Joi Lansing (born Joy Rae Brown; April 6, 1929 – August 7, 1972) was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her

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photos and roles in

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s, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening "tracking shot" in

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' 1958 crime drama ''

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''. Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by her contemporaries

Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life. He ...

and

Mamie Van Doren Mamie Van Doren (; born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and model. A Bombshell (slang), blonde bombshell, she is one of the "Three M's" along with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, who were friends and ...

. She frequently was clad in skimpy costumes and bikinis that accentuated her figure (34D bust), but she never posed nude.

Early life

Lansing was born at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1929 to Jack Glen Brown (also known as Glen Jack Brown and Glenn Jack Brown), a shoe salesman and orchestra musician, and Virginia Grace (née Shupe) Brown, a housewife. Other birth years given include 1928 (held by the Utah Historical Society records, per Dougherty, 2004), 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936. She was later known by her stepfathers' surnames, i.e. Wassmansdorff and Loveland. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles, where her siblings were born.

Career

She began modeling at the age of 14. Lansing was discovered at age 14 by

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, the producer, and was signed to an

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talent school contract. Lansing completed high school on the studio lot. While she was a student at the

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, a writer for ''

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'' spotted her, and a part was written into the show for her.

Films

Lansing's film career began in 1948, and in 1952 she played an uncredited role in MGM's ''

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''. She received top billing in '' Hot Cars'' (1956), a crime drama involving a stolen-car racket. In 1958, she appeared in the famous opening sequence of

's ''

'' as Zita, the dancer who dies in a car explosion at the end of the extended tracking shot after exclaiming to a border guard "I keep hearing this ticking noise inside my head!" She had a brief role as an astronaut's girlfriend in sci-fi parody '' Queen of Outer Space'' (1958) and had fourth billing in the science fiction feature ''

The Atomic Submarine ''The Atomic Submarine'' is a 1959 independently made, American black-and-white science-fiction film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Joi Lansing and Jean Moorhead, with John Hilliard as the ...

'' (1959). During the 1960s, she starred in short musical films for the

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video-jukebox system. Her songs included "The Web of Love" and "The Silencers". In 1964, producer Stanley Todd discussed a film project with Lansing, tentatively titled ''Project 22'', with location shooting planned in Yugoslavia, and with George Hamilton and

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named to the cast. The film never was made. Lansing played "Lola" in the romantic comedy ''

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'' (1965), with a cast that included

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, and

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. Lansing previously had appeared in Sinatra's comedy ''

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'' (1959) and in Martin's comedy ''

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'' (1960). She turned down the chance to replace Jayne Mansfield in '' The Ice House'' (a 1969 horror film), and instead appeared opposite

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(in his last film appearance) and

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in '' Hillbillys in a Haunted House'' (1967), as Mamie Van Doren's replacement. Her last film was ''

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'' (1970).

Recordings

Lansing started singing in nightclubs in the early 1960s, and her performances are documented in several trade magazines. She performed with the

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orchestra and briefly toured with

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, but little is known about the songs she actually recorded. Apparently, while starring on ''

'', she recorded a 45 r.p.m. single on the small REO record label in 1957: "Love Me/What's It Gonna Be" (REO #1007). In 1962, she recorded six to eight sides at Que Recorders in Los Angeles. These turned up at auction and were acetates of four songs each (with two songs duplicated on the second acetate). It is unknown whether these tracks were released on an album. Both acetates list the same identifying number of #4-8351. The songs recorded on February 23, 1962, were "Masquerade is Over", "All of You" (Cole Porter), "The One I Love" (which was most likely "

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", and "Who Cares?" (George and Ira Gershwin). On April 30, 1962, the songs recorded were "Feel So Young" (which was probably "

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"), "

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", "Masquerade", and "All of You". It was reported in ''Cashbox'' magazine on April 17, 1965, that Lansing was recording an album for RCA records with

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(and suggested that it should be titled ''Joi to the World of Jazz''), but nothing further is known about this project.

Television

Lansing appeared in ''

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''; ''

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''; '' It's a Great Life''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; '' The People's Choice''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; '' The Joey Bishop Show''; ''

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''; ''

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''; '' The Adventures of Superman''; and ''

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''; and had a recurring role in ''

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''. The biggest single break of Lansing's career was from 1955 through 1959 as the character Shirley Swanson in roughly 125 episodes of ''

''. She named

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as possessing the greatest sex appeal of any actor with whom she worked. The two played a love scene in a 1956 ''

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'' drama titled ''Shoot the Moon''. Lansing appeared as herself in a 1956 ''I Love Lucy'' season 6 episode, "Desert Island". In 1957, she played Vera Payson in the ''Perry Mason'' episode "The Case of the Crimson Kiss". She achieved some distinction for beating out

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(

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) to marry Superman (

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) as the title character in "Superman's Wife", a 1958 episode of ''Adventures of Superman''. What was possibly Lansing's best television role may have been her least-seen as the

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in ''

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'', a

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-winning unsold television pilot directed by Orson Welles for

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in 1956 and broadcast on the ''

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'' two years later. The half-hour film remains available for public viewing at the

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in New York City and Los Angeles. She appeared in a 1960 episode of ''

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'' entitled “The Noise of Death,” playing a character named Georgina Jones. In the 1960–61 season of '' Klondike'', Lansing appeared as Goldie with

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, and

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. In 1960, she appeared as Evelyn in the "Election Bet" episode of the ''Mr. Lucky'' TV series (season 1, episode 34). In May 1963, Lansing appeared in ''Falcon Frolics '63''. The broadcast honored the men stationed at the

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. She appeared in six episodes of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' in the role of Gladys Flatt, the glamorous wife of bluegrass musician

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. Lansing has a star on the

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in Los Angeles for her contributions to television.

Personal life

In August 1960, she married Stanley Laurence Todd, who was her business manager when she married him. Lansing died from breast cancer on August 7, 1972, at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, California. She had been treated surgically for the disease two years earlier. She also suffered from severe

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. * *"Joi Lansing, Actress, Dies at 37; (sic) 'Glamour Girl' of TV and Films". ''

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'', August 9, 1972. While some press accounts gave her age as 37, she was actually 43 years old.

In popular culture

A highly fictionalized version of Lansing appears in James Ellroy's 2021 novel ''Widespread Panic''. Footage of Lansing appears in the

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animated short '' The House of Tomorrow'', released in 1949.

Filmography

Features

* '' When a Girl's Beautiful'' (1947) - Model (uncredited) * '' Linda, Be Good'' (1947) - Cameo Girl (uncredited) * '' The Counterfeiters'' (1948) - Caroline - Art Model * ''

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'' (1948) - Hat Model / Showgirl (uncredited) * '' Julia Misbehaves'' (1948) - Mannequin (uncredited) * '' Blondie's Secret'' (1948) - Bathing Girl in Dream (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1949) - Girl on Train (uncredited) * '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1949) - Linda (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1949) - Model (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1949) - Pretty Girl (uncredited) * '' Key to the City'' (1950) - Miss Garbage Truck (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1951) - The Cocktail Waitress * ''

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'' (1951) - Marilyn Turner (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1951) - Susan * ''

Two Tickets to Broadway ''Two Tickets to Broadway'' is a 1951 American musical film directed by James V. Kern and starring Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven and Ann Miller. It was filmed on the RKO Forty Acres backlot. It was nominated for an Academy Award for ...

'' (1951) - Showgirl (uncredited) * ''

'' (1952) - Chorus Girl (uncredited) * '' Glory Alley'' (1952) - Chorus Girl (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1952) - Girl at Maxim's (uncredited) * ''

The French Line ''The French Line'' is a 1953 American musical film starring Jane Russell made by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Edmund Grainger, with Howard Hughes as executive producer. The screenplay was by Mary Loos and Richa ...

'' (1953) - Model (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1955) - Harem Girl (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1955) - Blonde in Bar (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1956) - Hazel (uncredited) * '' The Brave One'' (1956) - Marion Randall * '' Hot Cars'' (1956) - Karen Winter * '' Hot Shots'' (1956) - Connie Forbes * ''

'' (1958) - Zita * '' Queen of Outer Space'' (1958) - Larry's Girl (uncredited) * ''

'' (1959) - Dorine * '' It Started with a Kiss'' (1959) - Checkroom Girl (uncredited) * '' But Not for Me'' (1959) - Blonde Bathing Beauty (uncredited) * ''

'' (1959) - Julie * ''

'' (1960) - Florence Coogle * ''

'' (1965) - Lola * '' Hillbillys in a Haunted House'' (1967) - Boots Malone * ''

'' (1970) - Joi Landis

Television

Short subjects

* ''Super Cue Men'' (1937) * '' The House of Tomorrow'' (1949), created by

- "The Girl" on television (uncredited) * ''

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'' **"So You Want to Go to a Nightclub" (1954) - Lorna Lamour (uncredited) **"So You're Taking in a Roomer" (1954) - Blonde Roomer (uncredited) **"So You Want to Be a V.P." (1955) - Miss Poindexter - Secretary (uncredited) **"So You Want to Be a Policeman" (1955) - Blonde Getting Ticket (uncredited) **"So You Think the Grass Is Greener" (1956) - Geraldine Backspace (uncredited) * ''

'' (1956), scripted & directed by

- Carolyn Coates * ''The Starmaker'' (1957), starring

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, on television - Mrs. Barclay Alexander

References

External links

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Joi Lansing timeline

Joy Lansing on the cover of ''Life'' magazine
March 28, 1949
Joi Lansing at Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen

''The Fountain of Youth''
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