While in later life she licensed the use of her name to promote various collectibles (such as figurines, T-shirts, and books of her pin-up photos), she herself did not make public appearances, stating, "I want people to remember me the way I was".
Her photos were the inspiration for the leading lady of the Rocketeer comics.
After she retreated from the public eye, she was plagued by mental problems and stabbed three people. She was sentenced to a mental institution.
In the 1950s the United States Congress called her to testify to explain the photos in which she appeared. While she never appeared before the committee (she was excused), the negatives of dozens of her photos were destroyed by court order. The negatives that survived were illegal to print for many years.
Had a great dislike for profanity.
Did not start modeling until she was 27 years old.
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"It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration."
I never was the girl next door.
I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me.
I was never one who was squeamish about nudity. I don't believe in being promiscuous about it, but several times I thought of going to a nudist colony.
I love to swim in the nude and roam around the house in the nude. You're just as free as a bird!
I don't know what they mean by an icon. I never thought of myself as being that. It seems strange to me. I was just modeling, thinking of as many different poses as possible. I made more money modeling than being a secretary. I had a lot of free time. You could go back to work after an absence of a few months. I couldn't do that as a secretary.
Being in the nude isn't a disgrace unless you're being promiscuous about it. After all, when God created Adam and Eve, they were stark naked. And in the Garden of Eden, God was probably naked as a jaybird too!
