Jean Moorhead

For the California politician, see Jean Moorhead Duffy.

Jean Moorhead
Jean Moorhead in The Violent Years (1956)
Born
Barbara Jean Moorhead

(1935-02-04) February 4, 1935 (age 89)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1947–1961

Alma Jean Moorhead (born February 4, 1935)[1] is an American retired actress and model. Billed under an alternatively spelled surname, Jean Moorehead, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1955 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.

Biography

Jean Moorhead was adopted by Henry and Estelle Moorhead. She had a sister, Marilyn Moorhead.[1]

A former Miss Hollywood, Jean Moorhead acted in such movies as the Ed Wood-scripted The Violent Years (1956) and a guest spot on the TV Western Death Valley Days (one episode, 1957). Her last billed performances were in two low-budget 1959 films, Gunmen from Laredo and The Atomic Submarine, with one more (unbilled) appearance in the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Bells Are Ringing.

In the 1960s, she married Dr. Theodore Polos and had two children.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jean Moorhead". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
  2. ^ Samuel Claesson (January 31, 2025). Glamour: Models, Mannequins, and Pinups of the 1950s. Sequoia Press. p. 142. ISBN 9798350736847.


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