Andrew,
You do go off on Unexpected tangents!
Australian, German or Canadian Marilyn we should know about?
If so, I can't remember one. We are mostly talking about the 50's and that was a bit too early for me, and if any 'Blonde Bombshell' had had a career continuing into the 60s and 70s, I think I would have been aware of it.
We had no movie industry in that period, although we had had a healthy one up to WWII, and TV was just starting. Many magazines had pin-up pictures tho.
Look at '
Cavalcade magazine' here on CB+
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=3303 There were a lot of this kind of little softcore booklets with cheesecake pictures in the 50s and into the 50's -
Eventually there was no market for them. I assume that, given the overall quality of them was so bad, they must have sold well.
I supposed they helped some cartoonists make a steady buck.
At the time they '
saucy English seaside postcards' were also quite common - even out here. Anyone remember them?
I think they are collectors items now.
Cheers!