Mary Jane Russell

Mary Jane Russell was a successful New Yorkbased American photographic fashion model between 1948 and 1961. She often worked with Louise DahlWolfe and Irving Penn, and appeared on many covers for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar during the course of her modelling career. Her husband was Edward Russell, who became president of the advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach.

Mary Jane Walton was born onJuly 1926 in Teaneck, New Jersey, attended Teaneck High School, and studied art at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. During her time at Sarah Lawrence, Edward Russell, a classmate of hers from Teaneck, sent her love letters featuring handdrawn cartoons from the South Pacific where he was serving in the war as a radioman for the Navy. After Edward returned from the War, they were married onDecember 1946 to take advantage of the longest night of the year. Their wartime romance was featured by Larry King in his 2001 book, Love Stories of World War II.

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