Jane Russell's career in pictures

Jane Russell in a bathing suit as she stands on rocks near the ocean in 1942 Photograph: Eliot Elisofon/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Russell entertains American troops in 1942 Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images

A publicity photograph for the film The Outlaw which eventually went on general release in 1946 after problems with the censor and a groundbreaking publicity campaign by Howard Hughes Photograph: Reuters

Russell with her first husband, Cleveland Rams American football player Bob Waterfield, at Rams practice in 1945 Photograph: Allan Grant/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Russell poses for artist Zoë Mozert, who makes a chalk drawing for the infamous publicity poster for The Outlaw Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

A 1946 Los Angeles newspaper advertisement for The Outlaw. Hughes was accused of violating the standards of good taste in his advertising of the film Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

Russell starred with Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948) Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Paramount

A publicity still from 1950 Photograph: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images

Russell with Hope and Bing Crosby in a rehearsal for Hope's NBC radio show in Los Angeles in 1950 Photograph: Murray Garrett/Getty Images

Russell with Robert Mitchum in His Kind Of Woman (1951) Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/RKO Radio Pictures

Russell adjusts her makeup alongside Marilyn Monroe, drinking a Coke, during a break from posing for publicity stills to promote their film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953 Photograph: Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Russell, Charles Coburn and Monroe, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/20 Century Fox

Russell surrounded by a large crowd in 1954 Photograph: Frank Worth/Getty Images

Russell during A Special Tribute to Howard Hughes in 1977 Photograph: Ron Galella/WireImage

Russell attends the 80th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak theatre in 2008 Photograph: Jeff Vespa/WireImage