Jane Russell
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Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
Voluptuous sex symbol and star of Hollywood films, TV, and nightclubs, Jane Russell was the daughter of an actress. She worked as a receptionist and model, and studied theater at Max Reinhardt's Theatrical Workshop and with Maria Ouspenskaya. Endowed with a large bust, she won the lead role in Howard Hughes's The Outlaw (1941) after Hughes conducted a nationwide search for a curvaceous actress, eventually finding her working in his dentist's office. The film caused a storm of controversy due primarily to the amount of cleavage shown by Russell onscreen, and, after brief releases in 1941 and 1943, it was not officially released until 1950. The controversy brought her much publicity, often in the form of off-color, sophomoric jokes. However, she surpassed her mindless "bombshell" image and went on to perform with versatility in a number of films during the subsequent three decades, including comedies with Bob Hope and musicals with Marilyn Monroe. She often played cynical, "tough broads," and starred in the Broadway musical Company in 1971. TV viewers may also remember her for a series of bra commercials during the '70s.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Hollywood on Fire |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Darker than Amber |
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— | 1970 |
60% | Born Losers |
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— | 1967 |
No Score Yet | Johnny Reno |
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— | 1966 |
40% | Fate Is The Hunter |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | The All-Star Christmas Show (Bing Crosby - Bing Crosby's White Christmas USO All Star Show) |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | The Revolt of Mamie Stover |
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— | 1956 |
83% | Hot Blood |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | Gentlemen Marry Brunettes |
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— | 1955 |
83% | The Tall Men |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Foxfire |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Underwater! |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | The French Line |
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— | 1954 |
98% | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
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— | 1953 |
44% | Macao |
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— | 1952 |
90% | Son of Paleface |
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— | 1952 |
71% | Road to Bali |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | The Las Vegas Story |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | Montana Belle |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | Double Dynamite (It's Only Money) |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | His Kind of Woman |
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— | 1951 |
100% | The Paleface |
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— | 1948 |
73% | The Outlaw |
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— | 1943 |
No Score Yet | Howard Hughes: The Outlaw |
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— | 1943 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Hunter
1984-1991
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Quotes from Jane Russell's Characters
Dorothy Shaw: | I'm here to make sure nobody else has any fun- but nobody chaperones the chaperone, that's why I'm so right for the job! |
Dorothy Shaw: | You know, I think you're the only girl in the world who can stand on a stage with a spotlight in her eye and still see a diamond inside a man's pocket. |