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  • From Flickr: “Linda Darnell in Forever Amber (1947)” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag. Photo: 20th Century-Fox. Publicity still for Forever Amber (Otto Preminger, 1947). American film actress Linda Darnell (1923-1965) progressed from modeling as a child to acting in theatre and film as an adolescent. The ravishing beauty appeared in supporting roles in big-budget films for 20th Century Fox throughout the 1940s, and rose…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Spanish postcard by Eurochromo, no. R 009, 1966. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Diana Dors” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3954. Photo: Georg Michalke / Ufa. Blonde and curvey Diana Dors (1931-1984) was called ‘The English Marilyn Monroe’, to her disgust. In her own words: “I was the first home-grown sex symbol, rather like Britain’s naughty seaside postcards." For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 81. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). In Great Britain, she then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only three lines in the film, a…

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  • From Flickr: “Raquel Welch” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    Belgian postcard in de ‘De 50 mooiste vrouwen van de eeuw’ (The 50 most beautiful women of the century) series by P magazine, no. 36. Photo: Sygma / VPM. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966).…

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  • From Flickr: “Jayne Mansfield” by Truus, Bob & Jan too!

    French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 879. Photo: Teddy Piaz, Paris. Some Hollywood stars were much more popular in Europe than at home. A fabulous example is sweet Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), one of Hollywood’s original platinum blonde bombshells. Although most of her American films did not do much at the European box offices, Jayne…

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