Jane Russell


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Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell, born on June 21st, 1921, Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S, was a movie actress, model and singer, who was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols during the '40s and '50s. Russell moved from the Midwestern US to California, where she had her first film role in 1943 in The Outlaw. Jane got into music during 1947, before returning to movies. After starring in several films during the '50s, including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953, Russell returned to music, while appearing in several other movies in the '60s. She starred in over 20 films in her career.













Jane Russell


Book Description

The candid story of Hollywood's popular sex symbol reveals the "girl next door" underneath--marrying her high school sweetheart, founding an international adoption agency--as well as the real truth behind her relationship with Howard Hughes













Édith Piaf


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The world-famous French singer Édith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an 'imagined Piaf.