Marion Cotillard, Midnight In Paris, 2011
3 months ago on February 20, 2013 at 11:58am
Posts tagged actress.
Tippi Hedren in a promotional still for The Birds, 1963
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark, Inglourious Basterds, 2009
Jayne Mansfield, c. 1950’s
Tippi Hedren, The Birds, 1963
Hedy Lamarr
Born as Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1913, Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and mathematician, celebrated for her great beauty and was often dubbed as being the most beautiful woman of her day.
Mathematically talented, Lamarr also co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, a technology that would eventually underlie today’s mobile and cordless telephones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.
Batman creator Bob Kane stated that Lamarr was the primary inspiration for the original Catwoman character.
Jayne Mansfield, c. 1950’s
Marilyn Monroe in a publicity shot for The Prince And The Showgirl, photographed by Richard Avedon, 1957
Jayne Mansfield, Kiss Them For Me, 1957
Elizabeth Taylor, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1958
Lydia Thompson
Born as Eliza Hodges Thompson in 1838, Lydia Thompson was an English dancer, comedian, actress and theatrical producer and is often most credited as being the first woman to perform an onstage tease.
After dancing and performing in pantomimes in Britain and then in Europe as a teenager in the 1850s, she became a leading dancer and actress in burlesques on the London stage. She introduced Victorian burlesque to America with her troupe the “British Blondes”, in 1868, to great acclaim and notoriety. Her career began to decline in the 1890s, but she continued to perform into the early years of the 20th century. (via)
