Biography
Betty Page is the legendary model and actress of the 50s, Muse photographers, Queen of the style of PIN-AP. Blue-eyed and dark-haired beauty, recognized as a beauty benchmark, was a dream of men and an example for women. Do not hesitate to demonstrate your own body, it has become a star of erotic films, posters and postcards. At the peak of popularity, Page posed for the magazine "Playboy" and became famous as the most published model in the history of the United States.Childhood and youth
Betty May Page was born on April 22, 1923 in the American city of Nashville in the family of Walter Roy Page and Edna Mei Pirtl.
Childhood of the future model passed in difficult conditions. The mother did not love her, and his father, on the contrary, had an older daughter's indecent signs of attention. After the divorce of the parents of the 10-year-old baby, it was necessary to face the duties of care for the younger brothers and sisters and periodically live in a Protestant shelter.
Despite the difficulties, Betty grew a cheerful and open child. Like many girls, she was interested in the world of fashion and dreamed of becoming an actress. Together with sisters, Page often played a movie star, making makeup and hairstyles, as well as handling dresses and costumes.
In 1940, Betty graduated from high school with honors and entered the college to the specialty "Pedagogy", but a year later changed his mind and translated to the acting skills. Experience in studies, in 1944 Page received a bachelor's degree in the arts and engaged in searching for acting, traveling through the cities of America.
Model Career and Films
Page settled in New York, where in 1950, during the walk, he met a police officer Jerry Tibbs, who was an avid photographer. The officer persuaded the young beauty to pose to shoot in exchange for making a portfolio. Offer Betty interested, and she agreed. Interesting is the fact that it was non-professional created the image of the conqueror of male hearts, having recommended to change her hairstyle and close the forehead bangs.
Soon the starting model got a job in one of the glamorous establishments, where the studios that produced photographs of naked nature in candid and sometimes obscene poses were hidden under the sign "Samera Clubs". The liberated character and natural data of Page allowed her to quickly conquer the reputation of the ascending star and become one of the most seductive girls of America.
In 1951, the first photos of Betty became the first photos of Betty who were interested in Master of Ping Apa and BDSM Irving, who were interested in Master Ping Apa and BDSM Irving Klau. Page began to cooperate with the photographer, embodying the image of a fatal woman, dressed in underwear and high heels playing the fetishist scripts of abduction, dominance and punishment of slaves. With a height of 166 cm and weighing 58 kg of Betty, stunningly looked in leather costumes and sexual swimsuits on the static images and in short chicken content films.
In 1953, Page decided to work closely to engage in acting career and was trained in the studio Herbert Berghof, after which he played several roles on television and in Broadway theaters. Despite growing popularity, Betty did not cease to cooperate with Klau. In 1954-1955, she starred in the director's parody films called Tiazerama and Varietease, where he performed exotic dance numbers in the company of famous strippers Lily Art. Cyrus and Tempest Storm.
In 1955, Betty photography appeared on the reversal of the January issue of Playboy magazine. It was a famous snapshot, on which a naked model in the New Year's hat, standing on his knees before the Christmas tree, playfully winking to the camera. At the same time, Page received the title "Miss Ping-AP" and became known as the "Dark Angel", or the vicious embodiment of Marilyn Monroe.
Another famous series of photos of Betty became frames made by Pin-Up artist Bunny Jager. The image of the model in a leopard swimsuit surrounded by predators in nature has become a classic style and a Queen of the Queen of American Hearts.
Career Page lasted until 1957, and then the star unexpectedly announced the departure of the show business and appealed to Christianity. In an interview, Betty explained his decision because God does not approve of erotica and her naked pictures.
Despite the short model career and a small filmography, the image of Page was not lost among Hollywood beauties. In 1980-1990, when the Style Ping-AP received the second birth, the "Dark Angel" began to imitate celebrities such as Demi Moore, Madonna and Natalia Oreiro. And in 2005, the director Mary Harron shot a biography called "obscene Betty Page".
In the late 1990s - the beginning of the 2000s, Betty, which at the peak of popularity refused to communicate with journalists, gave a somewhat outstanding interview, but forbid to print his own photo in old age.
Personal life
Shortly before the end of High School, Betty met with a former member of the school sports team Billy Neil. Mother who wanted to emerge the life of his daughter, blessed these relationships, and in 1943, young lovers got married. Soon after the wedding, Nile was called to the army, and in 1947 the marriage collapsed.
In the 1950s, Betty did not think about serious connections, completely devoting himself to the career of the model and actresses. For some time she met with an industrial designer Richard Arbiba, but then the fleeting novel did not go.
Only in 1958, after leaving the show business, Page officially announced that a man named Arbond Waltezon, who became a second husband of celebrities appeared in her personal life. Spouses lived together for 5 years, and then divorced. After breaking, Betty returned to his hometown and briefly agreed with her first husband, but a year announcing marriage in a year.
In 1967, the former model moved to Florida and met Harry Liru, who had three children from the first marriage. Page always dreamed of a big family, but sexual harassment experienced in his youth deprived her maternity joy. Coming out married Lira, Betty cared for the family as she could, but her efforts were disappeared by gift.
The relations of the spouses were reminded by a landfill of hostilities due to the permanent interventions of the ex-wife Harry and the anticipation of the younger generation. Having left 5 years old, Page left her husband and fell into despair and depression.
In 1978, the ex-model had a nervous breakdown, as a result of which she fell into a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of "acute schizophrenia". After spending 20 months under the supervision of doctors, Page did not cure. After the attack on the Miss Pin-AP homeowner, was placed in the state hospital for 8 years and freed from under the supervision only in 1992.
Death
In 2008, Betty's health deteriorated sharply. On December 6, Page had a heart attack, after which she had to go to whom. Forecasts of doctors were disappointing, and on December 11, 2008, the family agreed to turn off the livelihood apparatus.
According to a friend and agent of the model, Mark Royisler, Betty died without torment, and myocardial infarction was the cause of a untimely death.
Filmography
- 1953 - "Striporama"
- 1954 - "Varietease"
- 1955 - "Tiazerma"
- 1999 - "Playboy: Playboy Girls Beach Party"
- 2004 - "Striptease: Great Dancers Exotic Genre"
- 2012 - "Betty Page reveals all"