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Early life

She was born Joan Lucille Olander in Rowena, South Dakota, the daughter of Warner Carl Olander (March 30, 1908-June 4, 1992) and Lucille Harriet Bennett (January 21, 1912-August 27, 1995). She is of three-quarters Swedish ancestry; the remainder is mixed English and German. Her mother named her after Joan Crawford. In 1939, the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa. In May 1942, they moved to Los Angeles. Rowena is a place in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (90th in leap years). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905[1]– May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. ... Sioux City (IPA: ) is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

In early 1946, Joan began working as an usherette at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The following year, she had a bit-part on an early television show. She also sang with Ted Fio Rito's band and entered beauty contests. In the summer of 1949, at age 18, she won the titles "Miss Eight Ball" and "Miss Palm Springs". Look up escort in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... There are multiple venues named the Pantages Theatre: Canada There is a Pantages Theatre in Toronto, which has been renamed the Canon Theatre. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Ted Fiorito (sometimes Ted Fio Rito) was a pianist and bandleader born in Newark, New Jersey on December 20, 1900. ... Mrs. ...

While appearing in the Miss Palm Springs contest, she was discovered by Howard Hughes. For the Welsh murderer, see Howard Hughes (murderer). ...

Early career

She lunched with Hughes, who gave her a bit-part in Jet Pilot at RKO, which was her motion picture debut. Her line of dialogue consisted of one word, "Look!" Though production of the movie was in 1949 and 1950, it was not released until 1957. The following year, 1951, she posed for famous pin-up girl artist Alberto Vargas, the painter of the glamorous "Varga Girls." His painting of Van Doren was on the July cover of Esquire. RKO could stand for: RKO Pictures The R.K.O. - finishing manoever (and initials) of WWE professional wrestler Randy Orton. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... See also: 1948 in film 1949 1950 in film 1940s in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America Adams Rib Jolson Sings Again Pinky I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc Academy Awards Best Picture: All the... See also: 1949 in film 1950 1951 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios animated film Cinderella debuts. ... // October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens. ... This image of Betty Grable became the archetype of pin-ups during World War II A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. ... Alberto Vargas (1896–1982) was a noted painter of pin-up girls and erotica. ... Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ...

She was briefly married at seventeen, when she and first husband, Jack Newman, eloped to Santa Barbara. The marriage dissolved quickly, upon discovery of his abusive nature. Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. ...

She did a few more bit parts in movies at RKO, including His Kind of Woman (1951) starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell and Vincent Price. About her appearance in that one, Van Doren has said, "If you blinked you would miss me. I look barely old enough to drive." RKO could stand for: RKO Pictures The R.K.O. - finishing manoever (and initials) of WWE professional wrestler Randy Orton. ... His Kind of Woman is a black-and-white 1951 film noir mystery film starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. ... See also: 1950 in film 1951 1952 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati Top grossing films North America David and Bathsheba Show Boat tie The Great Caruso and An... Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and singer. ... Jane Russell (born June 21, 1921) is an American actress and sex symbol. ... Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ...

She then began working on the stage. She was a showgirl in New York in Monte Proser's nightclub version of Billion Dollar Baby. Songwriter Jimmy McHugh discovered her for his musicals, then decided she was too good for the chorus line and should have dramatic training. She studied with Ben Bard and Bliss-Hayden. While appearing in the role of Marie in a showcase production of Come Back, Little Sheba, she was seen by Phil Benjamin, a casting director at Universal International. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... New York, NY redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Jimmy McHugh (July 10, 1894 - May 23, 1969), was one of the greatest and most prolific songwriters during the 1920s-1950s. ... A chorus line is a substantial group of dancers who together perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre. ... Come Back, Little Sheba is a play written by American playwright William Inge. ... This article is about the major American media conglomerate. ...

Motion pictures

On January 20, 1953, she signed a contract with Universal. The studio had big plans for her, hoping she would bring the success that 20th Century Fox had with Marilyn Monroe, the reigning sex symbol of the era. It has been said that because the day she was signed was also the day President Eisenhower was inaugurated, the studio decided to give her the name Mamie for Ike's wife, Mamie Eisenhower, and Van Doren as a good-natured dig at fellow blonde and buxom starlet Jayne Mansfield, who claimed to possess the genius-caliber IQ of 165. The Van Dorens were a noted family of American intellectuals, including two Pulitzer Prize winning brothers, Carl (biographer) and Mark (poet), and Mark's wife Dorothy, an academic and historian. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement between parties that the law will enforce. ... A movie studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the major American film studios. ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and pop icon. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-1961). ... An inauguration is a ceremony of formal investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power. ... Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the wife of General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ... IQ redirects here; for other uses of that term, see IQ (disambiguation). ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...

Her first movie for Universal was Forbidden (1953), playing a singer. She then made All-American (1953), playing Susie Ward, a girl from the other side of the tracks who is the man-trap at a campus beer joint. In Yankee Pasha (1954) starring Tony Curtis and Rhonda Fleming, she played a slave girl, Lilith. See also: 1952 in film 1953 1954 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events September 16 - The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. ... See also: 1952 in film 1953 1954 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events September 16 - The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... Roger Moore and Tony Curtis in The Persuaders! Tony Curtis (born June 3, 1925) is an American film actor. ... Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born August 10, 1923), nicknamed the Queen of Technicolor, is an American actress. ...

Van Doren starred in several bad girl movies that have gone on to become cult films. She also appeared in some of the first movies to feature Rock & Roll music and became identified with this rebellious style, and made some Rock records. Bad girl movies are a subcategory of film noir labeled by latter-day movie buffs to describe the dark films of the 1940s and 1950s starring beautiful women who were usually on the wrong side of the law. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ...

While she and such other blonde bombshell contemporaries as Cleo Moore, Sheree North and Diana Dors did not attain the same level of superstar status as Monroe, Van Doren did become a very famous star and notable Hollywood sex symbol. Marilyn, Mamie and Jayne Mansfield were known as the "Three M's," and Van Doren achieved legendary status as being the sole survivor (although she was referred to as "the poor man's Mansfield"). Cleo Moore Cleo Moore, was a blonde bombshell of 1950s Hollywood films born October 31 1928 (some sources state 1923) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ... Sheree North (born January 17, 1932, in Los Angeles, California - died November 4, 2005 in Los Angeles), was an actress and singer who appeared in numerous Broadway shows, Hollywood movies, and television series from the 1950s onwards. ... Diana Dors (October 23, 1931 – May 4, 1984) was an English actress. ... Superstar is a term used to refer to a celebrity who has great popular appeal and is widely-known, prominent or successful in some field. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ...

But while Monroe did Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Mansfield had a big success with Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, a part that was originally written for Van Doren, who turned it down, Universal stuck Van Doren with Francis the Talking Mule in Francis Joins the WACS. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a novel written by Anita Loos that was published in 1925, a Broadway play produced in 1926, a Broadway musical produced in 1949, which Loos also wrote the book for, and two motion pictures. ... Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter is an original comedy play that opened on Broadway October 13, 1955 starring Orson Bean, Martin Gabel, Jayne Mansfield and Walter Matthau. ... Francis the Talking Mule was a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s. ...

Marriages, child & affairs

Van Doren has had five husbands, sportswear manufacturer Jack Newman (married 1950-divorced 1950), bandleader, composer and actor Ray Anthony (married 1955-divorced 1961), baseball player Lee Meyers (married 1966-divorced 1967), businessman Ross McClintock (married 1972-divorced 1973) and actor Thomas Dixon (married 1979-present). Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonioni on January 20, 1922 in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania) is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor who is best known for his work after World War II. External links Ray Anthony biography at SpaceAgePop. ...

She and Anthony had one son, Perry Ray Anthony (born March 18, 1956). March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Her on-again off-again engagement to baseball player Bo Belinsky broke off for good in 1964. In her tell-all autobiography, she acknowledged numerous affairs, including ones with Clark Gable, Howard Hughes, Johnny Carson, Elvis Presley, Burt Reynolds, Jack Dempsey, Steve McQueen, Johnny Rivers, Robert Evans, Eddie Fisher, Warren Beatty, Tony Curtis, Steve Cochran, and Joe Namath. A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... Bo Belinsky (b. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ... For the Welsh murderer, see Howard Hughes (murderer). ... For other people named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Burt Reynolds (born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. ... William Harrison Jack Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title between 1919 and 1926, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest champions of all time. ... Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor, nicknamed The King of Cool. He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular anti-hero persona. ... Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella, 7 November 1942, in New York) is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. ... There have been several well-known people named Robert Evans, including: Robert Evans (author) Robert_Evans_(film_producer) Robert Evans (politician) Robert Evans is also the name of a firefighter who was killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 Bob Evans This is a disambiguation... Eddie Fisher (born August 10, 1928) is an American singer and entertainer. ... Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Roger Moore and Tony Curtis in The Persuaders! Tony Curtis (born June 3, 1925) is an American film actor. ... Actor Steve Cochran in What You Need (Twilight Zone episode 1959) Film actor Steve Cochran (May 25, 1917 - June 15, 1965) was born Robert Alexander Cochran in Eureka, California. ... Joseph William Joe Willie Namath (born May 31, 1943), also known as Broadway Joe, was an American football Hall of Fame quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League during the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Career continues

Some of Van Doren's more noteworthy movies include Teacher's Pet (1958) at Paramount, Born Reckless (1958) at Warner Bros., High School Confidential (1958), and The Beat Generation (1959), the latter two at MGM. Teachers Pet is a 1958 film starring Clark Gable and Doris Day, directed by George Seaton and written by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin. ... // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Born Reckless is a 1930 American crime comedy directed by Andrew Bennison and John Ford written by Donald Henderson Clarke based on a novel by Louis Beretti. ... Warner Bros. ... High School Confendential is the third gold disc for pianorocker Jerry Lee Lewis in 1958, featured in the movie from the same title. ... Promotional poster for The Beat Generation The Beat Generation is a motion picture released in 1959 by MGM starring Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren, with Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Maggie Hayes, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong, Cathy Crosby and Ray Anthony. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ...

But many of the productions she starred in were low-budget B-movies. They are largely unknown to later generations, though some have gained a following for their high camp value. Besides the casting decisions at Universal, a problem was her poor management in selecting a suitable project. The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... For the the baseball player Bert Campaneris, see Bert Campaneris Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. ...

In 1959, Universal chose not to exercise the option in her contract. Van Doren was now a free agent and had to struggle to find work. Some of her later movies were foreign and independent productions, such as The Blonde from Buenos Aires (1961), The Candidate (1964), The Navy vs the Night Monsters (1966) and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968), which was directed by Peter Bogdanovich, who used another name. See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That Darn Cat! The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Academy Awards Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor... Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women is a 1968 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. ... // October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich (born July 30, 1939) is an American film director and writer, born in Kingston, New York. ...

In 1963, she posed twice for Playboy to promote her movie Three Nuts In Search of a Bolt (1964), though she was never a Playmate. Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... 2004 Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesare meets with fans A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (or PMOM). ...

In 1964, Van Doren was at the Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood when The Beatles were at the club visiting with Jayne Mansfield, and a drunk George Harrison accidentally threw his drink on Mamie when he was really trying to throw it on some bothersome journalists. The Whisky A Go-Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: WeHo Location of Los Angeles County in California and West Hollywood within Los Angeles County Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated 1984  - City Council John Heilman (mayor) Sal Guarriello John J. Duran Abbe Land Jeffrey Prang Area    - City  1. ... The Beatles were a British rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Van Doren also developed a nightclub act and did a lot of live theatre. She performed in stage productions of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dames at Sea at the Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago, and appeared in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter and The Tender Trap at the Arlington Park Theatre. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a novel written by Anita Loos that was published in 1925, a Broadway play produced in 1926, a Broadway musical produced in 1949, which Loos also wrote the book for, and two motion pictures. ... Dames At Sea Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller; music by Jim Wise. ... The Drury Lane Theatre is a live theatre located at 100 Drury Lane in Chicagos Oakbrook Terrace. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter is an original comedy play that opened on Broadway October 13, 1955 starring Orson Bean, Martin Gabel, Jayne Mansfield and Walter Matthau. ...

During the war, she did tours for U.S. troops in Vietnam, for three months in 1968 and again in 1970. In addition to USO shows, she visited hospitals, including the wards of amputees and burn victims that many other celebrities stayed away from. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... The United Service Organizations The United Service Organizations (USO) is a volunteer organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military worldwide. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

Her guest appearances on TV include The Bob Cummings Show, The Jack Benny Show, Fantasy Island, Burke's Law, Vega$, and L.A. Law. The Bob Cummings Show was an American television sitcom which was produced from 1955 to 1959. ... Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was a comedian, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the most prominent early stars of American radio and television. ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... Burkes Law was a detective series which ran on ABC from 1963 to 1966, and then again on CBS from 1994 to 1995. ... Vega$ was a TV show that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. ... L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...

In the 1970s, she did a nightclub act in Las Vegas. For other uses around the city, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

Later life

Van Doren's autobiography, Playing the Field: My Story (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1987) brought much new attention to the veteran sex symbol and proved to be her biggest media splash in over 25 years. Since the book's publication she has often been interviewed and profiled and has occasionally returned to acting.

At age 60, she underwent cosmetic surgery. In interviews, she has consistently denied ever having breast implants. In 2006, Mamie posed for photographs for Vanity Fair with Pamela Anderson as part of their annual Hollywood issue. “Facial reconstruction” redirects here. ... Breast implant diagram A breast implant is a prosthesis used in cosmetic surgery to enhance the size and shape of ones breasts or to reconstruct the breast (for example, after a mastectomy). ... American actress Demi Moore, on a typical Vanity Fair cover (August, 1991) Vanity Fair is a glossy American glamour magazine monthly that offers a mixture of articles based on sensational exaggerations, jet-set and entertainment-business personalities, politics, and lies. ... Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. ...

Van Doren has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7057 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...

At 75 (in 2006) Mamie and her husband, Thomas, maintain her hugely popular and controversial web site http://www.mamievandoren.com/ where her contemporary topless and nude photos and outspoken political views have created a larger fan base than ever in her remarkable career -- the longest, in fact, of any Hollywood sex symbol in history, with the possible exception of Mae West, Miss Van Doren's childhood idol.

Filmography

• Jet Pilot (Production: 1949-1951) (Released: 1957) (RKO) ... WAF
• His Kind of Woman (1951) (RKO) ... Lodge guest at bar (uncredited)
• Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) (RKO) ... (credited as Joan Olander)
• Footlight Varieties (1951) (RKO) ... Blonde in theatre (credited as Joan Olander)
• Forbidden (1953) (Universal) ... Singer (uncredited)
• The All American (1953) (Universal) ... Susie Ward
• Hawaiian Nights (1954) (Universal) (short subject)
• Yankee Pasha (1954) (Universal) ... Lilith
• Francis Joins the WACS (1954) (Universal) ... Cpl. Bunky Hilstrom
• Ain't Misbehavin' (1955) (Universal) ... Jackie
• The Second Greatest Sex (1955) (Universal) ... Birdie Snyder
• Running Wild (1955) (Universal) ... Irma Bean
• Star in the Dust (1956) (Universal) ... Ellen Ballard
• The Girl in Black Stockings (1957) (United Artists) ... Harriet Ames
• Untamed Youth (1957) (Warner Bros.) ... Penny Lowe
• Teacher's Pet (1958) (Paramount) ... Peggy DeFore
• Born Reckless (1958) (Warner Bros.) ... Jackie Adams
• The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1958) Italian production (Cinecittà Studios) ... Sabrina
• High School Confidential! (1958) (MGM) ... Gwen Dulaine
• Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959) (United Artists) ... Vi Victor
• The Beat Generation (1959) (MGM) ... Georgia Altera
• The Big Operator (1959) (MGM) ... Mary Gibson
• Girls Town (1959) (MGM) ... Silver Morgan
• Vice Raid (1959) (United Artists) ... Carol Hudson
• The Big Operator (1959) (MGM) ... Mary Gibson
• Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) (Allied Artists) ... Dr. Mathilda West
• The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1961) (Universal) ... Evie Simms
• College Confidential (1960) (Universal) ... Sally Blake
• The Blonde from Buenos Aires (1961) (Argentinian Films)
• Three Nuts In Search of a Bolt (1964) (Adrian Weiss Productions) ... Saxie Symbol
• The Wild, Wild West (1964) German production ... Olivia
• The Candidate (1964) (Cosmat Production) ... Samantha Ashley
• The Navy vs the Night Monsters (1966) (Real Art) ... Nora Hall
• Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966) (Woolner Brothers) ... Boots Malone
• You've Got to be Smart (1967) (Producers Releasing Organization) ... Miss Hathaway
• Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) (Filmgroup Production) ... Moana
• The Arizona Kid (1971) Italian production ... Girlfriend
• That Girl from Boston (1975) (Moonstone Films)
• Free Ride (1986) (Galaxy International Pictures) ... Debbie Stockwell
• The Vegas Connection (1999) (Pacific Films) ... Rita
• Slackers (2002) (Screen Gems, Sony) ... Mrs. Van Graaf

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See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... 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High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis album) High School Confidential (film) High School Confidential (Rough Trade song) Category: ... // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... Promotional poster for The Beat Generation The Beat Generation is a motion picture released in 1959 by MGM starring Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren, with Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Maggie Hayes, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong, Cathy Crosby and Ray Anthony. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... Girls Town was a 1959 film produced by MGM, starring Paul Anka and Mel Tormé. A juvenile delinquent is sent to a girls school run by nuns, where she finds herself unable to help her sister. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That Darn Cat! The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Academy Awards Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor... // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That Darn Cat! The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Academy Awards Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor... // December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television. ... Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women is a 1968 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. ... // October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... See also: 1970 in film 1971 1972 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... // January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... A 1986 comedy by Moustapha Akkad. ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... // April 17 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... Slackers is a 2002 movie starring Devon Sawa, Jaime King, and Jason Schwartzman. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ...

Documentaries

• Hollywood Uncensored (1987)

// May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ...

Quotes

• "My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot."
• "I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have."
• "I don't wear panties anymore – this startles the Hollywood wolves so much they don't know what to pull at, so they leave me alone."
• "There is a history of calamitous and violent deaths among the glamorous girls that boggles the mind and chills the blood, especially if you're one of the few survivors... As young women we were told that we were infinitely desirable and beautiful, only to discover that there was always someone coming up behind who was more desirable and beautiful. Our profession is perhaps the most competitive in the world. For, to be glamorous, to be beautiful, is to be doomed eventually to be disappointed."

External links

• Mamie Van Doren's Website at MamieVanDoren.com
• Inside/Out, Mamie Van Doren's Weblog
• Mamie Van Doren at the Internet Movie Database
• Mamie Van Doren - Unique 1956 Photos
• Salon.com article Bombshells away
• Mamie Van Doren interview by Sandra Bernhard
• Interview with Bizarre magazine
• Mamie Van Doren Interview with South Dakota Watch, Feb. 7, 2006