#84 Jeanne Carmen

Jeanne Carmen is the first of our classic ‘50s-era platinum blondes. Though she had only 20 credits to her name, they were almost all classic stinkers. Interestingly, a lot of Jeanne’s notoriety comes from her extracurricular activities, including:

• Being a real live Li’l Abner character (if growing up in Paragould AR, picking cotton as a child, and running away from home at age 13 counts)
• Being a huge pinup star (in mags like Carnival, Dare, Glance, Pose and Titter), with no qualms about getting all nekkid
• Hanging out with the Rat Pack
• Being the first female trick shot golfer, including being able to hit a ball out of someone’s mouth 210 yards

By the way, there is quite an interesting photo out there that combines bullets 2 and 4. This is a family-oriented blog, though, so I won’t include it here and, instead, will let you get onto Google Images yourself (but not you, kid!).

Embarrassing Real Birthplace:  Paragould, AR

Cheesy Pageant Titles

• Miss Orange Whip
• Miss Potato Chip of 1954

Embarrassing Movies

• Untamed Youth *
• I Married a Woman
• House of Women
• The Devil’s Hand *
• Striporama
• The Naked Monster

* - author has seen

Embarrassing Taglines

• They Carved a Scar of Ravaging Terror Across The West!
• It struck with savage fury destroying ... killing all that crossed its path!
• Youth turned “rock-n-roll” wild and the “punishment” farm that makes them wilder!
• Secrets of the cells! Shame of inmates! Babies born in jails! Innocents thrown in with female bully-boys!!!! 
• MAN-MONSTER FROM THE SLIMY DEPTHS!

Embarrassing Characters

• Mrs. Lipschitz
• Blonde Cultist
• Polimita
• Serelda
• Tassles Terhune

Shortest Marriage:  Less than a year

Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends

• Peter Lawford
• Dean Martin
• Frank Sinatra
• Mobster Johnny Roselli
• Sammy Davis Jr.
• Ricardo Montalban
• Telly Savalas
• Errol Flynn
• Clark Gable
• Bob Hope
• Jack Benny
• Jerry Lewis
• Howard Hughes
• Elvis
• RFK
• JFK

Whiffs of Scandal:  Other than the mobsters and the nudity, you mean?

Interesting Tidbits

• 38DD-26-36
• Of French, Irish, and Native American descent
• She claimed to be Marilyn Monroe’s BFF
• Played a dominatrix in George Michael's video for "Outside," his comeback after being arrested for  “lewd acts” in a Los Angeles public lavatory

Where can I learn more?

• Official site
• Jeanne Carmen: My Wild, Wild Life as a New York Pin Up Queen, Trick Shot Golfer & Hollywood Actress (book)
• Jeanne Carmen: Queen of the B-Movies, E! True Hollywood Story (video)
• Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen
• IMDb
• Obit
• Wikipedia

Jeanne & (unknown) friend

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