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Facts

Also Known As Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell
Born June 21, 1921 • Bemidji • Minnesota
Died February 28, 2011 (aged 89) • California
Founder World Adoption International Fund

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Jane Russell reclines in a fitted dress on a pile of hay in a publicity still from the 1943 film The Outlaw.
Promotional black-and-white photo from The Paleface (1948) showing Jane Russell embracing Bob Hope, who wears a bowler hat and a surprised expression.
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