Joi Lansing
| Joi Lansing | |
|---|---|
Lansing in "Superman's Wife"
(Adventures of Superman, 1958) |
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| Born |
Joy Rae Brown April 6, 1929 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Died | August 7, 1972 (aged 43) Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Breast cancer |
| Resting place | Santa Paula Cemetery |
| Other names | Joyce Wassmansdorff Joy Loveland Joyce Loveland |
| Occupation | Model, actress, singer |
| Years active | 1942–1970 |
| Spouse(s) | Jerome "Jerry" Safron (1950; annulled) Lance Fuller (1951–53; divorced) Stan Todd (1960–72; her death) |
Joi Lansing (April 6, 1929 – August 7, 1972) was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent cameo in the famous opening "tracking shot" in Orson Welles' crime drama Touch of Evil.
Lansing was born Joy Rae Brown at Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1929 to Jack Glen Brown (also known as Glen Jack Brown and Glenn Jack Brown; 1900–1960), a shoe salesman and orchestra musician, and Virginia Grace (née Shupe) Brown, a housewife (1908–1984).
She would later be known by her stepfathers' surnames, i.e. Wassmansdorff and Loveland. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles, where her half-brother, Larry Vernon Loveland, was born the same year. She began modeling in her teens, and at age 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 (34D bust), but she never posed nude. Lansing practiced yoga for relaxation, and as a devout Mormon, she did not drink or smoke.
Lansing's film career began in 1948, and in 1952, she played an uncredited role in MGM's Singin' in the Rain. She received top billing in Hot Cars (1956), a crime drama involving a stolen-car racket. In the opening sequence of Orson Welles's Touch of Evil (1958), she appeared as Zita, the dancer who dies at the end of the famous first tracking shot, during which her character exclaims to a border guard, "I keep hearing this ticking noise inside my head!"
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