Along with fellow platinum-blonde goddesses Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, she was known as one of "The Three M's."
At the age of 16 she won the title "Miss Eight Ball."
Claims to have had an affair with Rock Hudson.
Gave birth to her first child at age 25, a son Perry Ray Anthony on March 18, 1956. Child's father is her second husband, Ray Anthony.
Her film Untamed Youth (1957) was originally condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency, but that only served to enhance the curiosity factor, resulting in it being a big money-maker for the studio.
Issued out three quickie paperback biographies to juice up her fading popularity: "My Naughty, Naughty Life" (1961); "I Swing" (1965) and "My Wild Love Experiences (1965).
Measurements: 35-23-35 (as a 15 year-old model in 1946), 36-24-35 (in 1955 starlet), 38DD-26-36 (self-described in 1997), Quote: "I don't even want to say double-D, because they're even bigger than that." (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Miss Palm Springs 1948, at age 15.
Once posed for famous pin-up girl artist Alberto Vargas, the painter of the glamorous "Vargas Girls." His painting of Van Doren was on the July 1951 cover of Esquire.
She took her stage name (Mamie) from "First Lady" Mamie Eisenhower.
Signed by Universal Studios at age 18 with the hope that they could make her their answer to Fox's Marilyn Monroe.
Was discovered by Howard Hughes the night she was crowned Miss Palm Springs. He dated her for five years and launched her career by placing her in a few RKO films.