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Rebel Randall (born Alaine Charlotte Dorothy Brandes, January 22, 1922 – July 22, 2010), was an American film actress and radio personality. She appeared in approximately 50 films between 1940 and 1956.


Career

She was a popular G.I. pin-up girl during the 1940s and did several layouts, including one for Esquire magazine. She did a stint as "The Coca-Cola Girl" in advertisements and was a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio Services and hosted a show called "Radio Calling". In the 1950s, Rebel discovered that a New Orleans stripper began using her name and she had to legally stop her. According to an interview with Mike Barnum in the December 2009 issue of "Classic Images", she got her initial start after winning a scholarship to the Max Reinhardt Workshop in Hollywood where she appeared as Queen Titania in a version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream. Once a
John Robert Powers John Robert Powers (September 14, 1892 – July 21, 1977) was an American actor and founder of a New York City modeling agency. In 1923, Powers founded a modeling school. The John Robert Powers Agency represented models who aspired to success in ...
model before going to Hollywood. Born and raised in Chicago, and graduated from Foreman High School. A glamorous brunette, she is remembered for her several dozen cinematic appearances from the early 1940s thru the mid 1950s. After making a name for herself doing radio commercials, she moved to Hollywood where she made her 1940 silver screen bow in "Turnabout". Working as a Paramount contract player, she was seen in numerous features of the day, among them 1941's "
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town ''The Lone Rider in Ghost Town'' is a 1941 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Rebel Randall, Budd ...
", "In Old Oklahoma" and "The Powers Girl" (both 1943), the 1945 "Booby Dupes", and 1945's "The Shadow Returns". During World War II, Rebel also worked as a Powers model, was a popular GI pin-up girl, was featured as "Esquire" magazine's centerfold at least twice, and had two failed marriages to radio personality William Mann Moore, A.K.A. Peter Potter; in 1949, she was named "The Most Beautiful Girl on TV". In September 1953, Rebel married wealthy actor and businessman Glenn Thompson in an ill-starred union that lasted only a few days due to her husband's apparent mental instability, the marriage ending in annulment. Last seen on the screen in the 1956 short "Come on Seven", she lived the rest of her days in Southern California, was for a time the face of Coca-Cola, had romances with several high-profile men, though she never married again, gradually faded from view, and died after spending her final years in a nursing facility. A number of her films are preserved on DVD.


Politics

Although some sources list her as a Republican, she was an active Democrat for decades. She ran for congress against Ernest Z. Robles in Imperial County in 1972. She later founded Women's United International, which supported Jimmy Carter in his campaigns. Their correspondence is preserved at the Presidential Library.


Favorite quotes

* "I loved my work and I took it seriously." * "One of the problems of being an actor is that you work, and then you don't work. The time that you don't work might be extensive and you do still have to continue to live."


Selected filmography

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Hold That Woman ''Hold That Woman!'' is a 1940 American Crime film#Crime comedy, crime comedy film directed by Sam Newfield and starring the husband-and-wife team of James Dunn (actor), James Dunn and Frances Gifford. The film follows the adventures of a skiptrace ...
'' (1940) * '' Turnabout'' (1940) * ''
The Boys From Syracuse ''The Boys from Syracuse'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, based on William Shakespeare's play '' The Comedy of Errors'', as adapted by librettist George Abbott. The score includes swing and other contemp ...
'' (1940) * ''
Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase () was the acquisition of the Louisiana (New France), territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River#Watershed, Mississipp ...
'' s Alaine Brandes(1941) * ''
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town ''The Lone Rider in Ghost Town'' is a 1941 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Rebel Randall, Budd ...
'' (1941) * ''The Fired Man'' s Alaine Brandes(1941) * ''
Ziegfeld Girl (film) ''Ziegfeld Girl'' is a 1941 American musical film, musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin (entertainer), Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip D ...
'' (1941) * '' Pacific Blackout'' (1941) * ''
Arabian Nights (1942 film) ''Arabian Nights'' is a 1942 adventure film directed by John Rawlins and starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu and Leif Erikson. The film is derived from ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' but owes more to the imagination of Univers ...
'' (1942) * ''
Fall In ''Fall In'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Eugene Conrad and Edward E. Seabrook. The film stars William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Robert Barrat, Jean Porter and Arthur Hunnicutt. The film was released on Novembe ...
'' (1942) * '' Sin Town'' (1942) * ''
Holiday Inn (film) ''Holiday Inn'' is a 1942 American musical film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel. It was directed by Mark Sandrich with music by Irving Berlin. The composer wrote twelve songs specifi ...
'' (1942) * '' About Face'' (1942) * ''
The Fleet's In ''The Fleet's In'' is a 1942 movie musical produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Dorothy Lamour and William Holden. Although sharing the title of the 1928 Paramount film starring Clara Bow and Jack Oaki ...
'' (1942) * ''
In Old Oklahoma ''In Old Oklahoma'' (reissued as ''War of the Wildcats'') is a 1943 American Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell starring John Wayne and Martha Scott. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Music Score of a Dramatic or Co ...
'' (1943) * ''Hi'ya Sailor'' (1943) * '' Happy Go Lucky'' (1943) * '' The Powers Girl'' (1943) * ''
Fired Wife ''Fired Wife'' is a 1943 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Robert Paige, Diana Barrymore and Louise Allbritton. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universa ...
'' (1943) * ''
Gals, Incorporated ''Gals, Incorporated'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Edward Dein. The film stars Leon Errol, Harriet Nelson, Grace McDonald, David Bacon, Betty Kean, Maureen Cannon and Lillian Cornell. The film wa ...
'' (1943) * ''
Hit the Ice (film) ''Hit the Ice'' is a 1943 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and their first film directed by Charles Lamont. Lamont later directed the team's last few films in the 1950s. Plot Two sidewalk photographers, Tubby McCoy and Flash ...
'' (1943) * '' Good Morning, Judge'' (1943) * ''Hi Buddy'' (1943) * '' It Comes Up Love'' (1943) * '' The Suspect'' (1944) * '' She Snoops to Conquer'' (1944) * ''
Dead or Alive A wanted poster (or wanted sign) is a poster distributed to let the public know of a person whom authorities wish to apprehend. They generally include a picture of the person, either a photograph when one is available or of a facial composite ...
'' (1944) * ''
Atlantic City Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City- Hammonton metropolitan sta ...
'' (1944) * ''
Seven Doors to Death ''Seven Doors to Death'' (also known as ''Vanishing Corpses'' in its American reissue title) is a 1944 American film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Chick Chandler, June Clyde and George Meeker. The film is a comedy/mystery film that was w ...
'' (1944) * ''
Booby Dupes ''Booby Dupes'' is a 1945 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 84th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comed ...
'' (1945) * ''
Adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...
'' (1945) * '' A Thousand and One Nights'' (1945) * ''Where the Pest Begins'' (1945) * ''
Here Come the Co-Eds ''Here Come The Co-Eds'' is a 1945 American comedy film starring the comedy team Abbott and Costello. Plot Oliver Quackenbush, Molly McCarthy and her brother Slats who acts as her publicity agent work for the Miramar Ballroom as taxi dancers. ...
'' (1945) * ''
Because of Him ''Because of Him'' is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone. Plot Kim Walker (Deanna Durbin) is an ambitious waitress who dreams of being on the stage. ...
'' (1946) * '' Society Mugs'' (1946) * ''Hot Water'' (1946) * ''
The Shadow Returns ''The Shadow Returns'' is a 1946 American comedy crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, and Tom Dugan. It features the pulp-fiction character The Shadow, already a popular hero of novels and a radio show. It w ...
'' (1946) * '' Night and Day'' (1946) * '' The Stranger'' (1946) * ''
Her Kind of Man ''Her Kind of Man'' is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Frederick De Cordova, and starring Dane Clark, Janis Paige and Zachary Scott. The film is not to be confused with ''His Kind of Woman'' (1951) starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Ru ...
'' (1946) * ''
The Shadow Returns ''The Shadow Returns'' is a 1946 American comedy crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, and Tom Dugan. It features the pulp-fiction character The Shadow, already a popular hero of novels and a radio show. It w ...
'' (1946) * '' That's My Gal'' (1947) * ''
The Homestretch ''The Homestretch'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Langan, Helen Walker, James Gleason, Henry Stephenson and Margaret Bannerman. Th ...
'' (1947) * ''
The Bride Goes Wild ''The Bride Goes Wild'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog. Van Johnson stars as irresponsible children's book author and part-time playboy Uncle Bumps, who is introduced to a no-nonsense children's book illustrator ...
'' (1948) * '' Roaring City'' (1951) * ''Fun on the Run'' (1951) * ''Come on Seven'' (1956)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Randall, Rebel 1922 births 2010 deaths Burials at Desert Memorial Park American film actresses 21st-century American women American beauty pageant winners 20th-century American women American dancers American showgirls