Bettie Page, in her heyday
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"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," her agent, Mark Roesler, said. "She is the embodiment of beauty."
Page was a 27-year-old secretary when a photographer on the beach at Coney Island discovered her in 1950. She went on to star in a series of sensual and nude photographs, including a Playboy centerfold and some that featured her in sadomasochistic poses.
After disappearing from public view for decades in which she became a devout Christian and was diagnosed with acute schizophrenia, Page re-emerged again in recent years, even becoming the subject of a 2005 feature film, The Notorious Bettie Page, in which she was portrayed by actress Gretchen Mol.
Page's three marriages all ended in divorce.
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