sex symbols

Remembering Shauna Grant / Stranger Things 2

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Thinking about Shauna Grant who died after a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head on this day in 1984 (March 23rd). Rest In Peace.

On a happier note (?), did anyone else clock the poster of Shauna in Billy’s bedroom on Stranger Things 2? We were surprised to see her there, but thought it was perfect for his character. We also enjoyed the earlier reference Jim Hopper made to another sex symbol of the era: “I want a date with Bo Derek. We all want things.” 

Here are some more shots of the beautiful Shauna Grant from the same photo session. 
—Retro-Fucking

Mariska Hargitay & Jayne Mansfield Nude

anonymous asked: Mariska Hargatay? (Sorry if I spelled that wrong)

We’d be remiss to post Mariska Hargitay (who plays Olivia Benson in Law and Order: SVU) without including some of her mother and famous actress, Jayne Mansfield. Mansfield was tragically killed in a car crash where she was almost decapitated with the impact of the crash. 3-year-old Mariska was asleep in the backseat at the time and escaped with minor injuries. She says she will never forget the death of her mother.

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Jayne Mansfield

Mariska Hargitay

Serena Grandi / Gin Fizz Magazine / 1986

Serena Grandi / Gin Fizz Magazine / 1986

Italian actress and sex symbol Serena Grandi in backless evening dress for Gin Fizz Magazine, 1986.

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Mary Millington / The British Sex Symbol Who Believed In What She Did

anonymous asked:
how about some mary millington?

Mary Millington
1945—1979

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“The only really uninhibited, natural sex symbol that Britain ever produced and who believed in what she did."—David Sullivan

Millington was bullied at school due to being born illegitimately, and suffered from low self-esteem throughout her childhood and teenage years. She left school at 15. She had to nurse her terminally ill mother for more than ten years, and began her porn career to pay for her care. In her first Whitehouse appearance adult magazine publisher David Sullivan claimed that she was the bisexual nymphomaniac sister of the magazine’s editor Doreen Millington, and so gave Mary her new stage name. She soon became the most popular model in any of Sullivan’s magazines.

At the height of her fame she was also working behind the counter in Sullivan’s sex shops, mainly in the Whitehouse shop in Norbury. She continued working as a call girl, which she had done since her early modelling days.

Millington’s final appearance was in the Sex Pistols film Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, directed by Julien Temple, which was released theatrically in March 1980. However, neither she nor her punk rock co-star Sid Vicious lived to see the completion of the movie.

In 1978 she turned 33, and found herself being replaced by younger models in Sullivan’s magazines. She opened her own sex shop, Mary Millington’s International Sex Centre, selling illegal material. The shop was raided by the police on numerous occasions, and she claimed the police threatened her and forced her to pay protection money. In the past she had publicly criticized police raids on sex shops and published the addresses and telephone numbers of Scotland Yard and Members of Parliament in her magazines.

She had always been prone to neurosis and depression, which was exacerbated by her cocaine habit. Her mother’s death in 1976 also affected her deeply, and her behavior became unpredictable. Her life had begun a downward spiral into drug use and depression following the raids on her shop. Her kleptomania became more pronounced in the last year of her life.

Millington committed suicide at age 33, by an overdose of tricyclic antidepressant anafranil, paracetamol and alcohol at her home. Her husband found her dead in her bed on 19 August 1979. She left four suicide notes which were found near her body.

After her death, NCROPA founder David Webb wrote "Mary was a dear, kind person and we much admired her courage in standing up to the bigotry and repression which still so pervades the establishment of this country. A feature-length documentary chronicling Millington’s life, entitled Respectable – The Mary Millington Story, was produced in 2015.
Source: Wikipedia

 

Happy New Year from Mylène Demongeot / Kent Magazine / 1968

Seasons Cheer from Bettie Page

Merry Christmas from Mamie Van Doren

Merry Christmas from Mamie Van Doren

Merry Christmas from sex symbol Mamie Van Doren. Christmas pinup.

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Merry Christmas from Bettie Page

Merry Christmas from Bettie Page

Merry Christmas from Bettie Page. Vintage Xmas pinup.

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RIP Bettie Page On This Day / December 11, 2008

zxvbnmmn3  asked:
Hi Retro Dec 11th is the anniversary of Bettie Pages death !! Can we get a few shots of the queen of The pinup?? Thanks Retro!!