Madelon Mason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American former model
Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1925
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 14-Sep-2011
Profession: model
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Madelon Mason
- Madelon Mason (Born Madelon Samandl) (July 4, 1921 - September 14, 2011) was an American former model and pin-up girl from the early 1940s to the early 1950s.
- Mason was her stage name and a later birth year was used for work purposes.Madelon was born in 1921 to Jerry Samandl and Virginia (Conway) Samandl in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Her father was the son of Czech immigrants, and her mother was of English and Irish descent.Madelon was educated in Boston, Massachusetts.
- She was modeling in Boston in 1942, then moved to New York to pursue a career in modeling.Mason was featured on the cover of the first issue of Seventeen magazine in 1944.
- In May 1945, she appeared in a photograph posing with the makings of an M-69 incendiary bomb of the type being used in Japan.
- In June 1945, she was the pin-up girl in Yank, the Army Weekly.
- In late 1945 and early 1946, newspapers dubbed her "America's Cover Girl" for 1946.She refused movie offers.
- However, Madelon appeared in the short film with Gloria Swanson titled Dear Miss Gloria .In March 1947, Mason was featured on the cover of Life magazine, posing in a hat in front of Monet's painting, The Water Lilies.
- She also appeared in advertising for the soft drink, Dr.
- Pepper. In 1951 Madelon was chosen as one of the five "Overall Beauties of the Decade" by The International Artists Committee.Mason was still active in modeling in the early 1950s.
- She was a model on the CBS television game show The $64,000 Question.
- The show aired from 1955 to 1958.
- She married Francis Foster in her mid-thirties.
- Madelon (Samandl) Foster (Stage Name: Madelon Mason) died September 14, 2011 in New York, New York.
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