#BornthisDay July 9, 1927 #actress & #StyleIcon Susan Cabot. Star of mainly #westerns such as Gunsmoke with Audie Murphy, also remembered for sci fi Wasp Woman & Machine Gun Kelly with Charles Bronson. Tragic story later in life... 1/4 #vintagefashion#1950s
Susan Cabot in Roger Corman's Machine Gun Kelly. After her acting career, she restored and sold on vintage vehicles herself.
Susan Cabot in Gunsmoke 1953, and Ride Clear of Diablo 1954 with Audie Murphy. Though westerns, the wardrobe fab in both - Rosemary Odell. 3/4
More Susan Cabot, top left it's from Wasp Woman.
I real life she is alleged to have been set up by the CIA, for an affair with King Hussein of Jordan, and it is thought her son
May have been love child, and he was 24 yrs later imprisoned for her manslaughter. It's a tragic tale. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…
Encore Susan Cabot....
In swimwear, in mink with Debbie Reynolds & Lori Nelson & at premiere of Diary of Anne Frank, and in fab bolero shouldered dress #vintagefashion#1950s
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#BornthisDay July 10 1904 French #actress#StyleIcon, & first wife of Errol Flynn, Lili Damita. Known for movies Brewster's Millions, This Is the Night (Cary Grant), The Match King , Frisco Kid (James Cagney) & Friends & Lovers (von Stroheim). #Vintagefashion#1920s#1930s 1/6
Lili Damita in The Frisco Kid with Cagney, and the 1935 version of Brewsters Millions. The costumes for latter by Elsa Schiaparelli, Norman Hartnell, and Sophie Divine. #vintagefashion#1930s 2/6
Lili Damita in Friends and Lovers - wardrobe & Art direction by Max Rée) 1931 and One Hour with You, 1932 wardrobe by Travis Banton, and in a sheepskin flying jacket & goggles. 3/6
#BornthisDay 9 July 1929, #actress, soft porn star (that's woke the boys up a bit) Miss #Argentina 1955, & #StyleIcon , Isabel Sarli. I'd love to show you some fun gifs but can't ha ha...look up one of her famous cult classics The Insatiable Widow 1984 1/3
Isabel Sarli in
Intimidades de una cualquiera (1972)
Fuego 1969
La mujer del zapatero (1965) & Sabaleros (1959)
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In a mink, and a bathing suit, then in Los Días calientes 1966 in headscarf & Una mariposa en la noche, 1976 with romantic partner and director/producer/actor Armando Bó . 3/3
#BornthisDay June 20, 1911 #actress & #StyleIcon Gail Patrick. Known for movies eg My Favourite Wife 1940, Stage Door 1937, My Man Godfrey 1936, became TV producer later life responsible Perry Mason. Often cast as haughty other woman in movies- great style legacy as result! 1/8
Quit academic/law career for Hollywood-paid $50 wk neg to $75. Early roles inc 'Murders in the Zoo' 1933, 'Death Takes a Holiday' (blonde) 1934 -remade as ''Meet Joe Black'- 'One Hour Late' 1934 & 'Mississippi' 1935 #BornthisDay June 20, 1911 #actress#StyleIcon Gail Patrick 3/8