That photo of Jan, was not posed. Just an off the cuff shot from a photog of a couple of kids on a bike, and it launched her career.
She did a lot of modeling. Type her name into Bing Image Search and you’ll find a lot of gorgeous head shots.
Yep - her “story” was well known to us of that age.
Jan Smithers was always that girl-next-door with stunning natural beauty that always caught my eye...and heart. Loved her even more when she wore those largish glasses, too - kinda of a sexy intellectual thing.
We came “that” close to sharing the same birth date.
Current photos show the years have not been too kind to her...