By Christian Williams
March 12, 1981 at 12:00 a.m. EST
Not all of the secrets of the universe can be gleaned from a one-hour luncheon chat with Jane Russell. No, that would require at least dinner, too.
However, in one hour you can learn that:
Advertising Playtex support brassieres for "full-figured gals" is very lucrative, and that is why she has been doing it since 1971.
Jane Russell is her real name. Movie fans, who since the beginning have pointed out that her in-fact name is really Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell, have been snookered. What the actual birth certificate said was "Baby Russell."
She first met Howard Hughes when he kicked Howard Hawks off the set of "The Outlaws" in 1941 and took over directing himself. Were they romantically involved?