We pretty much stayed to ourselves." The couple enjoyed three years of blissful romance before Lansing’s tragic passing from breast cancer in 1972 at the young age of 44. April 6 would have been Lansing’s 91st birthday. Luckily, we both were blonde and had the same color green eyes. Naturally, in the ‘60s same-sex relationships were forbidden for celebrities, so the pair came up with a ruse, pretending that Hunter was Lansing’s “sister.” “If anyone had known in Hollywood about our relationship, that would have destroyed her career,” said Hunter. I think our love, the love I brought to her as a woman, was softer and safer than the experiences she’d had with the men in her life… and as her lover, I was committed to keeping it that way.” “I came into Joi’s life at a time when she was ready for the all-encompassing love I was able to give her. She sat right next to me as they did her hair and makeup. And in walks in this unbelievably beautiful human being. "They were gluing hair on my face, spray-painting me and applying these fake teeth. “Here I am in this monkey suit for such a low-budget stinker of a film," Hunter recalled. Hunter was playing a monkey in the film, therefore, the scene was not as romantic as one might imagine.
On the set of Bigfoot (1970), a low-budget horror film that would turn out to be her last, she met a woman named Alexis Hunter. Lansing’s uneven track record with men likely pushed her to look for love elsewhere. Americans' taste in music, fashion and film was changing rapidly in the late '60s, and a new breed of sex symbols would reign in the ‘70s, including Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway, and Raquel Welch. Lansing wasn't working as much, and Mamie Van Doren's career fell off a cliff as well. The deaths of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and Jayne Mansfield in 1967 affected Lansing's mindset - the age of the blonde bombshells with Barbie-doll figures and sculpted hair seemed to be ending in the late '60s. My being blond and curvy, you might say, was a kind of mixed blessing. Many gals in the industry have more talent than they’re given credit for. She remarked, I was always known as a glamour girl, and categorized only as that. Perhaps becoming pigeonholed as a hot blonde narrowed her career options. She also worked on Klondike and even made some records while working nightclubs as a singer through the early ‘60s. Instead, it aired as an episode of Colgate Theatre in 1958 - and ended up winning a Peabody award. In 1956 she worked with Orson Welles on “The Fountain of Youth,” which was intended to be a pilot, but was never sold. Sadly, perhaps her best role was also the one least seen.
Many would remember her role as Gladys Flatt in The Beverly Hillbillies from 1963 to ‘68. All joi lansing posters ship within 48 hours and include a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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