Mamie Van Doren
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Mamie Van Doren (/ˈmeɪmi væn ˈdɔːrən/; born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American retired actress. The last living blonde bombshell from the Golden Age of Hollywood, she is one of the "Three M's", a group formed by Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, who were contemporaries. In 1953, Van Doren, then named Joan Lucille Olander, signed a seven-year contract with Universal, which hoped that she would be their version of Monroe. She starred in teen dramas, exploitation, musical, com...
Known For
Filmography
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Mission Peace: Staunch Moderates Documentary
2022
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
Mansfield 66/67
2017
as Self
Pin-Up, the Revenge of a Sex Symbol
2016
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
2014
as Self
Bettie Page Reveals All
2013
as Self
The American Tetralogy
2012
as Mazu or The Goddess of the Sea
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
as Self
Boobs: An American Obsession
2010
as Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Slackers
2002
as Mrs. Van Graaf
Cleavage
2002
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
as Self
Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
as Self (Archive Footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self
Glory Years
1987
as Minnie
Free Ride
1986
as Debbie Stockwell
L.A. Law
1986
as Mamie Van Doren
Vega$
1978
Fantasy Island
1978
as Sheba Palumbo
That Girl from Boston
1975
as Princess Tassel
Hollywood Blue
1970
as (archive footage)
The Arizona Kid
1970
as Girlfriend
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
1968
as Moana
You've Got To Be Smart
1967
as Lynn Hathaway
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
1966
as Nora Hall
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
as Boots Malone
Hollywood Squares
1966
as Self
Mister Roberts
1965
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
1964
as Saxie Symbol
The Candidate
1964
as Christine Ashley
In the Wild West
1964
as Olivia
Burke's Law
1963
as Aurora Knight
An American Girl in Buenos Aires
1961
College Confidential
1960
as Sally Blake
Sex Kittens Go to College
1960
as Dr. Mathilda West, aka Tassels Monclair
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
1960
as Evie Simms / Eve
Vice Raid
1959
as Carol Hudson
The Beat Generation
1959
as Georgia Altera
Girls Town
1959
as Silver Morgan
The Big Operator
1959
as Mary Gibson
Guns Girls and Gangsters
1959
as Vi Victor
High School Confidential!
1958
as Gwen Dulaine
Teacher's Pet
1958
as Peggy DeFore
Born Reckless
1958
as Jackie Adams
The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
1958
as Sabrina
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957
as Harriet Ames
Untamed Youth
1957
as Penny Lowe
Jet Pilot
1957
Star in the Dust
1956
as Ellen Ballard
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Running Wild
1955
as Irma
The Second Greatest Sex
1955
as Birdie Snyder
Ain't Misbehavin'
1955
as Jackie
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Bunky Hilstrom
Yankee Pasha
1954
as Lilith, Harem Slave
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Hawaiian Nights
1954
as Glamour Girl
The All American
1953
as Susie Ward
Footlight Varieties
1951
as Blonde in theater
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Lodge Guest at Bar (uncredited)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self