1. Joanne Siegel was an American model, who in the 1930s worked with Superman artist Joe Shuster as the model for Lois Lane, Superman's love interest.
12 Facts About Joanne Siegel
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Joanne Siegel later married Superman's co-creator Jerry Siegel and sued for restoration of her husband's authorship copyright in the Superman character.
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Joanne Siegel said their character was going to fly through the air, and he leaped off the couch to demonstrate.
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Joanne Siegel was the first in a long line of Lois Lanes, who have included Phyllis Coates, Noel Neill, Teri Hatcher, and Erica Durance on television, as well as Margot Kidder in the movies.
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Joanne Siegel worked for a ship builder in California during World War II.
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Joanne Siegel was not only beautiful but very smart and determined, and she had a lot of guts; she was a courageous person.
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Joanne Siegel lived in the Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles in her later years.
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Joanne Siegel filed a lawsuit in 1999 seeking partial ownership of the Superman character.
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In 2006, Joanne Siegel won a partial summary judgment in a lawsuit with DC Comics.
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In 2008, Joanne Siegel secured a further ruling from a federal court in Los Angeles restoring her husband's co-authorship share of the original Superman copyrights.
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In 2009, Joanne Siegel was honored in Cleveland by having Parkwood Avenue renamed "Lois Lane" in her honor, as she was acknowledged to be the model for the "Superman" character from which the street name derives.
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Joanne Siegel died on February 12,2011, at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica.