Joi Lansing
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Joi Lansing was the screen name of Joy Rae Brown, (Salt Lake City, Utah April 6, 1929, 9:40PM-Santa Monica, California August 7, 1972). A buxom blonde model and actress, Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by contemporaries Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. Joi appeared in skimpy costumes and bikinis; yet, no nudes exist.
Her earliest work was as a model, and she began her film career in 1948. In 1952, she played an uncredited role in the MGM blockbuster Singin' in the Rain. In the opening scene of Touch of Evil by Orson Welles she appeared as Zita, a dancer who dies at the end of the famous first tracking shot.
On television she appeared on The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, I Love Lucy, and The Beverly Hillbillies in a recurring role. Later movie roles included parts in Marriage on the Rocks (1965) and Bigfoot (1970).
She also starred in short musical films for the Scopitone video-jukebox system, which anticipated MTV by decades. Some of these films, particularly "The Web of Love", have gone on to become camp classics.
She died of breast cancer in Santa Monica, California on August 7, 1972 at age 43.
[edit] Filmography
Features:
- When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
- Linda Be Good (1947)
- The Counterfeiters (1948)
- Easter Parade (1948)
- Julia Misbehaves (1948)
- Blondie's Secret (1948)
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
- Neptune's Daughter (1949)
- The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
- In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
- On the Riviera (1951)
- Pier 23 (1951)
- FBI Girl (1951)
- Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- The Merry Widow (1952)
- The French Line (1954)
- Son of Sinbad (1955)
- Finger Man (1955)
- Hot Cars (1956)
- Hot Shots (1956)
- The Brave One (1957)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Queen of Outer Space (1958)
- A Hole in the Head (1959)
- It Started with a Kiss (1959)
- But Not for Me (1959)
- The Atomic Submarine (1959)
- Who Was That Lady? (1960)
- Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
- Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
- Bigfoot (1970)
Short Subjects:
- Super Cue Men (1937)
- So You Want to Go to a Nightclub (1954)
- So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)
- So You Want to Be on a Jury (1955)
- So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955)
- So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955)
- So You Think the Grass Is Greener (1956)
