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Jane Russell TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
FMCTue, Mar 16, 1:30 PMGentlemen Prefer BlondesBuy
TCMFri, Mar 19, 6:45 AMThe Las Vegas StoryBuy
TCMFri, Mar 19, 4:15 PMMacaoBuy
TCMSat, Mar 20, 12:00 PMThe OutlawBuy

Jane Russell Biography

  • Birth Name: Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell
  • Birth Place: Bemidji, MN
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/21/1921, Gemini
  • Profession: Actor
Jane Russell Fast Facts:
  • 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 Outlaw
  • Most memorable role was in the 1953 musical-comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with costar Marilyn Monroe.
  • 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.
  • Appeared on Broadway for six months in 1971, replacing Elaine Stritch in Stephen Sondheim's musical-drama Company.
  • Became the spokesperson for the Playtex Cross Your Heart bra in the 1970s.
  • Her 1985 autobiography, My Paths and Detours, divulged episodes of infidelity that doomed her first marriage and lead to battles with alcohol.
    Jane Russell Relationships:
  • Bob Waterfield - Ex-husband
  • Geraldine Russell - Mother
  • James Russell - Brother
  • John Calvin Peoples - Husband (deceased)
  • John Payne - Ex-significant Other
  • Kenneth Russell - Brother
  • Robert John "Buck" Waterfield - Son
  • Roger Barrett - Husband (deceased)
  • Roy William Russell - Father
  • Thomas Russell - Brother
  • Thomas Waterfield - Son
  • Tracy - Daughter
  • Wallace Russell - Brother

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The Outlaw - In COLOR! - 2 DVD SET with video commentary by Jane Russell and Terry Moore - Also Includes the Original Black-and-White Version which...
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