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Date of Birth

13 March 1930, Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name

Linnea Eleanor Yeager

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Buxom and beautiful blonde bombshell Bunny Yeager always aspired to be a pin-up model. She was born Linnea Eleanor Yeager on March 13, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Her father Raymond Conrad Yeager worked in an office for the telephone company and later was an electrical engineer for Westinghouse Electric while her mother Linnea was a stay-at-home housewife. Yeager grew up in the small rural town of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. The Yeager family moved to Miami, Florida right before Bunny's senior year in high school. Bunny attended Miami Edison High School in Miami, Florida. She began participating in numerous beauty pageants in her late teens (she was crowned Miami Sports Queen in 1949 by Joe Di Maggio). Yeager took a fashion modeling course at Coronet Modeling School and Agency and soon became a hugely popular glamor model in Miami who was featured in countless swimsuit magazines. In the early 50s Bunny decided to switch gears and become a glamor photographer. She was named the Prettiest Photographer in the World by "US Camera" magazine in August, 1953. Yeager took pictures of lovely model Maria Stinger; one of these pictures was published as the cover photo for the March, 1954 issue of the men's magazine "Eye." Bunny discovered legendary pin-up queen Bettie Page in 1954. Yeager's photo of Page posing in nothing but a fur-trimmed Santa hat was published as the centerfold in the January, 1955 special holiday issue of "Playboy." This photo along with other pictures of Bettie taken by Bunny played a key role in establishing Page's iconic status. Other notable models Yeager has discovered are "Playboy" Playmate Lisa Winters and Carol Jean Lauritzen. Her photographs have been featured in a huge array of men's magazines throughout the years. Moreover, Bunny has also published over twenty books on photography. Yeager created the indelible images of Ursula Andress coming out of the ocean water in a revealing bikini for the James Bond movie "Dr. No." She portrayed Swedish masseuse Bunny Fjord in the Frank Sinatra detective picture "Lady in Cement" and appeared as herself in several racy 60s semi-documentaries. Bunny Yeager still lives and works in Miami, Florida.

IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders

Trivia

Nicknamed "Bunny" after the character Lana Turner played in Week-End at the Waldorf (1945).

Proclaimed "The World's Prettiest Photographer" by U.S. CAMERA magazine in 1952.

One of the most popular Florida pin-up models of the 1950s - all before she went to the other side of the camera.

Crowned "Miami Sports Queen" in 1949 and presented the trophy by Joe DiMaggio.

Graduate of Miami Edison High School, Miami, Florida

Measurements: 36C-25-37 -as a model in her pre-photographer days (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Is portrayed by Kirsi Sand in Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004)

Where Are They Now

(February 2009) Lives and works in Miami, Florida.

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