Jeanne Carmen

Agnes Laverne Carmen, also known as Jeanne Carmen (August 4, 1930 – December 20, 2007), was an American model, actress, trick-shot golfer, and B-movie actress known for her appearances in low-budget films during the 1950s and 1960s. She also gained fame as a touring trick-shot golfer.

Frank Sinatra encouraged her move to Hollywood, where she shifted her focus to acting. Her striking looks quickly landed her roles in numerous low-budget "B" movies, earning her the nickname "Queen of the B-Movies". Her roles often cast her as a femme fatale and spirited character. Carmen's good looks, hourglass figure, and green eyes quickly landed her on the big screen in 1956 playing a feisty Spanish senorita named Serelda in the film The Three Outlaws, a Western based on the same events as the later Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and co-starring Neville Brand and Alan Hale, Jr as Butch and Sundance. She was cast by producer/director Howard W. Koch as an Indian girl in War Drums with Lex Barker of Tarzan fame. Koch took a liking to Carmen and cast her in Untamed Youth (1957), his next film for Warner Bros, co-starring Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran, which inspired Cochran to cover the song "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" for her.

Carmen also appeared as a femme fatale in Portland Exposé with Frank Gorshin.

Later years In 1998, Carmen was the subject of a TV episode titled "Jeanne Carmen: Queen of the B-Movies" on the series E! True Hollywood Story. The show stated that Carmen maintained a "dangerously close friendship with Marilyn Monroe and The Kennedys" and that after the death of Monroe, Carmen was told to leave town by John Roselli who was working for Chicago Mob Boss Sam Giancana. Believing her life was in danger, she fled to Scottsdale, Arizona, where she lived incognito for more than a decade. Carmen abandoned her platinum-blonde locks, had three children, and lived a quiet life, never mentioning her prior life in Hollywood.

Carmen re-emerged in the late 1980s and became a frequent interviewee for television documentaries and nostalgia conventions, often sharing anecdotes about the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her life was profiled in a 1998 episode of the E! True Hollywood Story. She made a final film appearance as Mrs. Lipschitz in the 2005 comedic horror film The Naked Monster, an homage to drive-in movies.

Personal life Carmen's personal life was the subject of many news and media particularly her affairs with high-profile celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Clark Gable, and Errol Flynn. Jeanne's friendship with Marilyn Monroe.

She was married twice. Her first marriage was to aspiring operatic singer Sandy Scott in 1948; they divorced a year later.

At the time of Carmen's death, a biographical film of her life was in early stages of development, with Christina Aguilera, Scarlett Johansson, and Kate Bosworth under consideration to play Carmen.

Filmography Television series YearTitleRoleNotes 1951 Mike and Buff Princess Jeanne Episode: "Princess Jeanne" 1958 The Millionaire Mary Evans Episode: "The Wally Bannister Story" 1958 26 Men Lili Mae Turner Episode: "The Last Rebellion" 1959 Riverboat Janine - Blonde Girl in Stagecoach Episode: "A Night at Trapper's Landing" 1959 Have Gun – Will Travel Paladin's Love Interest / Blonde Glamour Girl Episode: "Tiger" 1960 Tightrope! Francie Verlaine Episode: "The Chinese Pendant" 1961 The Dick Powell Show Nikki Episode: "Three Soldiers"

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1953 Striporama Venus Beauty Uncredited 1953 Here Come the Girls Missouri Chorine 1956 The Three Outlaws Serelda 1957 Guns Don't Argue Paula 1957 War Drums Yellow Moon 1957 A Merry Mix Up Mary 1957 Untamed Youth Lillibet 1957 Portland Exposé Iris 1958 I Married a Woman Camera Girl Uncredited 1958 Too Much, Too Soon Tassles Uncredited 1958 Born Reckless Rodeo Girl 1959 The Monster of Piedras Blancas Lucille Sturges 1962 The Devil's Hand The Blonde Cultist Credited as Jeannie Carman 1962 House of Women Inmate 2003 House of 1000 Corpses Miss Bunny Her role was cut from the final finished film 2005 The Naked Monster Mrs. Lipschitz

Music video YearSongRoleSingerNotes 1998 Outside Blonde Dominatrix George Michael