Bettie Page
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Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos.[2][3] She was often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups": her long jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations. After her death, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner called her "a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society".[4]
A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, Page lived in California in her early adult years before moving to New York City to pursue work as an actress. There, she found work as a pin-up model, and she posed for several photographers throughout the 1950s. Page was "Miss January 1955", one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. After years in obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s.
In 1959, Page converted to
Early life
Betty Mae Page, who in childhood began spelling her first name "Bettie",
Page's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and her mother worked two jobs, one as a hairdresser (during the day) and the other washing laundry (at night).
As a teenager, Page and her sisters tried different makeup styles and hairdos imitating their favorite film stars. She also learned to sew. These skills proved useful, years later, for her pin-up photography, when Page did her own makeup and hair and made her own bikinis and costumes.
A good student and debate team member at
Shortly before graduating from Hume-Fogg High, Page had met William E. "Billy" Neal, a former rival high school sports star two years older than she. In September 1942, he was drafted into the Army for World War II,[18] and he and Page married on February 18, 1943, before he shipped out.[18][19] For the next few years she moved between San Francisco, Los Angeles and Nashville. She and Neal divorced in 1947.[3][20]
Modeling career
Discovery and early work
In late 1947, Page moved to
In 1950, while walking along the
In late-1940s America, "camera clubs" were formed to circumvent laws restricting the production of
Early 1950s to 1957: Irving Klaw; film work
From late 1951 or early 1952
Klaw also produced a line of still photos taken during these sessions. Some have become iconic images, such as his highest-selling photo of Page—shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes, from the film Leopard Bikini Bound. Although these "underground" features had the same crude style and clandestine distribution as the pornographic "stag" films of the time, Klaw's all-female films (and still photos) never featured any nudity or explicit sexual content. Commenting on the bondage photos and the reputation they afforded her, Page said retrospectively:
They keep referring to me in the magazines and newspapers and everywhere else as the "Queen of Bondage." The only bondage posing I ever did was for Irving Klaw and his sister Paula. Usually every other Saturday he had a session for four or five hours with four or five models and a couple of extra photographers, and in order to get paid you had to do an hour of bondage. And that was the only reason I did it. I never had any inkling along that line. I don't really disapprove of it; I think you can do your own thing as long as you're not hurting anybody else — that's been my philosophy ever since I was a little girl. I never looked down my nose at it. In fact, we used to laugh at some of the requests that came through the mail, even from judges and lawyers and doctors and people in high positions. Even back in the '50s they went in for the whips and the ties and everything else.[26]
In 1953, Page took acting classes at the
In 1954, during one of her annual vacations to
After Yeager sent shots of Page to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, he selected one to use as the Playmate of the Month centerfold in the January 1955 issue of the two-year-old magazine. The famous photo shows Page, wearing only a Santa hat, kneeling before a Christmas tree holding an ornament and playfully winking at the camera. In 1955, Page won the title "Miss Pinup Girl of the World".[13] She also became known as "The Queen of Curves" and "The Dark Angel". While pin-up and glamour models frequently have careers measured in months, Page was in demand for several years, continuing to model until 1957.[3]
Although she frequently posed nude, she never appeared in scenes with
1958–92: Retirement; departure from spotlight
The reasons reported for Page's departure from modeling vary. Some reports[
Photographer Sam Menning was the last person to photograph a pin-up of Page before her retirement.[29][30]
On
She dated industrial designer Richard Arbib in the 1950s, and then married Armond Walterson on November 6, 1958;[31] they divorced on October 10, 1963.[6]
During the 1960s, she attempted to become a
She returned to Florida in 1966 and married again, to Harry Lear, on February 14, 1966.[33] but that marriage ended in divorce on January 18, 1972.[34][35]
She moved to
Revival of public interest
In the 1950s, artists
In 1976, Eros Publishing Co. published A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page, a mixture of photos from the 1950s. Between 1978 and 1980, Belier Press published four volumes of Betty Page: Private Peeks, reprinting pictures from the private-camera-club sessions, which reintroduced Page to a new but small cult following.
A larger
In the early 1980s, comic-book artist Dave Stevens based the female love interest of his hero Cliff Secord (alias "The Rocketeer") on Page.[42]
By the mid-1980s, artist Olivia De Berardinis noted that women began to frequent her gallery openings sporting Bettie bangs, fetish clothing, and tattoos of Page. She described "black bangs, seamed stockings and snub-nosed 6-inch stilettos. These are Bettie Page signatures.... Although the fantasy world of fetish/bondage existed in some form since the beginning time, Bettie is the iconic figurehead of it all. No star of this genre existed before her. [Marilyn] Monroe had predecessors, Bettie did not."[13]
In 1987, Greg Theakston started a fanzine called The Betty Pages[40] and recounted tales of her life, particularly the camera-club days. Additionally, numerous articles about the missing pop-cultural figure began appearing in the mainstream media. Since almost all of her photos were in the public domain,[citation needed] some entities launched Page-related products.
In a 1993 telephone interview with Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Page told host Robin Leach that she had been unaware of the resurgence of her popularity, stating that she was "penniless and infamous". Entertainment Tonight produced a segment on her. Page was living in a group home in Los Angeles. Theakston contacted her and extensively interviewed her for The Betty Page Annuals V.2.[citation needed]
Her brother Jack finally brought her back into public life, explaining, "My son had noticed all the books and calendars and plates being sold with her face on them,...I called her up and said, 'Bettie, there is a chance for you to make money off this'".[43]
In 1993,[44] Jack persuaded Page to pursue royalties through Chicago attorney James L. Swanson,[43] who with Karen Essex wrote the 1996 coffee table book Bettie Page: The Life of a Pin-Up Legend.
Three years later, nearly penniless and failing to receive any
In 1993, Page signed with Mark Roesler and his Curtis Management Group, later CMG Worldwide.[45] Page occasionally autographed pinups at her agents' offices in Los Angeles, California.[7]
After Jim Silke made a large-format comic featuring Page's likeness, in the 1990s
In 1996, Page granted a TV interview to entertainment reporter Tim Estiloz for the
In 1997, E! True Hollywood Story aired a feature on Page titled, Bettie Page: From Pinup to Sex Queen.[50]
In a late-1990s interview, Page stated she would not allow any current pictures of her to be shown because of concerns about her weight. However, in 1997, Page changed her mind and agreed to a television interview for the aforementioned E! True Hollywood Story on the condition that the location of the interview and her face not be revealed (she was shown with her face and dress electronically blacked out). Page allowed a publicity picture to be taken of her for the August 2003 edition of Playboy. In 2006, the Los Angeles Times ran an article headlined "A Golden Age for a Pinup", covering an autographing session at CMG Worldwide. Once again, Page declined to be photographed.
In a 1998 interview, she commented of her career, "I never thought it was shameful. I felt normal. It's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day, which gets monotonous."[35]
In her last years, she hired a law firm to help her recoup some of the profits being made with her likeness. According to
In 2011, Page's estate made the Forbes annual list of top-earning dead celebrities, earning $6 million and tied with the estates of George Harrison and Andy Warhol, at 13th on the list.[52] In 2014, Forbes estimated that Page's estate earned $10 million in 2013.[53]
In 2023, a historical marker commemorating Page's life was erected in Nashville.[54]
Death
According to long-time friend and business agent Mark Roesler, Page was hospitalized in critical condition on December 6, 2008.[55] Roesler was quoted by the Associated Press as saying Page had a heart attack[5] and by Los Angeles television station KNBC as claiming Page had pneumonia.[56] Her family eventually agreed to discontinue life support, and she died on December 11, 2008, at age 85.[3][7]
Biographies
In 2004, Cult Epics produced the direct-to-DVD biographical film Bettie Page: Dark Angel. Centering on the 1953–1957 Irving Klaw period, it recreates six lost fetish films she did for Klaw. Model Paige Richards plays the title role.
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) follows her life from the mid-1930s through the late 1950s. It stars Gretchen Mol as the adult Page. Bonus footage added to the DVD release includes color film from the 1950s of Page playfully undressing and striking various nude poses for the camera.
In 2012,
In popular culture
Fashion and visual art
- For its Christian Dior styled the hair of its models with Bettie Page as inspiration.[60]
- In Seattle, Washington, a homeowner became the subject of a short-lived controversy when he had an artist friend paint a large mural of Page on the side of his home. The mural is visible from Interstate 5, just south of the 65th Street exit.[61] In 2016, the mural was vandalized, leading to a restoration and the addition of drag star Divine.[62]
Film
- The BD-3000 luxury droid in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) was inspired by Bettie Page.[63]
- In Quentin Tarantino's 2007 film Death Proof, Rosario Dawson pays homage to Page with her iconic haircut.[64]
Comics
- In 1966, comic book writer Robert Kanigher and artist Sheldon Moldoff created DC Comics character Poison Ivy, basing her appearance on Page, including her signature bangs.[65] The DC Comics Bombshells line of figurines launched in 2011 modeled Poison Ivy's look on Page's pin-up appearances.[66]
- In Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger, a comic book series published by Tekno Comix and BIG Entertainment from September 1995 to April 1997, the artist's image of Holly, Mike Danger's assistant was influenced in some measure by Bettie Page's look and hairstyle.[67]
- Bettie Page Comics is a 1996 one-shot comic published by Dark Horse Comics and illustrated by Cary Grazzini, Dave Stevens and Jamie S. Rich, starring pin-up model Bettie Page.[68][69]
- In 2017, a new Bettie Page comic was created by David Avallone and Colton Worely.[70][71]
- Dynamite Entertainment announced another Bettie Page comic book series to be released in June, 2023. The series is created by Elisa Ferrari, Luca Blengino and Mirka Andolfo.[72]
Literature
- In one of his numerous fictional capsule biographies for his books, Harlan Ellison claimed to be "writing a biography of Betty [sic] Page for young adults".[73]
- During the 1970s and 1980s, The UK music magazines Sounds and Record Mirror (latterly 'rm') featured a journalist Beverley Glick, whose pen-name was "Betty Page", inspired by Page.
- Page is the subject of the 2020 novel Bettie Page: Aphrodite Rising by Kimberly Us, which suggests an engagement with the goddess Aphrodite in Page's career, building on influences such as Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief.
Television shows
- In Orange is the New Black, the character Alex Vause is described by correctional officer Joel Luschek as "the Bettie Page of Litchfield".[citation needed]
- In Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny", a costumed villain model called "Bettie Rage" briefly appears.
Video games
- In Suda51's video game Lollipop Chainsaw, a pre-order downloadable outfit took inspiration from Bettie Page as a pinup girl outfit, and included her signature haircut with bangs.[74]
Music
- German punk band Bettie Ford recorded the song "Bettie Page" for their album League of Fools (2004).[75]
- Beyoncé pays homage to Bettie Page in her music videos for "Video Phone"[76] and "Why Don't You Love Me".
- Industrial metal band Bile released a song called "Betty Page" on their album Sex Reflex (1999).[77]
- Alternative country band BR5-49 recorded an ode to Page named "Bettie, Bettie" on their 1996 debut EP Live From Robert's. In interviews, Page stated that this was her favorite of the songs written about her.[78]
- Swedish concept band DC-Pöbeln (also known as Dagcenterpöbeln) from Örebro put Bettie Page on the cover of their only record Bettan/Dödgrävaren (1985).[79]
- The Jazz Butcher included the song "Just Like Betty Page" on the album A Scandal in Bohemia (1984), using Page for a simile in the chorus "You have me/As far as I can see/roped and trussed just like dear Betty Page."[80]
- My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult used a photo of Bettie Page on the cover of their 1991 album Sexplosion!
- Hungarian rockabilly band Mystery Gang Rockabilly Trio recorded the song "My Baby Wants to Look Like Bettie Page".[81][82]
- American rock musician and former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth used a photo of Bettie Page on the cover of his 1998 album DLR Band.
- American rock singer and songwriter Evan Olson included a reference to Bettie Page in his song "So Much Better" featured on the album One Room (1999). The line mentioning her was "Better than a book of Bettie Page pictures". The song was the subject of "The Case of the Missing Hit", the 158th episode of the Reply All podcast released on March 5, 2020.
- Katy Perry took inspiration from Page for the visuals promoting her album Teenage Dream.[83]
- Post-punk group Public Image Ltd released a song called "Bettie Page" on their album What the World Needs Now... (2015).[84]
- Swing revival band Royal Crown Revue released the song "Port-au-Prince (Travels with Betty Page)" on their album The Contender (1998).[85]
- American guitarist and former Fleetwood Mac member Rick Vito celebrated Betty on his album Band Box Boogie (2003), with the song "Where Did You Go Betty Page?"[86]
Astronomy
- Minor planet 184784 is named for her.
Other
- In 2006, Folsom Street Fair introduced a women's area, first dubbed "Bettie Page's Secret" then changing its name in subsequent years to "Venus' Playground".
Filmography
- Striporama (1953)
- Varietease (1954)
- Teaserama (1955)
- Irving Klaw Bondage Classics Volume I (London Enterprises 1984)[citation needed]
- Irving Klaw Bondage Classics Volume II (London Enterprises 1984)[citation needed]
- The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
- 100 Girls by Bunny Yeager (Cult Epics 2005), a documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on Yeager's photo sessions with Page and other pin-up models[citation needed]
- Bettie Page: Bondage Queen (Cult Epics 2005)[citation needed]
- Bettie Page: Pin Up Queen (Cult Epics 2005), a compilation of her burlesque dancing performances from Striporama, Varietease, and Teaserama, plus The Exotic Dances of Bettie Page (13 black-and-white dancing and cat-fight shorts)[87]
- Bizarro Sex Loops Volume 4 (Something Weird Video 2007)[citation needed]
- Bizarro Sex Loops Volume 20 (Something Weird Video 2008), Page appears in a set of Irving Klaw bondage reels in a collection of vintage fetish shorts[citation needed]
See also
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Further reading
- Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground by Richard Pérez Seves. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-0764355424
External links
- Mitchell, Tony (2018). "Eric Stanton and the History of the Bizarre Underground". The Fetishistas. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- "1950s pin-up queen Bettie Page dies". Reuters. December 13, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- Bettie Page at Curlie
- Bettie Page at IMDb
- Bettie Page at FBI Records: The Vault official FBI website