Jane Russell
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06/20/1921
Bemidji, MN |
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| Became the spokesperson for the Playtex Cross Your Heart bra in the 1970s. |
| Most memorable role was in the 1953 musical-comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with costar Marilyn Monroe. |
| Appeared on Broadway for six months in 1971, replacing Elaine Stritch in Stephen Sondheim's musical-drama Company. |
| Billionaire/filmmaker Howard Hughes, impressed with her physical assets, signed Russell to a seven-year film deal in 1940. Her debut, filmed in 1941 but first screened in 1943, was the movie The Ou |
| Unable to conceive children after a botched abortion as a teenager and running into problems adopting foreign-born children, Russell founded the World Adoption International Fund in 1968. |
