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Scaffolding Goes Up Around Angelyne

Posted Jun 20th 2007 12:06PM by TMZ Staff

AngelyneAngelyne, the overinflated, self-indulgent, perennially pink L.A. icon, who has bombarded the city for years with billboards featuring her own wannabe-glam image (one read "Barbie wishes she were me") is now working ... out of a storage shed.

The curvaceous platinum blonde, age unknown, a local legend known for tooling around town in pink form-fitting pants in her pink Corvette, was forced out of her Hollywood Blvd. office after nearly 20 years, because a high-rent hotel is under construction.

The pink wannabe diva was paid a small amount of relocation green by the city, but she wants more cash. She told the L.A. Times the developer refused ... saying, "Honey, take me to court." Another case of subpoena envy!

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31. Oops, make that delusional - not delsional

Posted at 7:40PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Merz

32. #29 - asteadyrain

They why waste time commenting on the story?

Posted at 8:59PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Merz

33. Her and Gummi Bear should go out on a date, and everyone can say who the heck are they? Only in Hollyweird lol

Posted at 11:42PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Celtic Princess

34. Here's a perfect example of a no-talent hollywood hanger-on, who's addicted to media attention. Just like paris, she's famous for being famous. What the hell does this loser do for a living? She doesn't sing, dance, act or play an instrument. What's left, sex-for-money on Hollywood blvd for a living?

Posted at 2:33AM on Jun 21st 2007 by Disgusting

35. All of you guys who saw her years ago, and said she looked old then, I do beleive you, and she probably IS lying about her age when she says she was born in 1958... but... if all that is true, when was the above pic taken of her then? She doesn't look TOO bad in the above pic. She COULD be about 50-ish in that pic...

Sorry, I live in Boston, and no one over here has ever heard of this hag, so I really don't have anything to compare her to...

And why does she think she is so great? I thought old blond sluts were on every street corner out there.

Posted at 1:26AM on Jun 21st 2007 by teeks

36. Shame on you people who tag elders as "old hags." I am not a fan of hers, but, it makes me smile to see her billboards. I would rather look at this Pink Betty Boop than the hard-living young junkies sporting nasty tatoos and a pierced navel.

Posted at 2:16AM on Jun 21st 2007 by Geri

37. I had to stop and read the comments on this story because I saw Angelyne back in the 70's. During that decade, she drove a pink cadillac. I grew up in Gollywood - even graduated from Hollywood High School. I used to see her all over that town - up in Laurel Canyon, cruising down Hollywood Blvd., and of course, Sunset. Trust me, she WAS old 30+ years ago and all the descriptions here (saggy arms, wrinkles, inflated, etc.) is all true. The photo in this story is the same photo she used for her publicity shots 30 years ago, and even then, she didn't look like the photo. She used to have that billboard all over town - the most memorable at Sunset and La Cienega. What a hoot. This was a great trip down memory lane!

Posted at 9:20PM on Jun 21st 2007 by Kitty Kat

38. what a whore.

Posted at 1:08PM on Jun 25th 2007 by Olivia

39. That is sooo not true that she is 49!!!!!!! She is definitely OVER 60 years old. Notice you NEVER see her without gloves or see her hands except for the one time in L.A. Times magazine when it showed her hands VERY crippeled and knotty with arthritis. But give the woman props for not being fat like others her age.

Posted at 8:40PM on Aug 16th 2007 by The Wheel

40. The world needs more Angelyne's. She reminds me of old time movie stars. When stars were dressed to the nines, mysterious, and of few words.

Posted at 4:59PM on Aug 17th 2007 by Dresden Disney-Dior

41. I know her story, through the friend of her ex. She had a VERY rich guy fall madly in love with her a long time ago. She wanted to be famous and the guy that was head over heels for her, put up billboards to make her happy. Many, back in the day, loved her photos. After the guy died, his will left for her to continue with the billboards. She is now and has been since the guy died, a prostitute. She has long time regulars who still pay her alot. It's so sad.

Posted at 11:32AM on Aug 17th 2007 by bliss

42. I was visiting a buddy in L.A. when we saw her in the car.
I waved to her, & she beeped back a "hello". Sweet.
Hey, leave the lady alone. Is she bombing another country? Stealing from the poor? She's just an eccentric person, & we need more like her, & Grace Jones, Annie Lennox......

Posted at 1:33PM on Aug 18th 2007 by woodcut

43. I agree with Bliss. She did have a very rich Armenian man who took care of her. I remember seeing her billboard back in 1968 on Sunset Blvd.
She looked young in the Billboard but difficult to say exactly her age. That was 40 years ago so she can't be 49.

Posted at 10:43PM on Aug 18th 2007 by lucky

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