Bunny Yeager

Bunny Yeager (born March 13, 1930) is an American photographer and former model.

Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. as "Linnea Eleanor Yeager", Yeager began her career as a fashion model. [ [http://www.retro-girls.com/photos/yeager.html Retro Girls] ] After retiring from modeling, she began her career behind the camera. Along with photographer Irving Klaw, Yeager played a role is helping to make Bettie Page famous. Yeager is also credited with discovering the model, Lisa Winters.Fact|date=January 2008

Yeager was played by Sarah Paulson in the 2005 film "The Notorious Bettie Page". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404802/ The Notorious Bettie Page, IMDB] ] She was also featured on a CNN story about the 60th anniversary of the bikini. [ [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0607/09/cnnitm.01.html CNN transcript] ]

In 2005, Cult Epics released the DVD "100 Girls by Bunny Yeager", a documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on Yeager's photo sessions with Page and other pin-up models.

Books

*"Bettie Page Confidential", St. Martin's Press (1994) ISBN 0-312-10940-7
* "Bunny Yeager's Bikini Girls of the 1950s", Schiffer Publishing (2004) ISBN 0764320025
* "Bunny Yeager's Flirts of the Fifties", Schiffer Publishing (2007) ISBN 0764326376

References

External links

* [http://www.bunnyyeager.com/photos.php Bunny Yeager - official site]
*imdb|0947013|Bunny Yeager
* [http://www.bizarremag.com/entertainment/heroes/7407/bunny-yeager.html Bizarre Magazine's Bunny Yeager interview]