Frances Langford: WWII USO Entertainer and Pin Up
Frances Langford was a popular singer and entertainer during the Golden Age of Radio and World War Two.
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WW2 Pin Up Girls
WW2 Pin Up Girls are defined as: “Noun 1. A picture of a very attractive or famous person, pinned up on a wall, as in a barracks, usually by admirers who have not met the subject. 2. A very attractive girl, especially one considered attractive enough to be the subject of such a picture.”
Irene Manning WWII PinUp – March 24, 1944
Irene Manning – WWII Yank PinUp: Irene Manning toured extensively with Bob Hope during WWII and while performing with an all-girl USO show in England, Irene was asked to perform with bandleader Glenn Miller shortly before his death in 1944.
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“Lucille Ball: WWII Pin-Up and Comedic Legend”
Lucille Ball will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball in Jamestown, New York, on August 6, 1911.
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Lauren Bacall WWII Yank Pin Up
Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. Her parents were middle-class, with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary.
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Claire Trevor – World War II Pin Up Girl and Actress
Claire Trevor was born Claire Wemlinger on March 8, 1910 in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, the only child of Fifth Avenue merchant-tailor Noel Wemlinger, an immigrant Frenchmen from Paris.
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Chili Williams Yank Pin Up Girl Feb. 18, 1944
Known as “The Polka Dot Girl” of World War II pinups, Chili Williams (born Marian Sorenson Uhlman on December 18, 1922) was discovered by a modeling agent in 1943 at Fire Island in New York.
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Anne Jeffreys World War II Pin Up
Anne Jeffreys: A Timeless Beauty and Talent in Hollywood Anne Jeffreys, the blonde beauty renowned for her grace and vivacity, was born as Anne Carmichael on January 26, 1923, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. With her career guided by her determined mother, Anne began her vocal training early, setting the stage for a luminous career in
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Deanna Durbin Yank Pin Up Girl – January 19, 1945
Deanna Durbin was born Edna Mae Durbin on December 4, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her British-born parents moved to California while she was still young, and her singing voice soon had talent scouts knocking at her door.
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Janis Carter – YANK Magazine Pin Up 5 January 1945
Janis Carter January 5, 1945 Yank Pin UP was an established singer, star of stage and screen and later television star. She was born on October 10, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Colleen Townsend Yank Pin Up Girl – December 29, 1944
Colleen Townsend Yank Pin Up Girl was born on December 21, 1928 in the Los Angeles area and started her career at Twentieth Century Fox in 1947 at the age of 18.
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