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Pinup, B-movie actress Jeanne Carmen dies  - Celebrities - MSNBC.com
Pinup, B-movie actress Jeanne Carmen dies - Celebrities - MSNBC.com
IRVINE, Calif. - Jeanne Carmen, the “little country girl” who became a 1950s pinup and actress and hobnobbed with Frank Sinatra and other stars, has died. She was 77. Carmen died of lymphoma Thursday at her Orange County home, said her son, Brandon James. Born on Aug. 4, 1930, in Paragould, Ark., Carmen picked cotton with her family before running away at 13. “I was just a little country girl ...
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Jeanne Carmen Dies
Right Celebrity — ... Jeanne Laverne Carmen was born in Paragould, Arkansas on August 4, 1930. She lived a very simple, rural life picking cotton until she ran away at age 13. The first job she landed was a burlesque dancer off-Broadway, which elevated into posing for pin-up shots in girlie magazines. She also did a number of low-budget films with titles like “Guns Don’t Argue” and “The Monster of Piedras Blancas.” ...

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Celebrity News Gossip, Celeb Dating, Couples — ... Jeanne Laverne Carmen was born in Paragould, Arkansas on August 4, 1930. She lived a very simple, rural life picking cotton until she ran away at age 13. The first job she landed was a burlesque dancer off-Broadway, which elevated into posing for pin-up shots in girlie magazines. She also did a number of low-budget films with titles like “Guns Don’t Argue” and “The Monster of Piedras Blancas.” ...

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