Mamie Van Doren Quotes

United States, Actress
February 6, 1931

Mamie Van Doren (born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol who is known for being one of the first actresses to recreate the look of Marilyn Monroe. Van Doren is perhaps best remembered for the rock 'n' roll, juvenile delinquency exploitation movie Untamed Youth (1957), and other films of this calibre.

Also known as Singer, Model, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Film Actor

I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.

Mamie Van Doren
- Women
- Star
- Woman
I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

Mamie Van Doren
- Feel
- Nurse
- Secretary

It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.

Mamie Van Doren
- Possible
- Prefer
- Blondes
Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and I were so different from each other. I was doing very young movies, and Marilyn, who was ahead of me, was doing a lot of homogenized movies that weren't quite as wild as the ones I was doing. Jayne was more of a character of herself.

Mamie Van Doren
- Character
- Movies
- Young
I’ve never acted my age and I never will. It’s just the way I’ve always been.

Mamie Van Doren
- Age
I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.

Mamie Van Doren
- Hope
- Die
- Young
I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!

Mamie Van Doren
- Happy
- Own
- Skin
I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

Mamie Van Doren
- Want
- Man
- Wife

I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.

Mamie Van Doren
- Never
- Talent
- Hollywood
My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.

Mamie Van Doren
- Me
- Best
- Rest
Sometimes I’m misunderstood and it’s hard to come by that. My life has been full of excitement. I’ve done pretty much what I wanted to do. I came from the Midwest, from South Dakota, and I came up the hard way. We lived on a farm; we didn’t even have electricity or running water if you know what I mean. People don’t know what that life is like.

Mamie Van Doren
- People
- Life
- Up