Jeane Russell: A Million-Dollar Movie Star

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“Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she’ll conquer the world.” but she died having become a million - dollar movie star. In 1962 was fried by twentieth-century fox from the production of something’s got to give because of her chronic lateness and no-shows ( she didn’t appear for the first two weeks of filming). 2. Jeane russell was paid around 10 times as much as marilyn when they co-starred in prefer blondes. But on august 1, four days before her death,she was rehired by fox on a $1million, two-picture deal. She was playboy’s first sweetheart (later playmate) of the month, in 1953. Marilyn had been paid $50 to model for the picture in 1949; hugh hefner

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