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Mamie Van Doren, born Joan Lucille Olander on February 6, 1931, in Rowena, South Dakota, is an American actor, singer, blogger, and model. She began her work period in 1951 and is recognized for her roles in acting. Her musical career includes recording with Jubilee Records, where she performed as a vocalist.
Van Doren is a female vocalist associated with jazz and lounge music. She is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. In recognition of her contributions, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been married to Ray Anthony.
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Film & TV
Rowena, South Dakota, USA
Mamie Van Doren (born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American retired actress and model. The last living blonde bombshell, she is one of the "Three M's", a group formed by Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, who were contemporaries. In 1953, Van Doren, then named Joan Lucille Olander, signed a seven-year contract with Universal, which hoped that she would be their version of…
Known for
- Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
- Mission Peace: Staunch Moderates Documentary2022
- Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies — Self2020
- Mansfield 66/67 — Self2017
- Pin-Up, the Revenge of a Sex Symbol2016
- The Outrageous Sophie Tucker — Self2014
- Bettie Page Reveals All — Self2013
- The American Tetralogy — Mazu or The Goddess of the Sea2012
- Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom — Self2012
- Boobs: An American Obsession — Self2010
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1931
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,125
- Total plays
- 12,450
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Born Joan Lucille Olander in South Dakota on February 6, 1931. Mesmerized by the distant glamour of Hollywood, Joan's farm family packed up and moved to Los Angeles in 1942. Her first acting job was at the age of 13 in one of the very early television shows as Little Joanie, the Flower Girl. At the age of 15 she won several beauty contests and found herself not only in the attention of the film studio RKO, but also in the eyes of director Howard Hughes. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mami
Key facts
- Born
- Joan Lucille Olander , ( 1931-02-06 ) February 6, 1931 (age 95) , Rowena, South Dakota , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress singer nightclub performer
- Years active
- 1951–2012
- Works
- List of performances
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rowena
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Jubilee Records
- Official website
- www.mamievandoren.com
- Image
- Mamie Van Doren in 1957 for ((Teacher's Pet)).jpg
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- Mamie Van Doren
- date of birth
- 1931-02-06
- name in native language
- Mamie Van Doren
- pseudonym
- Mamie Van Doren
- birth name
- Joan Lucille Olander
- official blog URL
- mamievandoreninsideout.wordpress.com
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- social media followers
- 5342
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Mamie Van Doren (/ˈmeɪmi væn ˈdɔːrən/; born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American retired actress and model. The last living blonde bombshell, she is one of the "Three M's", a group formed by Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, who were contemporaries. In 1953, Van Doren, then named Joan Lucille Olander, signed a seven-year contract with Universal, which hoped that she would be their version of Monroe. She starred in teen dramas, exploitation, musical, comedy, and rock and roll films, among other genres, many of which have gone on to become cult classics. She was one of the leading sex symbols in the 1950s.
Van Doren was born and raised in Rowena, South Dakota, but her parents moved to Sioux City, Iowa, and eventually to Los Angeles in 1942 before she married Jack Newman. In 1949, at the age of eighteen, she won Miss Palm Springs and Miss Eight Ball. As Miss Eight Ball, she was discovered by film producer Howard Hughes, who put her in the RKO films His Kind of Woman (1951), Two Tickets to Broadway (1951), and Jet Pilot (1957) in minor roles. In 1950 she was dating the heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey, over thirty-five years her senior, in New York City and was engaged to him. However, she left him to go back to Los Angeles. On January 20, 1953, Van Doren signed a contract with Universal, who wanted her to be Universal's equivalent of Monroe. While at Universal, Van Doren changed her name to Mamie Van Doren, the "Mamie" from then–First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and the "Van Doren" from Universal's telling Van Doren she was more Dutch than Swedish.
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