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- Birth nameJolan Kovacs
- Joanne Siegel was born on December 1, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was married to Jerry Siegel. She died on February 12, 2011 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- SpouseJerry Siegel(1948 - January 28, 1996) (his death, 1 child)
- She was hired as a model by Joe Shuster, the comic-book artist who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, was developing the character of Superman. The facial features and hairstyle of Lois Lane were based on her.
- After WWII, she met Jerry Siegel again at a fund-raiser for cartoonists. They married in 1948.
- Her Hungarian parents named her Jolan, pronounced YO-lan. Teachers and classmates who couldn't (or wouldn't) pronounce it correctly called her Joanne instead. She eventually adopted that name.
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