- Born
- Birth nameEdythe Elaine Tooker
- Nickname
- The Back
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Vikki Dougan was born on January 1, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Tunnel of Love (1958), Hootenanny Hoot (1963) and The Great Man (1956). She was previously married to James R. Sweeney and William Symons.
- SpousesJames R. Sweeney(September 3, 1960 - January 18, 1963) (divorced)William Symons(1946 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenTiffany SweeneyDeirdre Symons
- RelativesHudson Kelly(Grandchild)
- Nicknamed "The Back" because of her dresses that were more than backless--they were cut down to just above the gluteal cleft, causing quite a commotion. The Limeliters wrote a song titled "Vikki Dougan" to commemorate this phenomenon, in which they sing of her "callipygian cleft" ("callipygian" meaning "having shapely buttocks") and beg her, "Vikki, turn your back on me".
- Her backless dress style was an inspiration for Jessica Rabbit's design in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
- Has a daughter, Debbie (b. 1950), with her first husband, William.
- Subtracted six years from her age before marrying her second husband, who was younger than her.
- In January 1964, Cavalier magazine featured twelve nude photographs of Vikki Dougan in a pictorial entitled "The Back is Back", resulting in Dougan bringing a lawsuit against the magazine, stating that the magazine did not have permission to publish them. The photographs had been posed for Playboy but Dougan had subsequently declined to let Playboy publish the photographs.
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