Born 1925 as Mildred Gene Kornman in Hollywood, American actress, model, businesswoman, and photographer Ricki VanDusen became an actress at 20th Century Fox after graduating Hollywood High School, albeit only in uncredited roles. She was also a model, featuring in magazines such as
Vogue and
Harper’s Bazaar, and in television commercials. She majored in art, English, and Spanish at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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| Ricki VanDusen in the 1940s |
In 2014, Kornman attended a reunion of My Gang cast members, hosted by The Sons of the Desert as part of their 19th International Convention. In 2015, aged 89, she was living on a remote ranch in Utah.
Kornman was one of the final surviving actors from the Our Gang series, which was produced from 1922 to 1944. She died on August 19, 2022, at the age of 97. She was one of the longest lived Our Gang cast members ever.
Take a look at these glamorous photos of young Ricki VanDusen as a model in the 1940s.
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| Ricki VanDusen in navy suit with white collar and cuffs worn with veiled navy hat, photo by Horst P. Horst, December 1941 |
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| Ricki VanDusen, photo by Richard Miller, circa 1945 |
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| Charles James shapes a jacket of black faille on model Ricki VanDusen, photo by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen has a Gainsborough air in this beautiful floor-length evening dress of powder-beige net with a water-green satin sash and a gently folded fichu by Jane Derby, photo by Serge Balkin, Vogue, May 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in a beige linen suit by Mark Mooring and a pale flowered straw cloche both made to order at Bergdorf Goodman, makeup by Revlon, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, April 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in beautiful pink satin gown made to order at Hattie Carnegie, rhinestone teardrop necklace at Bergdorf Goodman, photo by Frances McLaughlin, Vogue, November 15, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in black wool dress with a very gathered skirt pulled tight with a cummerbund and small collar overlaid with linen, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, March 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in calico day-dress with reversible print skirt by Joset Walker, photo by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, May 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in Celanese crêpe dress by Clare Potter, Harper's Bazaar, April 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in dress by Claire McCardell at the Helena Rubinstein Salon on Fifth Avenue, photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill, July 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in faille suit and hat by Charles James, photo by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in French straw hat with long streamers from Bergdorf Goodman, photo by Nina Leen, March 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in French straw hat with long streamers from Bergdorf Goodman, photo by Nina Leen, March 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in late-day white alpaca dress with pockets in the full skirt by Nettie Rosenstein, ermine stole by Maximilian, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, March 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in linen dress, circling the bell skirt and bodice with rows of lace by Clare Potter, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, May 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in Onondaga rayon silk dress woven with with ducks in flight by Adele Simpson, Kodachrome by John Rawlings, Harper's Bazaar, July 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in organdie dress in sand tones tucked with frills across the bosom by Jane Derby, caramel straw hat by Tatiana du Plessix, photo by Serge Balkin, Vogue, May 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in Royal Pastel EMBA mink coat by J. Weinig, hat by John-Frederics, jewelry by Seaman Schepps, photo by Gene Fenn, Harper's Bazaar, December 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in silk serge, bias-cut, bow-tied dress by Adele Simpson, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, December 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in summer suit of white piqué trimmed with striplings of heavy lace by Ben Reig, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, April 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen is wearing a charming hat of white straw adorned with pink roses, ribbons and veiled by Hattie Carnegie, photo by Frances McLaughlin, Vogue, March 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen seen here with three different hair tints by Roux, coiffures are by Michel, the necklace and pin are by Schlumberger, photo by Erwin Blumenfeld, Vogue, April 1, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen wears a pink chiffon blouse by Dorine Liebert and gold ruby dome ring by Ciner, photo by Richard Rutledge, Glamour, 1948 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in a Heller worsted jersey two-piece dress with a tuck-in top by Rose Barrack, hat by Robert Dudley, Vogue, September 15, 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in Bates corduroy dress, Vogue, October 1, 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in chamois-colored reefer of wool suede cloth with princess dress of peach sheer wool by Vera Maxwell in Milliken wools, photo by Horst P. Horst, Vogue 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in coat by Monte Sano & Pruzan, photo by John Rawlings, Harper's Bazaar, March 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in Forstmann worsted sharkskin suit with an unexpected kerchief pocket by Hattie Carnegie, photo by John Rawlings, Harper's Bazaar, March 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in gabardine suit by Bellciano and hat by Chanda for Famous-Barr Co., Harper's Bazaar, February 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in sheer yarn dyed gray wool suit with white piqué accents by Paul Parnes, Vogue, February 1, 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen in summer party dress of gray and white cotton voile with mauve taffeta cummerbund by Brigance for A. Harris & Co., Dallas, photo by Harold Halma, Harper's Bazaar, February 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen, hat by John-Frederics, Color Revlon ad, Vogue, September 1, 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen, jewelry by Miriam Haskell ad, Vogue, October 1, 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen, Modess...because ad, Harper's Bazaar, March 1949 |
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| Ricki VanDusen, Trifari jewelry ad, Harper's Bazaar, June 1949 |
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