The enigmatic aviator, inventor, and wannabe movie mogul yearned to be larger ... Take for example the story about the bra he designed for Jane Russell to wear in the 1943 Western The Outlaw.

BOB MONDELLO: Jane Russell was a movie poster before she was a movie star. Howard Hughes commissioned what became a notorious billboard for her first Western, 1941's "The Outlaw." Russell ...

Hers was a stardom template of one. This month the Criterion Channel pays tribute with “Starring Jane Russell,” a four-movie mini-festival. That it’s running during Women’s History Month ...

Actress Jane Russell, who became a star with the 1943 release of “The Outlaw,” Howard Hughes’ challenge to the Hollywood production code, has died. She was 89. Russell went on to play ...

"Why did I quit movies?" she remarked in 1999 ... She was born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell on June 21, 1921, in Bemidji, Minn., and the family later moved to Los Angeles' San Fernando ...

LOS ANGELES — Jane Russell, famed for eye-popping curves ... “The Outlaw.” The 1943 movie launched Russell’s career, and her reputation as a sex symbol, with its sensuous poster depicted ...

LOS ANGELES — Jane Russell, the brunette who was discovered by Howard Hughes and went on to become one of the biggest stars of the 1940s and ’50s, has died at age 89. Russell’s daughter-in ...