Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising actresses of 1959. Her film career continued for a few years, and in 1964 she began playing the role of Morticia Addams in the television series The Addams Family, receiving a Golden Globe Award nomination for her work. Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Julius Alfred and Cloe Jeanette (née Southern) Jones. She had some Native American ancestry In 1934 her father abandoned the family and her mother moved her and the two children to her parents' home. Carolyn grew up living in her grandparents' home in Amarillo. She suffered from severe asthma that often restricted her from childhood activities

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux, originally uploaded by Truus, Bob & Jan too!.German postcard. Starfoto, Progress, Nr. 1292. The card refers to the films Le rouge et le noir (1954) and Pot-Bouille (1957).

French actress and singer Danielle Darrieux (1917) is an enduringly beautiful, international leading lady. From her film debut in 1931 on she progressed from playing pouty teens to worldy sophisticates. In the early 1950’s she starred in three classic films by Max Ophüls, and she played the mother of Catherine Deneuve in five films

Liz Taylor

Liz Taylor, originally uploaded by ondiraiduveau.

Elizabeth Taylor's 3rd film

Elizabeth Taylor's 3rd film, originally uploaded by petkenro.

Jane Eyre (1944) - seen here with Peggy Ann Garner

Jane Russell one of Hollywoods leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s

Jane Russell (born June 21, 1921) is an American film actress and was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s. Jane Russell was born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell in Bemidji, Minnesota, she was eldest child and only daughter of the five children of Roy William Russell (January 5, 1890 – July 18, 1937) and Geraldine Jacobi (January 2, 1891 – December 26, 1986). Her parents were both born in North Dakota. Three of her grandparents were born in Canada, while her paternal grandmother was born in Germany. Her parents married in 1917. Her father was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and her mother was a former actress with a road troupe. Her parents spent the early years of their marriage in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. For her birth her mother temporarily moved back to the U.S. to ensure she was born a U.S. citizen. Later the family moved to the San Fernando Valley of Southern California. They lived in Burbank in 1930 and her father worked as an office manager source

Gallery for vintage actress Jane Russell

Steve McQueen The King of Cool

Steve McQueen was always a highly respected actor, often doing all of his dangerous stunts and high-speed chase scenes himself, and this combined with his great fashion sense even earned him the nickname "The King of Cool". He wore the Persol 714 in films such as The Thomas Crown Affair but they were also his favourite pair of sunglasses and quickly became his trademark look. His original pair sold for $70,000 at auction

Vittorio de Sica

Vittorio de Sica, originally uploaded by Truus, Bob & Jan too!.

Alice White

Alice White, originally uploaded by Truus, Bob & Jan too!.

Maria Brockerhoff

Maria Brockerhoff, originally uploaded by Truus, Bob & Jan too!.

German actress and model Maria Brockerhoff (1942) was a popular starlet and magazine pin-up in the late 1960’s.

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs, originally uploaded by Truus, Bob & Jan too!.

German postcard by Krüger, nr. 900/271.