Jane Russell Overview:

Legendary actress, Jane Russell, was born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell on Jun 21, 1921 in Bemidji, MN. Russell died at the age of 89 on Feb 28, 2011 in Santa Maria, CA .

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A rarity: not only a brunette sex symbol but one who became more fondly regarded by the public as time wore on. She looked as though she liked the cinema to be fun, and her sense of humor and acceptance of her own limited ability lifted more than one of her films. She was most enjoyable in her roles opposite Robert Mitchum and Bob Hope - two leading men to whom she obviously responded.

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Jane Russell's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #104 on Jun 26, 1953. Russell was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Marilyn Monroe & setting Handprints in ‘stone’

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Jane Russell Quotes:

Julie Benson: Well you annoyed me a little when you belted me with that blonde!


Halloran: How 'bout two weeks salary in advance?
Julie Benson: This is one time I won't say no.


[last lines]
Nella Turner: Ben, it was a long walk out here and my feet are killing me. Will you take my boots off?


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Retired to Santa Maria, California after the death of her third husband in 1999 to be close to her youngest son.

In 2006 (at age 84), Jane put together a musical show entitled "The Swinging Forties" that plays twice a month at the Radisson Hotel. The show features herself and about a dozen local Santa Maria residents, including a choir director, lay preacher and retired police officer. She formed the show out of boredom and because there was nothing much going on in town for the older folks to do.

In the late 1930s, she was a member of Max Reinhardt's Theatrical Workshop and attended Maria Ouspenskaya's Drama School for six months.

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