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Carole Landis had a tragic life, starting from her childhood. She was born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste in Fairchild, Wisconsin. Her father abandoned the family at an early age, two of her brothers died in childhood, and several sources claimed that her older brother molested her. By the age of 15, Landis quit high school, left the family, and married. But the marriage didn’t last long; it was annulled and she finally set her sights on making it in Hollywood.

She dyed her hair blonde and changed her name to "Carole Landis" after her favorite actress, Carole Lombard. She appeared in bit parts until she signed a contract in 1940 with 20th Century Fox, partly due to her relationship with Darryl F. Zanuck. She did many movies with unmemorable roles, but was honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

Landis became a popular pin-up with servicemen during World War II and toured with a USO troupe. Carole would spend more times visiting troops than any other actress, and nearly died from diseases she contracted while traveling. Landis's career seemed to disappear by 1948: she was plagued with health problems, and had four divorces and several failed romances behind her. Finally she entered into a doomed romance with actor Rex Harrison who was married to actress Lilli Palmer at the time.

Landis became increasingly depressed when Harrison refused to divorce his wife. Crushed by this latest failure, she committed suicide by taking an overdose of Seconal. Her final night alive had been spent with Harrison and it was he who found her body the next morning. She was only 29 years old.

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Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin was born in July 20, 1938 in San Francisco, California. Natalie got her first role at the age of 4 in a movie called Happy Land ). She continued playing the roles of young girls until the age of 17, where she landed the lead female role in the legendary film Rebel Without a Cause. For this role she was nominated for her first Academy Award, showing Hollywood and the world that she had grown up into a beautiful and very talented young woman. Natalie dated many big names in the entertainment business: James Dean, Elvis, Raymond Burr and Dennis Hopper.

However, on December 28th, 1957 Natalie married the love of her life Robert Wagner. They divorced in 1962, later to remarry. In the 1960s Natalie's career boomed and she was nominated for two more Academy Awards (Splendor in the Grass in 1961 and Love With The Proper Stranger in 1963. In 1969 Natalie married producer Richard Gregson and had a daughter, but she divorced Gregson after finding out he was having an affair. Robert Wagner and Natalie reconnected and married in 1972.

Natalie had a deep fear of drowning ever since she barely survived being drowned during the filming of The Green Promise as a child. She said in interviews that she loved to be around water, just not in the water. It's ironic that what she feared the most would be the cause of her death.

In November 29, 1981 Wood was on board their yacht Splendor with Wagner and actor Christopher Walken. There were reports Wagner and Walken had a loud argument and Wood apparently tried to either leave the yacht or to secure a dinghy that was banging against the hull when she accidentally slipped and fell overboard. A woman on shore said she heard cries for help from the water that night, along with voices replying, "We're coming!" Wagner, Walken, and the captain of the Splendor said they heard nothing.

Although her death is still ruled today as an accidental drowning, there is much speculation as to what happened that night. Police later revealed that Wood was legally intoxicated when she died and there were marks and bruises on her body, which could have been received as a result of her fall. She was only 43.

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She was born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell in 1921. She did some modeling work and was actively sought after because of her figure, but ultimately signed with Howard Hughes for his production of The Outlaw in 1943, the film that was to make her famous. Hughes even invented a bra to help hold her physical endowments for the movie but Russell insists in her biography that she ended up not wearing a bra in the film. The film wasn't a great western by any means, but was a success at the box office. But Jane's ample physical assets were enough to get moviegoers. The film caused quite a stir for the censorship board, but they finally allowed its release. Quite tame by today's standards, The Outlaw is being planned for re-release in 2007 as a second colorized version, produced by Legend Films.

Russell personified the "sweater girl" look of the day. This began a stream of jokes from comedians, including Bob Hope who once introducing her as "the two and only Jane Russell." And the photo of her sulking sexily on a haystack was a popular pin-up with service men during World War II.

Jane didn't make another film until 1946 when she starred in Young Widow in 1946. She had signed a seven-year contract with Hughes and it seemed the only films he would put her in were those that displayed her body. Her films did nothing to showcase her true acting abilities. Probably the pinnacle of her career was in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953 with Marilyn Monroe, a film that showed Jane's comedic side. She continued to make films throughout the 1950s, but the films were at times not up to par, particularly with Jane's talents being wasted in forgettable movies in order to show off her sexy side.

She continued to dabble in movies and television throughout the 60s and 70s, but had Jane not been wasted during the Hughes years, she could have been a greater actress than what she was permitted. She is still alive today.

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The phrases "platinum blonde" and "blonde bombshell" didn't exist before Jean Harlow. Harlean Carpentier, who later became Jean Harlow, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911.

She was considered a sexpot back in the day. In her own words, she bluntly explains her success: "Men like me because I don't wear a brassiere. Women like me because I don't look like a girl who would steal their husband. At least not for long."

In the beginning she was having trouble finding roles in feature movies, but eventually she landed her first big role in Howard Hughes' World War I epic "Hell's Angels" in 1930, which turned out to be a smash hit. Not long after the film's debut, Hughes sold her contract to MGM where her career shot to extraordinary heights. Her appearance in "Platinum Blonde" (1931) cemented her role as America's new sex symbol.

Her life off-screen is even more intriguing. She reportedly never wore underwear and would use ice on her nipples right before shooting a scene in order to appear sexier. Surprising everyone, she married writer/director Paul Bern, a man known throughout Hollywood as being impotent and possibly homosexual. Jean didn't seem to mind the rumors. But it was the end of their marriage that created the biggest scandal in Hollywood.

Barely 2 months after their marriage, Joan found Bern shot to death in his bathroom. His death was ruled officially as a suicide, but his so-called suicide note is still open to interpretation. Doubts arose over whether it's written in his own handwriting, and there was a question as to its meaning. Was it merely an apology that was to be attached to a gift written weeks before?

The note read: Dearest dear, Unfortunately this is the only way to make good the frightful wrong I have done you and wipe out my abject humiliation. I love you. Paul ...P.S. You understand last night was only a comedy.

It was revealed later that the P.S. may refer to Bern's sordid last night alive. Rumors circulated that the couple struggled with Bern's impotence and incorporated sex toys in their lovemaking, seriously damaging Harlow's career.

Harlow never publicly commented on the matter, but she was interviewed by detectives and appeared before a grand jury. Some believe he was murdered by a crazed former lover who was found floating in the Sacramento River the day following his death. Others believe Jean was somehow involved but was being protected by MGM's head Louis B. Mayer - a man who was consistent in covering up for his stars.

Jean made several films after Bern's death, but she was struck down by kidney failure and died in 1937, at the staggeringly young age of 26. During her short life, she made over 40 films, creating an amazing legacy for herself in such a short time period.

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Steaming with sexuality and incredibly photogenic, Rita was dazzling in Technicolor, making her gorgeous flowing tresses her most memorable feature.

Born into a family of professional dancers, Margarita Carmen Cansino danced on stage beginning at the age of six. She had a movie contract by the age of 16, but she paid the price for fame: she changed her name from Cansino to Hayworth, worked two long years in B movies, and had painful electrolysis to raise her hairline.

Hollywood and the public began to take notice when Rita starred with Cary Grant in Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings. Soon she was in great demand in Hollywood. The "love goddess" image was