In Loving Memory of Jane Russell

Born June 21, 1921 - Passed Away February 28, 2011

This memorial website was created in the memory of Jane Russell , born in Bemidji, Minnesota on June 21, 1921 and passed away on February 28, 2011 at 90 years of age.

Jane Russell (born June 21, 1921, died February 28, 2011) was an American actress and sex symbol. She was born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell in Bemidji, Minnesota. Busty star of Hollywood films, TV, and nightclubs Russell's cleavage provided the most crucial issue in the controversy surrounding the public showing of Howard Hughes's The Outlaw in the 1940s.Hughes was rumored to have been obsessed with her breasts and spent countless hours designing her a special bra to be worn in The Outlaw. According to Jane Ru,in a television interview, she never wore the bra, designed by Howard Hughes, because she felt it was uncomfortable. She threw that one under the bed and wore one of her own, pushed up and never told Hughes.