An Old Hollywood siren showed off her enduring glamour at 95 as she was seen on a rare public outing this week.
The screen icon, who in the 1950s, was known as one of the 'Three Ms' alongside Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, showed off her elegant style as she was pushed in a wheelchair by a friend.
The stunning actress starred with top actors of Tinseltown's golden age, including Clark Gable, Doris Day and Tony Curtis - and became known for her sultry performances and blonde bombshell looks.
Her colorful love life offscreen also garnered headlines - she was married five times and had steamy flings with stars including Joe Namath, Burt Reynolds and Steve McQueen.
She later retired from acting and is now one of the last surviving stars from Hollywood's golden age in the 1950s.
So can you guess who she is?
A Old Hollywood siren showed off her enduring glamour at 95 as she was seen on a rare public outing
The screen icon, who in the 1950s, was known as one of the 'Three Ms' alongside Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, showed off her elegant style as she was pushed in a wheelchair by a friend
It's Mamie Van Doren! The iconic actress is best known for her roles in films Untamed Youth (1957), Running Wild (1955), Teacher's Pet (1958) and High School Confidential (1958).
Van Doren looked as chic as ever in a cream ruffled outfit and fedora during a rare day out.
Alongside Monroe and Mansfield, the trio of blonde bombshells were infamous for their sex kitten personas, and while Van Doren was arguably less renowned than the iconic Monroe or tabloid darling Mansfield, she still became a notable star and has remained in the spotlight for decades.
Born in South Dakota in 1931, Van Doren got her first taste of the spotlight doing beauty pageants before being discovered by legendary producer Howard Hughes.
She had small roles in a handful of films before her profile received a boost when she got engaged to heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey, who was 35 years her senior.
From there, she landed a studio contract with Universal, who planned to turn her into their own Monroe.
Bigger movie roles followed and Van Doren eventually found herself sharing the silver screen with A-listers like Tony Curtis, Clark Gable, and Doris Day.
But by the end of the 1950s, Van Doren had lost her Universal contract, so she spent much of the next decade starring in B-movies – many of which have gone on to become camp classics.
It's Mamie Van Doren! The iconic actress is best known for her roles in films Untamed Youth (1957), Running Wild (1955), Teacher's Pet (1958) and High School Confidential (1958) - pictured 1955 promoting film The Second Greatest Sex
Van Doren was known as one of Hollywood's 'Three Ms' along with fellow blonde bombshells Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield
Universal signed Van Doren to a contract in the early '50s in a bid to turn her into their own version of Marilyn Monroe
Van Doren looked as chic as ever in a cream ruffled outfit and fedora during a rare day out
Van Doren is one of the last living icons from Hollywood's golden age of the 1950s
Van Doren is seen with Rock Hudson in 1955
She starred with Gerald Mohr in 1958's Guns, Girls And Gangsters
The star is pictured on a night out in Hollywood aged 77
In 1964 she appeared nude in the raunchy comedy 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt and also posed for Playboy to promote the film.
She's been married five times and has been with her fifth husband, actor and dentist Thomas Dixon, since 1979.
She was previously wed to Jack Newman for six months in 1950, Ray Anthony from 1955-1961, with whom she welcomed her only son Perry Ray in 1956, Lee Meyers from 1966-1967 and Ross McClintock from 1972-1973.
In 1994, Van Doren cemented her place in the history books by getting her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In her 'gloriously unfiltered' new memoir You Thought I Was Dead, Van Doren promises to reveal more about her life than ever before.
A blurb for the book calls it, 'a candid, no-holds-barred memoir in which Hollywood icon Mamie Van Doren busts myths, settles old scores, and unveils untold stories from a life lived at the glittering and gritty edges of the Golden Age.'

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