Beauty Queen, chorus girl, stripper and trick-shot golfer, Jeanne Carmen (August 4, 1930 – December 20, 2007) was all of these. A drifter, a free spirit and self-admitted fatalist, Miss Carmen hob-nobbed with mobster Johnny Rosselli, Frank Sinatra and the Kennedy's, and was a close friend of Marilyn Monroe -- so close that when Marilyn died, she was told by the mob to get out of town for her own safety.
In between her fiery social life, she managed to star in a few pictures, one of which was the B-movie great, THE MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS, filmed just a year later after this appearance in ADAM (May, 1958).
Monster of Piedras Blancas was a movie I never ever saw until several years ago now when I bought a DVD of it. I love the Black Lagoon movies and saw stills from this cheapo rip off,but had never seen the flick. It's a mess in many ways but I really enjoy it. Even if the town only has one jeep. I will never watch it again thought without thinking of his delightful magazine offering.
ReplyDeleteSounds like she had quite a life.
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