---
name: "Jane Russell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-russell"
fi1m_id: "jane-russell"
imdb_id: "nm0000066"
tmdb_id: 11165
wikidata_id: "Q217033"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 June 1921"
died: "28 February 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T06:28:43.613708+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Russell

## Identity

Jane Russell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-russell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-russell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000066
- **TMDB ID:** 11165
- **Wikidata ID:** Q217033
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Russell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217033, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000066/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11165

Actor. Born 21 June 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA. Died 28 February 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 June 1921, Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 28 February 2011
- **Active:** 1948–1953
- **Also known as:** Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell, جین راسل
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 68 (1), 1950s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Russell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217033, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000066/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11165

## Biography

Jane Russell was an American actress, model and singer. Born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell on 21 June 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota, she died on 28 February 2011.

She made her screen debut as Rio McDonald in *The Outlaw* (1943). Russell played Calamity Jane opposite Bob Hope in *The Paleface* (1948). Other credits include Dorothy Shaw in *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1953), Nella Turner in *The Tall Men* (1955) and roles in *His Kind of Woman* (1951) and *Macao* (1952). She also appeared in the television series *Hunter* (1984).

Russell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1955 she founded the World Adoption International Fund.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1953), Fi1m 82, as Dorothy Shaw — [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemen-prefer-blondes.md)
- *The Paleface* (1948), Fi1m 68, as Calamity Jane — [page](https://film.one/film/the-paleface.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Becoming Marilyn* (2022), as (archive footage)
- *Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies* (2012), Actor
- *Cleavage* (2002), Actor
- *The Casting Couch* (1995), Actor
- *Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?* (1995), Actor
- *The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe* (1991), Actor
- *The Tip of the Iceberg* (1989), Actor
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Ava Fontaine
- *Showbiz Goes to War* (1982), as (archive footage)
- *Darker Than Amber* (1970), as Alabama Tigress
- *Cauliflower Cupids* (1970), as Nira DiLaurento
- *The Born Losers* (1967), as Mrs. Shorn
- *Mondo Hollywood* (1967), Actor
- *The Legend of Marilyn Monroe* (1966), Actor
- *Waco* (1966), as Jill Stone
- *Johnny Reno* (1966), as Nona Williams
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown* (1957), as Laurel Stevens · Producer
- *Run for the Sun* (1956), Executive Producer
- *The Revolt of Mamie Stover* (1956), as Mamie Stover
- *Hot Blood* (1956), as Annie Caldash
- *Gentlemen Marry Brunettes* (1955), as Bonnie Jones / Mimi Jones
- *The Tall Men* (1955), as Nella Turner
- *Foxfire* (1955), as Amanda · Executive Producer
- *Underwater!* (1955), as Theresa Gray
- *The French Line* (1954), as Mary 'Mame' Carson
- *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1953), as Dorothy Shaw — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemen-prefer-blondes.md)
- *Road to Bali* (1952), as Jane Russell (uncredited)
- *Montana Belle* (1952), as Belle Starr
- *Son of Paleface* (1952), as Mike 'The Torch' Delroy
- *Macao* (1952), as Julie Benson
- *The Las Vegas Story* (1952), as Linda Rollins
- *Double Dynamite* (1951), as Mildred 'Mibs' Goodhue
- *His Kind of Woman* (1951), as Lenore Brent
- *The Colgate Comedy Hour* (1950), series, Actor
- *The Paleface* (1948), as Calamity Jane — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-paleface.md)
- *Young Widow* (1946), as Joan Kenwood
- *The Outlaw* (1943), as Rio McDonald

## Gallery

- ![Jane Russell](https://film.one/media/person/3865820/gallery-6022bba1a867.jpg) Jane Russell — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Jane_Russell_%281945%29.jpg/1280px-Jane_Russell_%281945%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jane Russell](https://film.one/media/person/3865820/gallery-8faeb4327176.jpg) Jane Russell — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Russell](https://film.one/media/person/3865820/gallery-46d9131ae7d1.jpg) Jane Russell — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Russell](https://film.one/media/person/3865820/gallery-64e356cd01a2.jpg) Jane Russell — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Russell](https://film.one/media/person/3865820/gallery-04beb207d72e.jpg) Jane Russell — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Russell](https://film.one/media/person/3865820/gallery-ff0840ea42c8.jpg) Jane Russell — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Russell](https://film.one/media/person/3865820/gallery-6ac9a93b2d3e.jpg) Jane Russell — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 1991: Berlinale Camera (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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