Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For (paperback)

An American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer, Joi found popularity with her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, such as the sci-fi Queen of Outer Space (1958) and The Atomic Submarine (1959). Many small roles in television followed between 1952-1970, including The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Perry Mason, The Beverly Hillbillies, and an often seen role where she beat Lois Lane to marry Superman in the "Superman's Wife" episode of The Adventures of Superman (1958).After three decades of successful TV and movie appearances and Las Vegas singing, Joi always verged on making it big, but when the curtain came down and the audience was gone, she struggled with suicide, self-image, and a deadly drug problem.Her friendship with Rachel, the one relationship where she was loved as the sweet, gentle woman she was, ended when Joi died of breast cancer at the far too young of 43. Though her funeral was attended by luminaries of the day (Frank Sinatra sent a huge floral