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Jane Russell
Jane Russell TV Listings
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Date & Time
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FMC
Tue, Mar 16, 1:30 PM
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Fri, Mar 19, 6:45 AM
The Las Vegas Story
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Fri, Mar 19, 4:15 PM
Macao
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Sat, Mar 20, 12:00 PM
The Outlaw
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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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