Pinup star Jeanne Carmen, 77
Posted: Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 8:38 pm
From JR: I had the great pleasure of meeting and chatting with Jeanne Carmen several times over the past decade; she was a droll, very relaxed, charming lady who never lost that old-Hollywood glamour for a moment. R.I.P., Jeanne, and thanks for all the laughs.
Jeanne Carmen, a longtime Orange County resident who earned stardom as a bombshell pinup, trick-shot golfer and “Queen of the B Movies,” has died. She was 77.
Carmen succumbed to lymphoma at her Turtle Ridge home on Thursday, according to her son, Brandon James. …
Jeanne Laverne Carmen was born Aug. 4, 1930 in Paragould, Ark., where she picked cotton with her family before running away at 13 with dreams of the silver screen. …
Her platinum blonde hair and hourglass build (36-26-36 measurements) landed her an off-Broadway job as a burlesque dancer, a gig she parlayed into photo shoots for then-risqué girlie magazines and roles in a wealth of bawdy, low-budget flicks that won her the title of “Queen of the B Movies.” …
Carmen also said she became a close confidant of Marilyn Monroe, though many bloggers have disputed the claim. … Read full obituary
