Bettie Page

[RoRo]

I am praying for her recovery but I really doubt she will come out of this coma......

[MorbidMolly]

Nice pic Ro

[Lout_Rampage]

Well, 85 years is a good long run. I'm sure she would agree.

[Rainwolf]

damn. RIP .

[cubbiecatz]

1950s pinup model Bettie Page dies in LA at 85

By BOB THOMAS Bob Thomas 2 mins ago
LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controverisal photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.
Page suffered a heart attack last week in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness, her agent Mark Roesler said. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia.
"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," Roesler said. "She is the embodiment of beauty."
Page, who was also known as Betty, attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure in bikinis and see-through lingerie that were quickly tacked up on walls in military barracks, garages and elsewhere, where they remained for years.
Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.
The latter helped contribute to her mysterious disappearance from the public eye, which lasted decades and included years during which she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.
After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.
"I don't want to be photographed in my old age," she told an interviewer in 1998. "I feel the same way with old movie stars. ... It makes me sad. We want to remember them when they were young."
The 21st century indeed had people remembering her just as she was. She became the subject of songs, biographies, Web sites, comic books, movies and documentaries. A new generation of fans bought thousands of copies of her photos, and some feminists hailed her as a pioneer of women's liberation.
Gretchen Mol portrayed her in 2005's "The Notorious Bettie Page" and Paige Richards had the role in 2004's "Bettie Page: Dark Angel." Page herself took part in the 1998 documentary "Betty Page: Pinup Queen."
Her career began one day in October 1950 when she took a respite from her job as a secretary in a New York office for a walk along the beach at Coney Island. An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old's firm, curvy body and asked her to pose.
Looking back on the career that followed, she told Playboy in 1998, "I never thought it was shameful. I felt normal. It's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day, which gets monotonous."
Nudity didn't bother her, she said, explaining: "God approves of nudity. Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, they were naked as jaybirds."
In 1951, Page fell under the influence of a photographer and his sister who specialized in S&M. They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else. She was photographed with a whip in her hand, and in one session she was spread-eagled between two trees, her feet dangling.
"I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets," she said later.
Moralists denounced the photos as perversion, and Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, Page's home state, launched a congressional investigation.
Page quickly retreated from public view, later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face. She also said she believed that, at age 34, her days as "the girl with the perfect figure" were nearly over.

She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man, as an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce.
Her second marriage also failed, as did a third, and she suffered a nervous breakdown.
In 1959, she was lying on a sea wall in Key West when she saw a church with a white neon cross on top. She walked inside and became a born-again Christian.
After attending Bible school, she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced. Instead, she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham's ministry.
A move to Southern California in 1979 brought more troubles.
She was arrested after an altercation with her landlady, and doctors who examined her determined she had acute schizophrenia. She spent 20 months in a state mental hospital in San Bernardino.
A fight with another landlord resulted in her arrest, but she was found not guilty because of insanity. She was placed under state supervision for eight years.
"She had a very turbulent life," Todd Mueller, a family friend and autograph seller, told The Associated Press on Thursday. "She had a temper to her."
Mueller said he first met Page after tracking her down in the 1990s and persuaded her to do an autograph signing event.
He said she was a hit and sold about 3,000 autographs, usually for $200 to $300 each.
"Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40 to $50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all," he told The AP last week.
Born April 22, 1923, in Nashville, Tenn., Page said she grew up in a family so poor "we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings."
The family included three boys and three girls, and Page said her father molested all of the girls.
After the Pages moved to Houston, her father decided to return to Tennessee and stole a police car for the trip. He was sent to prison, and for a time Betty lived in an orphanage.
In her teens she acted in high school plays, going on to study drama in New York and win a screen test from 20th Century Fox before her modeling career took off. ___

[msmojorisin84]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...-page-the.html

The last of the true beauties

[msmojorisin84]

You beat me to it Cubbie

[LitaMalibu]

She was my grandfather's favorite pin-up. R.I.P.

[Lout_Rampage]

You know, I didn't think I would be sad, but I am. But like I said, 85 years is a good long run.

[Lout_Rampage]

This can officially go here...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/...CsgIsPjHVxFb8C

[sweetie103]

Wow I didnt know she had passed away til I saw this thread. I knew she had been ill. RIP Betty!

[cherryghost]

Thats sad.......... what a beauty and what a body as well! She lived a long life and I hope she has as much delight in her life as she gave others!

[simon69]

Bettie Page, whose magazine photographs in bikinis and see-through lingerie helped her become one of the most notable models of the 20th century, died at a Los Angeles hospital Thursday evening at age 85.
Page was hospitalized earlier this month for a heart attack.
Page, a secretary turned model, is credited with helping set the stage for the sexual revolution of the rebellious 1960s. She attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure that were tacked up on walls across the country.
Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.
Page later spent decades away from the public eye, and during that time battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.
After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.
Mueller credits his business dealings with Page for bringing her out of seclusion. He said he first met her in 1989 when he offered her "a bunch of money" to show up at autograph signings. "I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300," he said. "Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all."

[ichabodius]

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MorbidMolly]

I knew it was coming, and thought I would be OK, but I find myself on the verge of tears......RIP sweetie

[Fool Moon]

Awwwwwwwwww!!!

God bless and keep you, Betty.

You were too far ahead of your time.

RIP.

[norah]

RIP doll. xoxo

[cubbiecatz]

We have 3 threads on her now. I think she deserves atleast 10.

[Flowergrrl]

Awww... So sad. She was beautiful.

[cleanskull]

damn. another icon gone. i feel old. Farewell Betty.

[MorbidMolly]

We have 3 threads on her now. I think she deserves atleast 10.

Smooches CC........

[Pryncis]

So sad... I was just starting to research her for my modeling :-(

[Danse Macabre]

She was gorgeous. I love her bangs and smile, and agree with Lisamarie, she had a body you'd want to kill for!
It's so sad when an icon dies. R.I.P. Bettie

[Chevyheaven]

Amazing. She was an icon. RIP Betty baby, may your beauty,style and elegance live forever.

[trose]

Truly one of a kind. RIP Bettie

[Chevyheaven]

absolutley stunning goddess. RIP betty baby. There truly is an angel in heaven now.

[MandyLynn]

I was so saddened to hear this, its been a terrible week.

[Morty]

RIP lovely lady

[STRAIGHT]

She's in S&M heaven now.

[Ima Sikfuk]

Inevitable, but sad nonetheless...RIP Ms. Page

[neilmpenny]

Who is Mueller?

[jeca]

So sad. Another icon is gone. RIP, Bettie.

[newsocks]

[bit_evil1]

I got the death beeper email earlier but wasnt home. No matter how long you know its coming, doesnt make it any less sad. Rest In Peace.

[Gorey]

The world is a less beautiful place now. What a gorgeous woman. We will surely miss her.

[Nessa]

She was an icon. RIP.

[TheMysterian]

The world is a less beautiful place now. What a gorgeous woman. We will surely miss her.

Amen to that,and may she rest in peace

[atomicbettie]

Sad. sad. sad. I loved her so much. She was so beautiful and seemed so fun. She will be missed. RIP Bettie!

[Pammijo]

The notorious Ms. Paige. My daughter adored her! RIP madam!

[Frank 'N' Howie]

CRAP!!!

[Guest]

A true icon - R.I.P Bettie

[Maruz83]

[lizzyann2007]

Sorry to hear she has passed !! R.I.P. A real Beauty !!

[xoxojessicaxoxo]

what a way to start the day. i'm a huge bettie fan, rip.

[Demondahlia]

Heaven just got a whole lot brighter.. RIP Bettie ..

[MorbidMolly]

[Screwtape]

Sleep and dream, Bets. If they lay you somewhere I can find you, I'll visit with flowers.

[MorbidMolly]

Sleep and dream, Bets. If they lay you somewhere I can find you, I'll visit with flowers.

I hope she `s close to one of us.....Screwy I am so bummed....I mean I know she had to go sometime, but I guess I`m a sentimental fool....* sigh *

[Screwtape]

Yeah, it's always bad when an entire era dies. I think Tempest Storm is still alive, but other than that, there is no one. Bunny Yeager still around?

I'm hanging out at the vintage erotica board I go to, watching old Bettie clips.

[Screwtape]

One of the few photos of her in her later years