The Associated Press reports that legendary pinup star Jane Russell died Monday of respiratory failure. She was 89.

The actress shot to fame in the ’40s after starring in Howard Hughes’ 1941 western, The Outlaw. Her other film credits include 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes co-starring Marilyn Monroe, The Paleface opposite Bob Hope in 1948, the 1954 musical The French Line, and Gentleman Marry Brunettes in 1955.