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Jane Russell, Shapely Star of Hollywood Films, Dies at 89 by Robert Simonson

Jane Russell, a starlet of Hollywood westerns and musicals in the 1940s and 1950s who was as famous for her physique as she was for any of her films, died Feb. 28 at her home in Santa Maria, CA. She was 89.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

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