RIP Jane Russell

[Borderstone]

I was channel surfing last night when I stopped on one of those local "weather" channels here in Phoenix. They have a new scroll that goes across the bottom of the screen and one of the news articles was that actress Jane Russell had passed away at age 89.

I first heard of her as a kid in the 1970s,through those commercial she did for Living Bra,I believe it was called. After that I saw her ion Tv also in, "Paleface" & "Son Of Paleface" with Bob Hope.

No doubt,she was truly a household word and a pretty good actres too. Here's more of what she did in her career.

TV Appreances :

1986 Hunter (TV series)
Ava Fontaine
– Burned (1986) … Ava Fontaine

1984 The Yellow Rose (TV series)
Rose Hollister
– Sacred Ground (1984) … Rose Hollister
– Running Free (1984) … Rose Hollister
– Divide and Conquer (1984) … Rose Hollister

1970 Darker Than Amber
Alabama Tigress

1967 The Born Losers
Mrs. Shorn

1966 Waco
Jill Stone

1966 Johnny Reno
Nona Williams

1959-1963 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Clara Appleby III / Lillian Martin
– To Tell a Fib (1963) … Clara Appleby III

– Son of Paleface - " Spoof " (1959) … Lillian Martin

1960 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Mary Taylor

– Splinter Station (1960) … Mary Taylor

1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Lili
– Ballad for a Bad Man (1959) … Lili

1958 Colgate Theatre (TV series)

– MacGreedy's Woman (1958)
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Movies :

1957 The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Laurel Stevens

1956 The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Mamie Stover

1956 Hot Blood
Annie Caldash

1955 Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Bonnie Jones/Mimi Jones

1955 The Tall Men
Nella Turner

1955 Foxfire
Amanda

1955 Underwater!
Theresa Gray

1953 The French Line
Mary 'Mame' Carson

1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Dorothy Shaw
1952 Road to Bali
Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

1952 Montana Belle
Belle Starr

1952 Son of Paleface
Mike 'The Torch' Delroy

1952 Macao
Julie Benson

1952 The Las Vegas Story
Linda Rollins

1951 Double Dynamite
Mildred 'Mibs' Goodhue

1951 His Kind of Woman
Lenore Brent

1948 The Paleface
Calamity Jane

1946 Young Widow
Joan Kenwood

1943 The Outlaw
Rio McDonald


Jane Russell / Born: Ernestine-Jane Geraldine Russell
June 21, 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
Died:February 28, 2011 (age 89) in Santa Maria, California, USA

Rest In Peace Miss Russell.

[DellroyGM]

Borderstone, that smells like info from IMDB! (Ha!) Seriously, if you check out IMDB (the internet movie database).com, you will see that like many of the greats, she has a line of appearances longer then your arm. A great lady, and fine actress.
I join Borderstone in wishing Miss Russell to rest in peace.

DellroyGM

[Borderstone]

Yes,that's where I get that info. No way I could ever know all that myself.

[timetraveler]

I was just as surprised to hear of her passing. But to be honest, I had thought at one time that she long since passed away. For me, the image that I'll allways have in my mind is when she was doing ads promoting the Playtex Living Bra, apparently one of the first such items designrd for the "overly endowed".