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 Jean Moorhead in The Violent Years (1956) | |
| Born | Barbara Jean Moorhead February 4, 1935 |
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| Years active | 1947–1961 |
Alma Jean Moorhead (born February 4, 1935) [1] is an American retired actress and model. Billed under an alternatively spelled surname, Jean Moorehead, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1955 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.
Jean Moorhead was adopted by Henry and Estelle Moorhead. She had a sister, Marilyn Moorhead. [1]
A former Miss Hollywood, Jean Moorhead acted in such movies as the Ed Wood-scripted The Violent Years (1956) and a guest spot on the TV Western Death Valley Days (one episode, 1957). Her last billed performances were in two low-budget 1959 films, Gunmen from Laredo and The Atomic Submarine , with one more (unbilled) appearance in the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Bells Are Ringing .
In the 1960s, she married and had two children. [1]
Jill St. John is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American Bond girl of the James Bond film franchise, in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. Additional performances in film include Holiday for Lovers, The Lost World, Tender Is the Night, Come Blow Your Horn, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, Who's Minding the Store?, Honeymoon Hotel, The Liquidator, The Oscar, Tony Rome, Sitting Target and The Concrete Jungle.
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