Rebel Randall(1922-2010)
- Actress
American actress of the
1940s and '50s, a former Esquire model and
wartime pin-up girl. She got her start in Hollywood via a scholarship
to the Max Reinhardt
workshop on the strength of being 'The Coca Cola Girl' and elected 'ad
queen of Chicago'. Her first starring role on stage was in 'Seventeen'
in 1940. Her subsequent film career was desultory and after a year
under contract to Paramount as a stock bit part player, she protested
by changing her name from Alicia Brandes to Rebel Randell. While she
did eventually appear in several minor films, Rebel became a much
bigger star on radio in the 1950's. The only female DJ in Hollywood,
she broadcast (at KCBS) for the American Forces Radio Service as
hostess of 'Radio Calling' and, later, 'Jukebox, USA'. She was
popularly known as 'Miss Double Distilled Honey' and 'The Girl whose
Voice could Melt an Iceberg'. Rebel also made headlines as a result of
several stormy failed marriages: twice to radio personality William M.
Moore (aka Peter Potter) and a particularly acrimonious third to
actor/salesman Glenn Thompson.
