Whuzzat #11, an Art and Cars puzzle - May Britt buys her new Studebaker

[Ray B.]

 

Who is this lady leaning forward under this hood? And what car does the hood belong to?

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[Ray B.]

This one could have been posted in the Art and Cars series.

Experts?

[Ray B.]

This one could have been posted in the Art and Cars series....

... although her career was quite brief. But's that's not what she will be remembered for.
Pros?

[Ray B.]

With regards to the "new idea".
(Aaargh! 4 posts, and all of them by me!  )

[Allemano]

Somehow the guy next to her looks more familiar to me..
Was she an actress?

[Ray B.]

Thanks, Allemano.
Yes, an actress. As for the guy, you may think that he looks like Victor Mature, or a common mobster, but he's none of those.

[Allemano]

You're right about my assumption. To me he looks like a young Frank Vincent. (whose career started as he already was over fourty years old..)

[Ray B.]

You're right about my assumption. To me he looks like a young Frank Vincent.

Oh, I meant a real mobster...

[pnegyesi]

Why was the lady famous? Was it because of her child?

[Ray B.]

Not her child, but another member of her family.

[pnegyesi]

Her husband?

[Ray B.]

Yes.

[pnegyesi]

Was his husband also an actor?

[Ray B.]

Yes, and more than this.

[Otto Puzzell]

She resembles June Lockhart

[75america]

I go for Anne Frances Robbins, better known under the moniker Nancy Reagan.

[Ray B.]

None of those.

[pnegyesi]

Was his husband also a singer, beyond being an actor?

[Ray B.]

Yes.

[pnegyesi]

Was his husand active in one particular genre, like cowboy movies or musicals?

[Ray B.]

Not especially, but he danced too.

[pnegyesi]

Betsy Blair?

[Ray B.]

Well tried, but no. Short career, husband who danced, sung and acted, but no.

I'm usually too generous with my clues, so, let's just say that she was ten years younger, and no more clue today.

[pnegyesi]

 And another one gone / Another one bites the dust

May Britt buys New Studebaker. Comments: Not from a movie, but a studio publicity shot of Swedish star May Britt ("The Blue Angel") buying her new Studebaker, possibly the Golden Hawk 5.8.

[Ray B.]

Sorry, but the dust isn't completely bitten yet.
All right, this is May Britt, made famous not by her husband, but by the fact that SHE married HIM. Him being Sammy Davis Jr, one eyed, negro, and jew.

But this is an auto puzzles forum and you're required to be precise when it comes to cars. It is a Studebaker alright, but not, as the wzbsite who published this picture (uncropped) states, a Golden Hawk.
I'll be happy with only the year (and there were no Hawks yet then), as there is no way to tell the model.
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