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![]() Vintage YANK Army magazine 1944 pin up feature Vivian Blaine ![]() Alberto Vargas Vivian Blaine Rough Drawing Hollywood Party! |
![]() Click for larger scan Alberto Vargas illustration pinup from Something for the Boys1944 Vivian Blaine 1940's vintage pinup girl introduction:hot 1940s WWII GI pin up girl photo actress Vivian Blaine was featured in YANK Army magazine September 1944, (see the vintage pinup girl gallery below) she was an inspiration to our troops and to Alberto Vargas as well (see the painting above and the lobby card in the gallery below), this girl truly was a hot pin-up girl during World War Two for our troops and many others…
Stage Name: Vivian Blaine Birth Name: Vivian Stapleton Occupation: Singer / Dancer / Stage, Movie, TV Actress / Vintage Pinup Model Years Active: 1942–1985 Notable Works: Vivian Blaine was noted many years running for being one of the world’s best dressed women and should also be commended for her early work and continued support for AIDs awareness. She did a lot of good theater work and a made a lot of memorable TV appearances and performed in numerous good musical comedies but is most noted for having portrayed Miss Adelaide, the long-suffering, perpetually engaged chorus girl, in the Broadway and film versions of Guys and Dolls (1955) and especially for her rendition of the productions song "Adelaide's Lament." Date/Place Birth: November 21, 1921(1921-11-21), Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. Date/Death/Cause: Vivian Blaine died of congestive heart failure December 9, 1995, age 74 in New York City, New York, U.S.A.. She is buried at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A. in actor’s fund plot #462 with Marion H. Ferguson (1881-1962). Spouse(s) & Children:her talent agent, who was 20 years her senior, Manny Franks (m. 1945–1956 divorced); head of Universal Pictures and Decca Records, Milton Rackmil (m. 1959–1961 divorced); 13 years younger than her a businessman, Stuart Clark (m. 1973–1995 her death) Short Biography: Born Vivian Stapleton in New Jersey, November 21, 1921 and died of heart failure on December 9, 1995, Vivian Blaine was an a great actress, singer and fashion queen. Blaine was trouping in vaudeville and nightclubs while still in grade school; she was first on the theater stage in 1934 and from 1935 through 1941 Blaine worked as a band singer. In 1942, she signed a contract with Fox and she went to work in Hollywood making good musical comedies starting out with Hardy in Jitterbugs (1943), Greenwich Village (1944), Nob Hill (1945) and State Fair (1945); then she returned to the stage, debuting in Guys and Dolls in 1950, including the 1955 film version alongside Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando; she later went on to television. The beautiful and classy Vivian Blaine was married three times but had no children; she continued to appear in guest roles on TV and in independent films and theater until her retirement in 1984. Classic Images Website offers a good detailed article "Vivian Blaine the Cherry Blonde" a biography of Vivian Blaine's life and entertainment career. |
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Important Vivian Blaine Internet Photos and Information Related Website LinksVivian Blaine Yahoo Group: Yahoo group www.groups.yahoo.com/group/VivianBlaine/Internet Movie Database: Vivian Blaine at IMDb Internet Broadway Database: Vivian Blaine at IBDb Vivian Blaine at Turner Classic Movies: Vivian Blaine at TCM Wikipedia Information: Vivian Blaine Wicki Grave Site Location Information: Where Vivian Blaine is buried. Vivian Blaine Obituary from the Independant UK: Vivian Blaine Obituary at www.independent.co.uk/... Vivian Blaine Obituary from LA TIMES: Vivian Blaine Obituary at www.flickr.com/photos/greenman2008/... Photo Gallery from Opera Gloves.com: Vivian Blaine Photograph Gallery atwww.operagloves.com/... Vivian Blaine Photo Gallery from FanPix.net: Vivian Blaine Photograph Gallery at www.fanpix.net/ AllMovie.com Vivian Blaine Info: Vivian Blaine at www.allmovie.com/... TV GUIDE LISTING for Vivian Blaine: Vivian Blaine at www.tvguide.com/... |
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