Ravishing redhead Elaine Stewart came onto the film scene in the early 1950s and decorated a number of eastern and western films as well as crimers as a second-tier MGM star. Her striking, shapely beauty and "come hither" sensuality was on full display throughout the decade, often as a temptress or schemer. By the early 1960s, however, she had ...
When I was under contract to Metro I was careful about my lifestyle. I drove an old wreck of a car and shared a small apartment with a girlfriend. We each paid $75 a month rent. I put my earnings in the bank and invested in some real estate. Let's say I was doing all right when I got married.
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Her favorite charities included the Jewish Relief Fund, The American Diabetes Association, and The Muscular Distrophy Association.
Parents of German descent: policeman father Ulrich and housewife/mother Hedwig Maria.
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As a teenager, she worked as an usherette, then later as a medical assistant.
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Was a popular pin-up type model in many magazines, including early Playboy.
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Beat out hundreds of young models in 1952 to earn a photo layout in See Magazine, winning the title of "Miss See," which led to film contract with MGM.
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