Jane Russell

In the late 1930s she was a member of Max Reinhardt's Theatrical Workshop and attended Maria Ouspenskaya's Drama School for six months.

In the late 1930s, she was a member of Max Reinhardt's Theatrical Workshop and attended Maria Ouspenskaya's Drama School for six months.

In 1942, Jane had an affair with actor John Payne. The affair is detailed in her 1986 autobiography, "My Path and My Detours". The affair ended when Jane realized that she was still in love with her high school sweetheart, football player Bob Waterfield, whom she married in April 1943 (they divorced in 1967).

Measurements: 38D-25-36 (definitive for majority of her career), 36D-26-36 (during The Outlaw ), 38D-25-39 (on set of The Paleface in 1948), 38 1/2D-25 1/2-38 1/2 (for "Photoplay" pin-up in 1953), 39D-26 1/2-37 1/2 (at her bustiest in mid-1950s), 37-27-37 (self-described in 1990), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

In the early 1950s, made a television commercial for Lustre Creme's shampoo campaign.

In the early 1950s, made a television commercial for Lustre Creme's shampoo campaign.

She and husband Bob Waterfield adopted a 15-month-old British boy, Tommy Kavanaugh, in December of 1952.

She and husband Bob Waterfield adopted a 15-month-old British boy, Tommy Kavanaugh, in December 1952.

Attended the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.

Went to high school with James Dougherty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes co-star Marilyn Monroe's first husband.

Unable to bear children, Russell championed the passage of the Federal Orphan Adoption Amendment of 1953, which allowed children of American servicemen born overseas to be placed for adoption in the United States.

Went to high school with James Dougherty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) co-star Marilyn Monroe's first husband.

In 1955 she and husband Bob Waterfield formed Russ-Field Productions. Under this banner, they made Gentlemen Marry Brunettes , The King and Four Queens , Run for the Sun , and The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown .

In 1955, she and husband Bob Waterfield formed Russ-Field Productions. Under this banner, they made Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), The King and Four Queens (1956), Run for the Sun (1956), and The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957).

On 2 February 1967, Russell filed for divorce from Bob Waterfield; it was granted in July 1968.

Is portrayed by Marla Carlis in The Amazing Howard Hughes (TV), by Renee Henderson in Blonde (TV), and by Erika Nann in Norma Jean & Marilyn (TV).

Is portrayed by Marla Carlis in The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV), by Renee Henderson in "Blonde" (2001), and by Erika Nann in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) (TV).

Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1989.

Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1989.

Retired to Santa Maria, California after the death of her third husband in 1999 to be close to her youngest son.

Has been a vocal supporter of the Iraq war since its beginning in March 2003.

Leonardo DiCaprio visited Jane while filming The Aviator in order to find up close and personal what Howard Hughes was really like.

Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" bu Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).

Leonardo DiCaprio visited Jane while filming The Aviator (2004) in order to find up close and personal what Howard Hughes was really like.

In 2006 (at age 84), Jane put together a musical show entitled "The Swinging Forties" that plays twice a month at the Radisson Hotel. The show features herself and about a dozen local Santa Maria residents, including a choir director, lay preacher and retired police officer. She formed the show out of boredom and because there was nothing much going on in town for the older folks to do.

In 2006 (at age 84), Jane put together a musical show entitled "The Swinging Forties" that plays twice a month at the Radisson Hotel. The show features herself and about a dozen local Santa Maria residents, including a choir director, lay preacher and retired police officer. She formed the show out of boredom and because there was nothing much going on in town for the older folks to do.