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Sep 17, 2022 · It's one of the most famous pin-up photos of all time –– Betty Grable, in a tight, one-piece bathing suit, posing with her back to the camera and looking over her shoulder. The black-and-white image, taken in 1943, became the most requested photo for G.I.s stationed overseas during World War II.
May 31, 2024 · The famous pinup photo of the leggy, blonde, bathing-suit-clad Grable, back to the camera, glancing over one shoulder, did not contradict her persona as the girl next door and became an icon of the era. Indeed, American servicemen voted Grable their favourite pinup, and her image could be seen adorning the sides of bomber planes.
Grable's crypt at Inglewood Park Cemetery Her iconic pin-up image was named one of Time 's 100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time. In 2003, she was included in the list of 100 Photographs That Changed the World by Life.
Grable's pose in her iconic pin-up photo is now a classic, and she looks over one shoulder, back to camera, in a revealing white bathing suit. But there was good reason for this particular set-up. When Grable showed up to the shoot, she was actually seven months pregnant.
Betty Grable’s measurements: 34 1/2-24-36 (self-described 1940), 36-24-35 (at time of her famous WWII pin-up poster), 36-23-35 (at a fit 112# in 1958), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Height: 5′ 4″ (1.63 m) Wore size 5A shoes. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
May 23, 2023 · FOX studios saw its potential and persuaded the US military to allow it to distribute 5 million postcards of this picture to American GIs fighting in the war. Soldiers soon had painted the picture on planes, bomber jackets, and barrack walls making it the most popular pin-up during the war.
Eighty years ago, a quirk of fate saw a 1943 pin-up photo of film star Betty Grable smiling coyly over her right shoulder become a Second World War icon. The picture went off to war in the survival kits of around one in 12 Allied servicemen. Grable (1916-73) was proud to be a pin-up girl.
BETTY GRABLE - 1940s PIN-UP GIRL. by. DW. Usage. Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0. Topics. Betty, Grable, 1940s, Pin-up, Nostalgia, Wartime, G.I., Glamour. A collection of postcards and photographs of Betty Grable at the height of her fame. Addeddate. 2011-09-04 13:33:26. Color. color. Ia_orig__runtime. 3 minutes 46 seconds.
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Betty Grable, America actress, pin-up girl, model, singer and dancer, who set a record for 12 consecutive years in the Top 10 of box office stars of the 1930's and 1940's and whose legs were insured... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
