Joi Lansing Biography

Fast Facts

• Made her screen acting debut in the short film "Super Cue Men" in 1937
• Signed with MGM as a contract player at the age of 14 and spent her early years there modeling for swimwear and posters
• Quote: "I was always known as a glamour girl, and categorized only as that․ It was very limiting․ Many gals in the industry have more talent than they're given credit for․ My being blond and curvy, you might say, was a kind of mixed blessing․"
• After learning how to sing during an actors' strike in the early 1960s, she released her own album in 1965 featuring songs written for her by Jimmie Haskel and Stella Stevens
• Best known as a nightclub singer, pin-up model, and actress who appeared in "Touch of Evil," "A Hole in the Head," and "The Brave One․"
• After being forced to leave MGM, she worked on television and as a nightclub performer, finding success in the role of Shirley Swanson on the series "The Bob Cummings Show․"
• Appeared in the role of Gladys Flatt in "The Beverly Hillbillies․"