Femmes Fatales | Mar 23 2023 |
Jean Moorhead, Joanne Cangi, Theresa Hancock, and Lee Constant look like they're ready for trouble—or planning to break into a dance number—in this photo made for the 1956 drama The Violent Years. The violent years, if we go by the age of the actresses, apparently occur in one's twenties. And how violent do they get? They rob a gas station, shoot a cop dead, take some hostages, crash a car through a plate glass window, and sexually assault a guy. So... pretty violent. We may circle back to the film later.
Femmes Fatales | Mar 12 2022 |
Though she looks a bit like Elaine Stewart or Coleen Gray, this photo shows U.S. model and actress Jean Moorhead. Her outfit is attention getting, but she got more acting parts after she was Playboy's October 1955 centerfold (as Jean Moorehead). Her most notable films were minor fare such as 1958's Attack of the Puppet People, 1957's The Amazing Colossal Man, and 1956's The Violent Years, so she cannot be said to have built a notable cinematic résumé, but even so, her best years were post-centerfold. See another shot of Moorhead in the same swimsuit here.