Vikki Dougan Net Worth

Vikki Dougan Net Worth is
$600,000

Vikki Dougan Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Vikki Dougan (born 1929) is a model and actress. She is most famous for appearing at social events in a series of daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s.Vikki Dougan began modeling at age sixteen. She made for herself a successful career in modeling before gaining her first movie role in Back from Eternity as an uncredited showgirl. She gained small parts in another nine movies.In 1953 publicity man Milton Weiss had the idea of promoting Vikki using the backless dresses to garner publicity. The idea was to gain a contrast with the fashion for models and actresses with large bosoms, such as Jayne Mansfield. Throughout the 1950s she scandalized more respectable Hollywood society with her appearances in her daring backless dresses. When asked by a reporter about the origin of her dress style, she said "I'm not busty. What's a girl to do ?"In 1953 photographer Ralph Crane photographed her extensively for Life Magazine. Their edition of October 26 featured her on the cover.1961 her appearances in her backless dresses became celebrated in song by The Limelighters.In June 1957 Vikki Dougan appeared in the (Vol. 4, Issue 6) edition of Playboy magazine. She featured again in the December 1962 issue, under the section "Playboy’s Other Girlfriends".In January 1964 Cavalier magazine featured twelve nude photographs of Vikki Dougan in a pictorial entitle "The Back is Back". Vikki brought a lawsuit against the magazine, stating that the magazine did not have permission to publish them. The photographs had been posed for Playboy magazine but Vikki had subsequently declined to let Playboy publish the photographs.Throughout the 1960s she dated a string of prominent Hollywood men, including Frank Sinatra

Date Of Birth1929-01-01
Place Of BirthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Height5' 7" (1.7 m)
ProfessionActress
SpouseWilliam Symons
#Fact
1She has a daughter, Debbie (born in 1950), with her first husband, William.
2Her backless dress style was an inspiration for Jessica Rabbit's design in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
3Nicknamed "The Back" because of her dresses that were more than backless - they were cut down to just above the gluteal cleft, causing quite a commotion. The Limeliters wrote a song titled "Vikki Dougan" to commemorate this phenomenon, in which they sing of her "callipygian cleft" ("callipygian" meaning "having shapely buttocks") and beg her, "Vikki, turn your back on me".

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hotel1967B Girl (uncredited)
Hootenanny Hoot1963Vikki
Sea Hunt1961TV SeriesCheryl Carter
Michael Shayne1961TV SeriesPutzi
Peter Gunn1960TV SeriesBlonde
The Rebel Set1959Karen, the Waitress
Here Come the Jets1959Blonde
Bold Venture1959TV SeriesPhyllis Ryan
The Tunnel of Love1958Gladys Dunne, actress
The Great Man1956Marcia - new receptionist
Back from Eternity1956Showgirl (uncredited)

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Joey Bishop Show1967TV SeriesHerself

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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