Joi Lansing Tribute

Here is a classic song performed by the glamorous Joi Lansing.
Joi Lansing was the screen name of Joy Rae Brown (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1929 - Santa Monica, California, 1972) (she is sometimes also credited as Joyce Lansing, Joy Lansing, Joy Loveland). A statuesque blonde model and actress, Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by contemporaries Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. Her earliest work was as a model (she was extremely successful throughout the 1940's), and she began her film career in 1948 (she appeared in "Easter Parade", with Judy Garland). In 1952, she played an uncredited role in the MGM blockbuster "Singin' in the Rain". In the opening scene of "Touch of Evil" (1958) by Orson Welles she appeared as Zita, a dancer who dies at the end of the famous first tracking shot. On television she appeared on "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951), "I Love Lucy" (1951), and "The Beverly Hillbillies" in a recurring role (1962-1968). In 1955 Joi landed a recurring role as Shirley Swanson in the TV series "The Bob Cummings Show". It was this show that proved to all that Joi could, indeed, act and act well. Because of this series, she began to get a few more substantial parts in films such as "The Brave One", "Hot Cars" and "So You Think the Grass Is Greener", all in 1956. Later movie roles included parts in "Marriage on the Rocks" (1965) and "Hillbillies in a Haunted House" (1967). In 1970 Joi shot her last two films, "Bigfoot" and "Superman" (1973). Sadly, because of her illness, she never saw them make the big screen. Lansing made more than 75 appearances in television and movies. A fine singer, she made in 1965 her first record album with songs written especially for her by composer Jimmie Haskell and actress Stella Stevens. She soon became a top nightclub act and did the New York hotel circuit singing at the America, Waldorf-Astoria, Hilton Hotel, the Living Room, the Persian Terrace of Hotel Syracuse. She also starred in short musical films for the Scopitone video-jukebox system. Some of these films, particularly "The Web of Love", have become classics. She died prematurely of cancer in Santa Monica, California, on August 7, 1972, aged only 43.
Rediscover Joi's beauty and glamour and enjoy!

Don't forget to visit Joy Lansing's great memorial, created by Rachel Lansing :
http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/Joi-Lansing-Memorial/Homepage.aspx

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[Rollin558]

Great post. Joi was one of my favorites while growing up. Was she married to Lester Flatt in real life, as some of the posts have suggested? I always thought she just played Lester's wife in "The Beverly Hillbillies."

[johnxxx20000]

Thank you!

For more details, you should visit her memorial online (see my notes).

[peterragone]

To the best of my knowledge, Joi had no children of her own. She was married three times and it's possible one of those men had previous children.

[johnxxx20000]

You're right. Actually I discovered that Rachel Lansing is Rachel Hunter, Joi's best friend. They were very close and lived together, and finally Rachel took the name of her friend.

[dragontransforms]

Really a presence that's hard to take your eyes off! And a very nice voice. Talented and sexy. Today's actresses got it all wrong. Appeal is not how easily and how much you show. They could learn a lot from Joi, who knew what she had and how to make it work. Some things should be left to the imagination.

[TheLindabrown49]

my name is linda brown. joi lansing was my aunt. i was 10 when she pasted away, her half brother is my father, robert brown. i herd alot about her growing up. i wish i got a chance to get to know her. i live in slc,utah.

[1sethshadow]

According to folkore that buxom blonde lived in our house in Laurel Canyon. Our neighbor, who was a kid at the time, said she used to take him on sets with her and babysit. He said she loved the house and after she died, he'd smell her perfume. Considering she died in Santa Monica, I didn't think ghosts could travel that way. I do know that a couple of people have seen a ghost in our house. Not me. And I'm glad. I'd feel too intimidated and frumpy.

[CarloQuinto]

A truly beautiful woman in the best sense of the word. She was a wonderful talent.  Gone all too soon.

[09bnunez]

she played supermans wife in the 50s...mr.x itwas called...one of the blonde bomb shell of the 60s...hour glass figure.just like all the sexy blondes of that era

[pretorious700]

Ah, this made my putter flutter, and I don't even PLAY golf!

[bellini7verdi]

PRECIOSA VOZ

[caleb6868]

Unfortunately breast cancer finally got her August 7 th 1972

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

ahhhhhhh yessssss......their all natual, no plastics added......to bad she was a morman kook.