Cleo Moore Quotes

United States, Actress
October 31, 1924 – October, 25, 1973.

Cleouna Moore (October 31, 1924 – October 25, 1973) was an American actress, usually featured in the role of a blonde bombshell in Hollywood films of the 1950s. She also became a well-known pin-up girl.

Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.

Cleo Moore
- Truth
- Lost
- Baseball
I like to take afternoon naps in the nude.

Cleo Moore

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

Cleo Moore
- Time
- Believe
One newspaper even published one of my nude paintings - the one of me naked from the waste up.

Cleo Moore
- Up
They want a lip print for their autograph books. I'm a sport; I go along.

Cleo Moore
It was strange what happened to me; I mean popping out like that before I was even ten.

Cleo Moore
None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

Cleo Moore
- American
Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.

Cleo Moore
- Art

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

Cleo Moore
- Serious
- Blonde
I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot.

Cleo Moore
- Good
- Learning
I like to paint nudes mostly.

Cleo Moore
We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.

Cleo Moore
- Wife
Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity.

Cleo Moore
- Painting
They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.

Cleo Moore

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

Cleo Moore
- Model
- Mirror
- Canvas