In Loving Memory of Joi Lansing (a.k.a.: Joyce Loveland)

Joi Lansing (April 6, 1928 – August 7, 1972) was an American model, a film and television actress, as well as a nightclub singer. She was most noted for her pin-up photos, and for her minor roles in B-movies. She was once named "TV's Marilyn Monroe." She is also known as Joyce Wassmansdorff, Joyce Rae Brown, Joyce Loveland.

Lansing was born Joyce Rae Brown in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1928 to Jack Glenn Brown, a shoe salesman, and Virginia Grace (née Shupe) Brown, a housewife. She would later be known as Joyce Wassmansdorff, which was the surname of her stepfather. In 1940, the family moved to Los Angeles. She began modeling in her teens, and, aged 14, was signed to a contract at MGM. She completed high school on the studio lot.

A model and actress, Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by her contemporaries, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. She was frequently clad in skimpy costumes and bikinis that accentuated her attractive figure, but never posed nude. Lansing practiced yoga for relaxation. A Mormon, she did not drink or smoke.

In 1972 Joi Lansing died from breast cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California where she had initially been treated surgically for the disease earlier the same year.

Full name: Joi Lansing

Born: April 6, 1928

Passed away: August 7, 1972

Age: 44 years of age

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA