After high school, Page earned a teaching credential. But her career in the classroom was short-lived. She tried secretarial work and marriage. But by she had divorced a violent husband and fled to New York City, where she enrolled in acting classes. She was noticed on the beach at Coney Island by New York police officer and amateur photographer Jerry Tibbs, who introduced her to camera clubs. Page quickly became a sought-after model, attracting the attention of Irving Klaw and his sister, Paula, who operated a mail-order business specializing in cheesecake and bondage poses.
Under contract with the Klaws, Page was photographed prancing around with a whip, spanking other women, even being hog-tied. Her most professional photographs were taken in by fashion photographer Bunny Yeager. They included shots of Page nude and frolicking in waves and deep-sea fishing, and a January Playboy centerfold of her winking under a Santa Claus cap.
At 35, Page walked away from it all. She quit modeling and moved to Florida, where she married a much younger man whose passions, she later learned, were watching television and eating hamburgers. Down the street, she noticed a white neon sign over a little white church with its door open. After quietly taking a seat in the back, she had a born-again experience. Page immersed herself in Bible studies and served as a counselor for the Billy Graham Crusade.
In , she married for a third time. After that marriage ended in divorce 11 years later, Page plunged into a depression marked by violent mood swings. She argued with her landlady and attacked her with a knife. A judge found her innocent by reason of insanity but sentenced her to 10 years in a California mental institution. She was released in from Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County to find that she had unwittingly become a pop-culture icon.
With the help of admirers including Hefner, Page finally began receiving a respectable income for her work. In an interview published in Playboy magazine in , Page expressed mixed feelings about her achievements. She spent most of her final years in a one-bedroom apartment, reading the Bible, listening to Christian and country tunes, watching westerns on television, catching up on diet and exercise regimens or sometimes perusing secondhand clothing stores.
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She stopped modeling in , retreated from the public spotlight and turned to religion. She enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in the s, as a new generation of fans became obsessed with her legacy. She never regained consciousness after suffering a heart attack earlier this month.
With her dark bangs, alluring blue-gray eyes and wide smile, Page cultivated an innocent girl-next-door persona. The one-time school teacher was nice, but clearly also naughty. Some of her photos featured spanking and bondage.
Page professed to be mystified by all the attention, saying she never felt particularly attractive and had to wear a lot of makeup to cover up her large pores. After she found God, she was initially ashamed of having posed nude. Bettie Mae Page was born on April 22, , in Nashville, one of six children. She and two sisters were sent to an orphanage after her father went to jail and her mother could not cope on her own.
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