollywood (2001) by Stephen B Whatley

On June 21 2008, legendary Hollywood star Jane Russell will celebrate her 87th birthday. In 2001 she reached the milestone age of 80 and in celebration, artist Stephen B Whatley surprised her with the gift of this cartoon tribute card, inspired by the star today - and she touched his heart with this letter.
Born in 1921 in Bemidji, Minn., USA, Jane Russell came to public attention, in a blaze of publicity, as a voluptuous brunette in Howard Hughes's film The Outlaw (US 1943) and through a movie career lasting from 1943 to 1970, revealed a warm likeable, wise-cracking character; which is still apparent in her television interviews today. On a recent television interview screened in the UK, after watching clips of herself in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (US 1953), she dryly commented to the studio audience that , sure she had changed "...but then so have you!" In 2000 she was interviewed by Larry King on CNN and asked about her health secrets, revealed her pearls of personal wisdom: asked if she exercised, she said, " Well, I like to dance - but it sure is hard to find a partner!" - and then to the question as to whether she took any health pills (vitamins) , "...Well, I take something to sleep".
An ability to laugh at herself has kept her fondly held in the public's affection. Jane Russell also has a deep Christian faith...God Bless her, long may she star!

Ink & crayon on embossed card
Collection of Jane Russell, Santa Maria, CA, USA
:baaa:

jhale667
03-01-2011, 09:21 PM
R.I.P. Jane. :(

IceCreamBlondie
03-01-2011, 10:41 PM
RIP Jane......you were glamorous!

I still remember those bra ads she did for "full figure girls" when I was very young!!

ace diamond
03-04-2011, 01:31 AM
No No No No.....grrr.....

RIP Jane. Man you had them sailor boys going. Nice Gal all the way around.....classy and Snarling.


http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/news_images/4/47666_103232_2.jpg

http://www.shareyourwallpaper.com/upload/wallpaper/celebrities-female/jane-russell/jane-russell_3ac3d935.jpg

http://d.yimg.com/gg/u/17acc4940a90f8597491c4740287298295c860ee.jpeg


And to be correct she was known for her Gams and not just her tits.

this post is proof that the men in my father's side of the family
a)know a smokin' hot chick when they see one, b)know a great pair of tits when they see em',
and that although i'm not the only family outcast fuck-up,
i've still managed to be have a sucessful music career
in my local area,
and according to some folks in the crowd at my show last night,
i'm now considered a "legend" here in Riverside, CA......especially with the college crowd for some strange reason......
well, actually, the college crowd now, a lot of them were in in jr. or sr. high school the first time they heard my music or came to see me play live.

i did march with UC-RIVERSIDE college students in their protest march yesterday.
good chance my picture might have been in the press enterprise today.
i don't know s i have not seen the press enterprise for today.
the photograph came up to me afterwards.
i didn't even know my picture had been taken.
he was asking me for my name, and how to spell it correctly.......
i dunno, can somebody look it up and provise a link for me?

Blaze
03-04-2011, 01:42 AM
this post is proof that the men in my father's side of the family
a)know a smokin' hot chick when they see one, b)know a great pair of tits when they see em',
and that although i'm not the only family outcast fuck-up,
i've still managed to be have a sucessful music career
in my local area,
and according to some folks in the crowd at my show last night,
i'm now considered a "legend" here in Riverside, CA......especially with the college crowd for some strange reason......
well, actually, the college crowd now, a lot of them were in in jr. or sr. high school the first time they heard my music or came to see me play live.

i did march with UC-RIVERSIDE college students in their protest march yesterday.
good chance my picture might have been in the press enterprise today.
i don't know s i have not seen the press enterprise for today.
the photograph came up to me afterwards.
i didn't even know my picture had been taken.
he was asking me for my name, and how to spell it correctly.......
i dunno, can somebody look it up and provise a link for me?

Ace, aren't you WINNING yet? You would have that link if you were WINNING!
Eye nose these sort of tings.

Blaze
03-04-2011, 01:43 AM
#WINNING :biggrin:

Diamondjimi
03-04-2011, 01:54 AM
~Data~

ace diamond
03-04-2011, 02:15 AM
i win.
the proof is in the pudding.
specifically, watch the video........
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_budgetcuts03.2389219.html

ashstralia
03-04-2011, 03:04 AM
i win.
the proof is in the pudding.
specifically, watch the video.....

hahahahahahahahahahahhh!!!! jeez you're good at sniffing out the cameras, ace:biggrin:

btw, r.i.p. jane.

ace diamond
03-04-2011, 03:50 AM
hahahahahahahahahahahhh!!!! jeez you're good at sniffing out the cameras, ace:biggrin:

btw, r.i.p. jane.

i actually wasn't even trying or paying any attention.

Seshmeister
03-04-2011, 05:29 AM
hahahahahahahahahahahhh!!!! jeez you're good at sniffing out the cameras, ace:biggrin:

btw, r.i.p. jane.

You can't see his placard...

"Know more sales tax on cakes"

hambon4lif
03-04-2011, 08:07 AM
Eeyore can take any thread and make it all about him.

Un-fucking-believable!

ace diamond
03-04-2011, 02:04 PM
Eeyore can take any thread and make it all about him.

Un-fucking-believable!

well, it's impossible to mention j.r. without bringing up my late cousin howard.........
if you mention a member of my family, i get to chime in and say what i please.
simple as that.

Hardrock69
03-04-2011, 09:14 PM
No. This thread is about JANE RUSSELL!

Fuck your fucking idiot Cousin Howard.

Terry
03-04-2011, 09:24 PM
There's just something about those great old broads from the days of black and white film...

I mean, there's no mystery to any of today's current crop of starlet bimbettes.

Sometimes I feel like I was born twenty years too late, but thank fuck I wasn't born in the 80s.

FORD
03-04-2011, 09:26 PM
Jesus.... last week he was related to Laura Ingalls Wilder. This week it's Howard Hughes. You would think knowing all these rich and famous people could keep him off of welfare and out of the dumpster?

ace diamond
03-05-2011, 12:43 AM
Jesus.... last week he was related to Laura Ingalls Wilder. This week it's Howard Hughes. You would think knowing all these rich and famous people could keep him off of welfare and out of the dumpster?

ingalls in my mother's side of the family..........
did you know that general and later president andrew jackson was in the ingalls family tree?
for proof......pomona, ca downtown library has the ingalls family tree on public display.
you will find one of my great-grandfather's name on it.
leroy ingalls, born in 1905.
his son is my grandfather, lee ingalls.
his daughter by way of his marraige to shirley basham
is my mother.
i have photographs here in my house to prove it.
i've also got my birth cirtificate as evidence too.
you will never see any of the pictures or my birth certificate.
that information is private.
my dear sweet mother is still alive.

Unchainme
03-05-2011, 12:44 AM
Jesus.... last week he was related to Laura Ingalls Wilder. This week it's Howard Hughes. You would think knowing all these rich and famous people could keep him off of welfare and out of the dumpster?

Ace Diamond is related to the Queen of England too!

ace diamond
03-05-2011, 12:49 AM
Ace Diamond is related to the Queen of England too!

i am not related to european royalty in anyway that i am aware and knowing of.