Years active: 1943 - 1986 (started around 22 years old; 43 years in the business)
About Jane Russell
For as long as most moviegoers can remember, Jane Russell's name has been synonymous with the word "bombshell." It's no wonder, as the brunette-tressed beauty gained her fame in no small part due to the twin towers adorning her über-curvaceous frame. Funny thing, though--those fame-making funbags were deemed so scandalous for their time that the release of her debut film, Howard Hughes's burlesque western The Outlaw (1943), was delayed not once but twice. The film finally gained widespread release in 1946 and was an immediate smash, natch, in large part because of Jane's large parts in an anachronistic blouse.