Cindy Garner WWII YANK Pinup Girl April 6th, 1945
Not much is known about Cindy Garner. She appeared in movies such as “Red Ball Express”, “Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki”, and “Till the End of Time”.
WW2 Pin Up Girls
WW2 Pin Up Girls are defined as: “Noun 1. A picture of a very attractive or famous person, pinned up on a wall, as in a barracks, usually by admirers who have not met the subject. 2. A very attractive girl, especially one considered attractive enough to be the subject of such a picture.”
Carole Landis Yank Magazine Pin Up April 2, 1943
Carole Landis Carole Landis was born on New Year’s Day in 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, as Frances Lillian Mary Ridste. Her childhood was, for the most part, normal. Her father, a railroad mechanic, was of Norwegian descent and her mother was Polish. Her father left the family and Carole, her mother and an older brother …
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Jean Trent – YANK Pin Up March 30, 1945
Jean Trent was born Opal Jones, a native of Denver, Colorado, she was a stunning brunette, five feet three and 124 pounds. Her birthday is believed to have been October 17, 1920. She attended high school in Denver, when she appeared in a school play. She liked the experience so much she decided to go for …
Frances Langford: WWII USO Entertainer and Pin Up
Frances Langford was a popular singer and entertainer during the Golden Age of Radio and World War Two.
Irene Manning WWII PinUp – March 24, 1944
Irene Manning – WWII Yank PinUp: Irene Manning toured extensively with Bob Hope during WWII and while performing with an all-girl USO show in England, Irene was asked to perform with bandleader Glenn Miller shortly before his death in 1944.
Lucille Ball Yank Pin Up March 23, 1945
Lucille Ball will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball in Jamestown, New York, on August 6, 1911.
Lauren Bacall WWII Yank Pin Up
Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. Her parents were middle-class, with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary.
Claire Trevor – World War II Pin Up Girl and Actress
Claire Trevor was born Claire Wemlinger on March 8, 1910 in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, the only child of Fifth Avenue merchant-tailor Noel Wemlinger, an immigrant Frenchmen from Paris.
Chili Williams Yank Pin Up Girl Feb. 18, 1944
Known as “The Polka Dot Girl” of World War II pinups, Chili Williams (born Marian Sorenson Uhlman on December 18, 1922) was discovered by a modeling agent in 1943 at Fire Island in New York.
Anne Jeffreys World War II Pin Up
The ever-lovely, poised and vivacious blonde Anne Jeffreys was born Anne Carmichael on January 26, 1923 in 1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Firmly managed by her mother, she trained in voice at a fairly early age and received her first break in the entertainment field after signing with the John Robert Powers agency in New …