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mahatmakanejeeves

(64,676 posts) Sat Apr 23, 2022, 09:07 AM Apr 2022

Actress & model star Bettie Page, was #BornOnThisDay, April 22, 1923.

Actress & model star Bettie Page, was #BornOnThisDay, April 22, 1923. Remembered for her pin-up photos (during the 1950s) & referred to as the "Queen of Pinups" Passed in 2008 (age 85) from #heartattack #RIP #feminists #liberate #freedom #womenpower #GoneButNeverForgotten #BOTD

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Actress & model star Bettie Page, was #BornOnThisDay, April 22, 1923. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 OP

At the time, more popular than Marilyn Monroe. malthaussen Apr 2022 #1

The quintessential 1950s pinup model. Her life story is interesting. John1956PA Apr 2022 #2

malthaussen

(18,089 posts)

1. At the time, more popular than Marilyn Monroe.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 09:25 AM

Apr 2022

Now, pretty much forgotten except among Goths.

I've always thought she had a terrific grin.

-- Mal

John1956PA

(4,074 posts)

2. The quintessential 1950s pinup model. Her life story is interesting.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 10:21 AM

Apr 2022

A part of me appreciates 1950s nostalgia, but, of course, that era has been romanticized over the ensuing decades.

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