Hollywood Brunettes

Other than hair color, these featured actresses didn't have a great deal in common except that none of them made it to the top of the Hollywood heap.  One was more famous for her relationship with Howard Hughes than she ever was for a career.  One was a former ice skater whose Hollywood career hung on her marriage to a studio head.  The third, the best actress of the bunch, was a film noir staple who was one of the most exciting bad girls the movies ever produced but never rose above B flicks.  Let's meet them:

Good 50's Films: The Reluctant Debutante

1958 Comedy
From MGM
Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Starring
Rex Harrison
Kay Kendall
Sandra Dee
John Saxon
Angela Lansbury
Peter Myers
Diane Clare

Hollywood Blondes

As uncommon a trio as has ever been offered in these pages, these actresses have two main things in common... yep, they're all blondes and the 1950's was their most jubilant decade.  The best actress among them moved away from fame in favor of family.  Another could never get out of the shadow of her actor-husband-frequent costar and the third had a toxic fame that completely overshadowed what meager talent she had.