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Gloria Pall was Voluptua

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A visitor pointed out that in my early mention of early television hostess Voluptua I'd neglected to point to her website. Gloria Pall has galleries of her magazine covers and photos from pin-up shoots.

Gloria Pall pin-up

In her own words:

From an early job as an aircraft mechanic working on bombers and fighter planes, my path led to winning a "Miss Flatbush" beauty contest ('47), becoming a model, winding up as a Showgirl in Reno and then in Las Vegas. 1954 found me creating a TV show called "Voluptua" which appeared on ABC TV for 7 hot weeks. It caused a furor and the headlines blasted boldly, "VOLUPTUA FIRED FOR BEING 'TOO TORRID FOR TV!'" It was just suggestive--corny not porny--but the public couldn't handle it at the time.

Gloria Pall: Voluptua

Comments

Hi Richard, Just stumbled on your website. I like the bio you did of me. You are a good writer...would you like to write my bio on imdb.com? Please let me know. Thanks again, Voluptua
Hi Richard. I just printed out 15 pages of your website. After page 2 it takes 12 pages to print your words vertically with one letter on each line. I just want to tell you, I am STILL VOLUPTUA, not "WAS." I HAVE NEVER BEEN REPLACED! IF YOU GO TO MY WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMING UP WED. DEC.15,2004. THE SHOW FIRST AIRED WED.DEC.15,1954. YOU HAVE A VERY NICE WEBSITE....AND I AM HAPPY TO BE ON IT! PLEASE PRINT MY WEBSITE AND EMAIL ADDRESS! THANKS, AND HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! LOTSA HUGS, VOLUPTUA
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