Bunny Yeager
Biography
Bunny Yeager was an American pin-up model and photographer who also acted and wrote books. Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, she moved to Florida as a teenager and won beauty pageants, became one of Miami's most photographed models, and was credited with helping popularize the bikini in America. She took up photography in 1953, and her career began when a picture of Maria Stinger sold to Eye magazine for its March 1954 cover. Yeager became known for pin-up images, often shot outdoors in natural light with fill flash, and in 1954 she photographed Bettie Page extensively, helping make Page famous. She shot six Playboy centerfolds and discovered Lisa Winters. Her acting included a role opposite Frank Sinatra in Lady in Cement (1968), plus bit parts in films such as Tony Rome, Midnight Cowboy and Porky's, and television work on Miami Vice. She also sang in Miami nightclubs. She died in 2014.
85years old at death
- Born Wilkinsburg
- Died North Miami
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Linnea Eleanor Yeager (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 57 years1968 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Naked AmbitionIMDb rating 7.0
- 2013Bettie Page Reveals AllIMDb rating 7.0
- 2010Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of GoreIMDb rating 7.1
- 1968Lady in CementIMDb rating 5.8
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First role
Bunny Yeager entered photography in 1953 by taking a night class at a vocational school so she could copy her own modeling photographs and save money. Her first school assignment, a picture of Maria Stinger, sold to Eye magazine and ran on the cover of its March 1954 issue.
A first
In early 2010, Yeager's work was shown at The Andy Warhol Museum in what the museum called the first major exhibition of her work. Titled "The Legendary Queen of the Pin Up," it included her self-portraits.
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Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Hugh M. Hefner's page
Dita Von Teese's page
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