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Mamie Van Doren is all dressed up
Jan. 1, 2011
Movies
In a trailer parked behind the Palomino Club in North Hollywood, Mamie Van Doren picked at her rare steak and baked potato.
Feb. 1, 1985
Entertainment & Arts
The mother of former sex symbol Mamie Van Doren, who was known as one of the “Three Ms” in the 1950s with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, has died at her daughter’s home.
Aug. 29, 1995
Even in her 70s, Mamie Van Doren can still put the va-va in va-va-voom.
Jan. 12, 2006
SHE WALKS NOW: Hollywood’s three blond sex symbols of the ‘50s were Mansfield, Monroe and Mamie.
Jan. 29, 1993
Music
STILL BLOND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: Mamie Van Doren, one of the buxom bombshells of the ‘50s, is making a pop comeback this fall.
Aug. 25, 1985
Books
Mamie Van Doren is contemplating the plans for a party in her honor.
Sept. 15, 1987
The new Mamie Van Doren--face and spirits lifted--will join guests aboard the yacht Crystal on Wednesday when the United Cerebral Palsy Assn. stages a reception for its donors.
Sept. 1, 1989
The Scene A twilight cocktail fest aboard the Crystal--a 121-foot, 6-inch mega-yacht belonging to boat baron Bobby Cornelius--to honor the Angels, donors of $125 to the United Cerebral Palsy Assn.’
Sept. 9, 1989
As a free-lance photographer for Time and Saturday Evening Post in the 1930s, Earl Leaf went behind Communist lines in China to photograph rebel leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai; during World War II, he worked for the CIA’s precursor, the Office of Strategic Services.
Oct. 11, 1992