Joi Lansing | |
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 Lansing with Ralph Taeger in Klondike (1960) | |
| Born | Joy Rae Brown April 6, 1929[1] Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 1972 (aged 43) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Santa Paula Cemetery[2] |
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| Years active | 1942–1970 |
| Spouses | Jerome "Jerry" Safron
(m. 1950, annulled)Stan Todd
(m. 1960) |
Joi Lansing (born Joy Rae Brown; April 6, 1929[3] – August 7, 1972) was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening "tracking shot" in Orson Welles' 1958 crime drama Touch of Evil.
Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by her contemporaries Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. She frequently was clad in skimpy costumes and bikinis that accentuated her figure (34D bust), but she never posed nude.
- ^ Dougherty, Joseph (2004). Comfort and Joi. iUniverse. p. 1. ISBN 0-595-33590-X. Other birth years given include 1928 (held by the Utah Historical Society records, per Dougherty, 2004), 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936.
- ^ "Joi Lansing - The Private Life and Times of Joi Lansing. Joi Lansing Pictures". glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ 1929 appears to be the most likely year of birth as per the 1940 United States census, which gives her age as 11 as of April 22, 1940, under the name Joy Loveland, her stepfather's surname.