Category Archives: Classic Icons
Paulette Goddard
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Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. She was married to several notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith and Erich Maria Remarque. Played in both Modern Times and the Great Dictator with Charlie Chaplin. Love her, she is so freaking good looking… and the way she handles her banana, yummy… 
Paulette Goddard in Modern Times. Chaplin. 1936.
She is really photogenic isn’t she…
The utterly sexy Raquel Welch
[tweetmeme source="erotixx" only_single=false]Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress, author and sex symbol.Welch became one of the leading sex symbols of the 1960s and 1970s. Her most memorable publicity still for One Million Years B.C.became a bestselling poster. Playboy called her the "Most Desired Woman" of the 1970s.
I have such a crush for this woman… and yeah she is still sexy as hell.
Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr in Magic Christian. 1969.
my oh my sister, what big cleavage you have….
The World’s Most Beautiful Women, 1950s-1980s
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Every year, PEOPLE magazine puts together a list of the 100 folks on the planet it deems the most talented, inspiring, and, yes, gorgeous. The 2010 World’s Most Beautiful People issue hits newsstands April 30, and features today’s most striking stars. But what about the classic beauties of decades past?
Classic Icons: Mamie Van Doren Vs Marilyn Monroe
[tweetmeme source=”erotixx” only_single=false] Two blondes in the same era but oh such a different career, Mamie got stuck with some awful movie roles (Francis the Talking Mule) while Marilyn got some amazing parts.
Either way, I do like them both a lot and don’t know who to choose as a favourite so both of them on the same page can’t be all bad…
| MAMIE VAN DOREN | MARILYN MONROE |
| Mamie Van Doren (born February 6, 1931) is an American actress and sex symbol. On January 20, 1953, Van Doren signed a contract with Universal Studios. The studio had big plans for her, hoping she would bring the same kind of success that 20th Century Fox had with Marilyn Monroe, the reigning sex symbol of the era.Van Doren starred in several bad girl movies that later became cult films. She also appeared in some of the first movies to feature Rock & Roll music and became identified with this rebellious style, and made some rock records. Many of Van Doren’s film roles showcased her ample curves, and her on screen wardrobe usually consisted of tight sweaters, low-cut blouses, form-fitting dresses, and daring (for the era) swimsuits. While she and other blonde bombshell contemporaries as Cleo Moore, Sheree North, Jayne Mansfield, and Diana Dors did not attain the same level of superstar status as Marilyn Monroe, Van Doren did become a very famous star and notable Hollywood sex symbol. She is still alive and kicking, still doing photoshoots, check out the last picture of her now… damn… |
Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, singer, and model. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946.The typecasting of Monroe’s “dumb blonde” persona limited her career prospects, so she broadened her range. She studied at the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn Monroe Productions. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop was hailed by critics, and she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like it Hot. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a “probable suicide”, the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as the possibility of homicide, have not been ruled out. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
Amazing actress and bloody gorgeous… |
| http://www.mamievandoren.com/ |
| Mamie Van Doren | Marilyn Monroe |
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| and since no more Mamie pictures, lets go on with Mailyn on both sides now:
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Classic Icons: Diana Dors
[tweetmeme source="erotixx" only_single=false] Diana Dors (23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress and sex symbol. She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England.
They asked me to change my name. I suppose they were afraid that if my real name Diana Fluck was in lights and one of the lights blew…
Before she died, Dors apparently hid away what she claimed to be over £2million in banks across Europe. Eighteen months before her death, she gave her son Mark Dawson a sheet of paper, which she told him was a code that would reveal the whereabouts of the money.
Her widower, Alan Lake, supposedly had the key that would crack the code. But Lake committed suicide only five months after Dors died, leaving Dawson an apparently unsolvable code. Dawson, however, was determined to discover his late mother’s fortune. He sought out computer forensic specialists Inforenz, who recognised the encryption as the Vigenère cipher. Inforenz then used their own cryptography software to suggest a ten-letter decryption key, DMARYFLUCK (short for Diana Mary Fluck, Dors’s real name).
Although the company was then able to decode the entire message and link it to a bank statement found in some of Lake’s papers, the location of the money is still unknown.
Not a dumb blonde at all…
Classic Icons: Pam Grier
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Pamela Suzette “Pam” Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She came to fame in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison films and blaxploitation films such as 1974’s Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s film Jackie Brown. She is one of a few African American actresses to have received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
As this is one of the last posts for the Classic Icons, I do think she so deserves a top spot.
Me, sexy? I’m just plain ol’ beans and rice.
Pam Grier
I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don’t make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.
Pam Grier
Classic Icons: Mixed
[tweetmeme source="erotixx" only_single=false] A little mixed lot I know but sexy like hell anyway, wish I could do posts about them as well but think this is quite nice as well, it’s like a box of allsorts, a little bit of everything.
Annex Weld (right below)
Anne Francis (left up)
Ava Gardner (left down)
Betty Bosmer
Jane Russell (left below)
Jean Harlow ( right up)
Ursula Andress (left below)
Dorothy Dandridge (right up)
Gina Lollobrigida
And a little Julie Newmar is never bad either… some latex/cat woman loving…
Classic Icons: Bettie Page
And of course,a vintage week can’t be without Bettie Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was an American model who became famous in the 1950s for her fetish modeling and pin-up photos. [tweetmeme source="erotixx" only_single=false] She has often been called the "Queen of pinups". Her look, including her jet black hair and trademark bangs, has influenced many artists.
She was also one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society," Playboy founder Hugh Hefner told the Associated Press.
Her later life was marked by depression, violent mood swings and several years in a state mental institution. In the 1960s, she converted to Christianity and served as a Baptist missionary in Angola. After years of obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s and has a significant cult following and no wonder why…
This one is dedicated to Taknoo, enjoy your mayday dude.
Classic Icons: Anita Ekberg
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OK, my 2nd swede in my classic sex symbols blogathon, I introduce Anita Ekberg. She entered the Miss Malmö competition at her mother’s urging, leading to the Miss Sweden contest, which she won. She consequently went to the United States to compete for the Miss Universe title, despite not speaking English.
Although she did not win Miss Universe, as one of six finalists she did earn a starlet’s contract with Universal Studios, as was the rule at the time. In America, Ekberg met Howard Hughes, who at the time was producing films and wanted her to change her nose, teeth and name (Hughes said "Ekberg" was too difficult to pronounce). She refused to change her name, saying that if she became famous, people would learn to pronounce it, and if she didn’t become famous, it would not matter. LOVE THAT….
Federico Fellini gave Ekberg her greatest role in La Dolce Vita (1960), in which she played the unattainable "dream woman", La Dolce Vita was a sensational success, and Anita Ekberg’s uninhibited cavorting in Rome’s Trevi Fountain remains one of the most celebrated images in film history.
Words fail to explain what I feel for this woman so put your bib on and check out for yourself.
and this is her in 2007, slightly scary…
Classic Icons: Veronica Lake
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Veronica Lake was popular for playing hard-edged girls in deep trouble. Her trademark was her peek-a-boo hairstyle, featuring locks hanging over one eye. Her popular pinup accentuated her penetrating glance. In later years she said with pride, “I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair.” She underscored her disinterest when she said, “I wasn’t a sex symbol. I was a sex zombie.”
Classic Icons: Vampira
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Former model Maila Nurmi played the glamour "ghoul" Vampira who weekly wandered through a hallway of mist and cobwebs to greet her weekly viewers of "B" horror movies broadcast at 11:00 PM. Vampira sported a full bust, slim waist (17-inches), tight black dress, long black hair and plenty of bug-eyed viewers.
Some of her on-air antics included talking to Rollo her pet spider; and encouraging her fans to write for epitaphs instead of autographs.
Maybe not the vintage beauties I was gonna go for this week but I just can’t help myself… muhahahaha (btw that’s my evil laugh…)
Classic Icons: Brigitte Bardot
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Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (pronounce "Bardoe") born 28 September 1934) is a French former actress, animal rights activist, fashion model, and singer.
In her early life Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 films became world-famous due to her role in the controversial film And God Created Woman. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 48 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs
I just remember her in fondness from these pictures and her movies… aaaahhhh.
And of course, clicking on ze tiny tiny pictures get you full frontal happiness… 🙂
Classic Icons: Rita Hayworth
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Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s not only as one of the era’s top stars, but also as the era’s greatest sex symbol, most notably in Gilda (1946). She appeared in 61 films over 37 years and is listed as one of the American Film Institute’s Greatest Stars of All Time.
I so enjoy watching her movies especially check out her movies with Fred Astaire, dancing madness.
"Men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me."
Most likely her most famous movie, Gilda….
Classic Icons: Grace Kelly
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Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress and Princess consort of Monaco. In April 1956, Kelly married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and became styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and was commonly referred to as Princess Grace. Film wise she is probably most famous for her roles in the Hitchcock movies Rear Window and To catch a thief.
But her sexiness lies so much in how elegant she looks, pure class through and through.
Classic Icons: Ann Margret
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Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer. She became famous for her starring roles in Bye, Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas, The Cincinnati Kid,Carnal Knowledge, and Tommy. Her later career includes character roles in Grumpy Old Men, Any Given Sunday, and The Break-Up. She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and five Emmy Awards.
Also add to this that she is pure sex kitten…. (this one is for you izaakmak… drool away… 🙂
Together with the King…. come on, how cool isn’t that…
Classic Icons: Jayne Mansfield
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One of the leading blonde sex symbols of the ’50s, Jayne Mansfield’s platinum-blonde hair and dramatic hourglass figure helped her to draw publicity. Though Jayne claimed to have an IQ of 163, she was relegated to the role of ditzy blonde in her films and never had the chance to show her true self on film.
"I like being a pin-up girl. There’s nothing wrong with it."
"If you’re going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way."
Check out her bathtub above, freaking hell…
"A forty-one inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee-a lot more. But most girls don’t know what to do with what they’ve got."
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Hmm, Sophia Loren doesn’t look all to impressed does she…
Classic Icons: Sophia Loren
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Amazingly sexy woman and also a bloody brilliant actress, my first Classic Icon of the week.
Sophia Loren (born Sofia Villani Scicolone; September 20, 1934) is an Italian actress.
In 1962, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance. Loren has won 50 international awards, including two Oscars, five Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award and aBAFTA Award; she is the second most awarded actress in cinema history beside Meryl Streep.
And now for the good parts *grin*, enjoy… and you just gotta love her quotes…
"You have to be born a sex symbol. You don’t become one. If you’re born with it, you’ll have it even when you’re 100 years old."
"Sex is like washing your face – just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it never precedes it."
"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti."
"I can’t bear being seen naked. I’m not exactly a tiny woman. When Sophia Loren is naked, this is a lot of nakedness."
"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you’ve got and fifty percent what people think you’ve got."
To see some more pictures of her and quotes, check out this blog:
Advice: NSFW Sophia Loren schooling on true sexy glamour edition « The Thought Experiment.
Classic Icons: Grace Kelly
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My first and favourite old-time classic icon is Grace Kelly. I love her!
Grace Patricia Kelly ( 12 November 1929 – 14 September 1982) was an American film and stage actress and fashion icon who later became Princess Grace of Monaco.
Kelly became an actress in the 1950s, starring in such films as Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, High Society, and The Country Girl, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She retired from acting in 1956, at age 26, when she became “Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco” upon marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
Kelly died after being critically injured in a car accident with her daughter Stephanie in September 1982. The American Film Institute ranked her #13 amongst the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.
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