Dec 12, 2008

Bettie Page

Bettie Page was the pinup queen who played a key role in the sexual revolution of the 1960s and later became a cult figure.

"Bettie Page captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," said Roesler, chairman of the Indianapolis-based CMG Worldwide, who was at Page's side when she died. "She was a dear friend and a special client and one of the most beautiful and influential women of the 20th century."

In an interview published in Playboy magazine in 2007, Page expressed mixed feelings about her achievements. "When I turned my life over to the lord Jesus I was ashamed of having posed in the nude," she said. "But now, most of the money I've got is because I posed in the nude. So I'm not ashamed of it now. But I still don't understand it."

Bettie Page. Tits up at 85.

3 comments:

  1. Page starred in a few mainstream movies too, didn't she?

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  2. Ah... not so much.
    Unless you count the five-minute, 8 mm epics with titles like "Betty's Clown Dance" and "Dominant Betty Dances With Whip."

    She did appear in three filmed burlesque shows: Striporama (1953), Varietease (1954) and Teaserama (1955)... you can Netflix one or two of these.

    She was mostly in smut mags such as Wink, Whisper and Flirt in the 50's Her most legit work was Playboy. The picture of her topless next to the Christmas tree? She was the 13'th centerfold.

    They did make a movie about her - and she was the inspiration for a character in the Rocketeer and a tatoo of her spoke in the X-Files (Jodie Foster was the voice - for some reason??)

    What's more interesting is that she was the most happy and the most stable when she was making those pictures. She literally went nuts and was institutionalized after she got all Stabby.

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  3. I like tits

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