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}} Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was an American model who gained a significant profile in the 1950s for her pin-up photos.〔(50s pin-up queen Bettie Page dies ), BBC News, December 12, 2008; accessed 12, December 2008〕 Often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups", her jet black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations.〔 A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Page lived in California in her early adult years before moving to New York City to pursue work as an actress. There, she began to find work as a pin-up model, and posed for dozens of photographers throughout the 1950s. Page was "Miss January 1955", one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for ''Playboy'' magazine. "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society," said ''Playboy'' founder Hugh Hefner to the Associated Press in 2008. In 1959, Page converted to evangelical Christianity and worked for Billy Graham,〔 studying at Bible colleges in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, with the intent of becoming a missionary. The latter part of Page's life was marked by depression, violent mood swings, and several years in a state psychiatric hospital suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.〔〔 After years of obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s. ==Early life== Page was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the second of six children to Walter Roy Page (1896–1964)〔(Genealogy of Walter Roy Page )〕 and Edna Mae Pirtle (1901–1986).〔(Genealogy of Edna Mae Pirtle )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bettie Page Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story )〕〔(Official website biography ) Accessed April 4, 2007. 〕 At a young age, Page had to face the responsibilities of caring for her younger siblings. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old. In the 1930 Census, a few weeks before Bettie's 7th birthday, her mother Edna Pirtle Page was already listed as being divorced. After her father, whom Page would accuse of molesting her starting at age 13, was imprisoned,〔(1950s pin-up queen Bettie Page dies Reuters December 13, 2008 )〕 Page and her two sisters lived in a Protestant orphanage for a year.〔 During this time, Page's mother worked two jobs, one as a hairdresser during the day and washing laundry at night. As a teenager, Page and her sisters tried different makeup styles and hairdos imitating their favorite movie stars. She also learned to sew. These skills proved useful years later for her pin-up photography when Page did her own makeup and hair and made her own bikinis and costumes. During her early years, the Page family traveled around the country in search of economic stability.〔 A good student and debate team member at Hume-Fogg High School, she was voted "Most Likely to Succeed".〔 On June 6, 1940, Page graduated as the salutatorian of her high school class〔 with a scholarship. She enrolled at George Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University), with the intention of becoming a teacher. However, the next fall she began studying acting, hoping to become a movie star. At the same time, she got her first job, typing for author Alfred Leland Crabb. Page graduated from Peabody with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1944. In 1943, she married high school classmate Billy Neal in a simple courthouse ceremony shortly before he was drafted into the Navy for World War II.〔Cook, Kevin. (My Story: The Missing Years: Bettie Page Interview ), Playboy.com, p. 2, January 1998.〕〔(Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780–2002 ); page: 282. Retrieved from FamilySearch January 28, 2012.〕 For the next few years, she moved from San Francisco to Nashville to Miami and to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she felt a special affinity with the country, its people and its culture.〔 In November 1947, back in the United States, she filed for divorce. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bettie Page」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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