Cleo Moore

Cleo Moore ( born October 31, 1928 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, † October 28, 1973 in Inglewood, California ) was an American film actress and pin -up girl of the 1950s.

Biography

Moore made ​​her film debut in 1948 in Congo Bill. The Columbia Pictures she sat from 1952 as main and supporting actress in various productions such as One Girl's Confession ( 1953) or Over- Exposed (1956 ), often under the direction of Hugo Haas, a. Columbia Pictures tried to market it as answer to Marilyn Monroe. However, Mamie van Doren Similarly, Sheree North and Barbara Nichols, which were built as a successor or competitor of Monroe, she was a second-rate actress and gained more notoriety through their media-savvy appearances and pin-up photos.

1954 kissed Jack Eigen, TV star of the television station in Chicago, Moore five minutes live on camera what he was summarily dismissed "because of tastelessness before the television camera ".

Moore's film career ended in the late 1950s and she retired into private life. She died in 1973 of a heart attack.

Filmography (selection)

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