BEFORE THEY WERE SCREAM QUEENS: MAMIE!

All hail Mamie Van Doren! Born Joan Lucille Olander on 6 February 1931 in Rowena, South Dakota, Miss Van Doren is a young 89 years old. Back in her heyday, she was one of the three famous Hollywood "M's" alongside Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. Never to be outdone, Mamie was never shy in front of the camera and flaunted her voluptuous charms whenever there was an opportunity to do so. There was a cautious competition between the three of them, but when Mamie was cast with Mickey Hargitay, Mansfield's then-hubby, Jayne had a jealous fit.

While Mamie Van Doren is best known for her "bad girl" films like UNTAMED YOUTH, HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, and THE BEAT GENERATION, we monster fans remember her in THE NAVY VS. THE NIGHT MONSTERS and VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN.

Before those two roles, she appeared in the September 1964 issue of the men's magazine, TOPPER (#9) in an exclusive photo shoot.

FEMME FATALE: MAMIE VAN DOREN! (PART 2)

FEMME FATALE: MAMIE VAN DOREN! (PART 1)

FEMME FATALES
Vol. 5 No. 8 (whole number 24)
February 1997
Publisher: Frederick S. Clarke
Editor: Bill George (Guest Editor, Jennifer Huss)
Cover: Mamie Van Doren by David Voigt
Pages: 64
Cover price: $5.95

This fantastic issue of FEMME FATALES features more fabulous females than you scan shake a tassel at. Featured is the famous blonde, Mamie Van Doren, who found fame in juvenile delinquent films of the 1950's -- not to mention her multitude of promo pin-ups over the years.

Also covered -- or, er, uncovered are a bevy of other fine actresses who have made their mark as a femme fatale in genre films, like Kim Cattrall, Kari Wuhrer, Reese Witherspoon (!) and Dana Gillespie, the Hammer Glamour Girl who is more remembered for her cleavage than her acting.