Julie London was Michelle Pfeiffer before Michelle Pfeiffer was Julie London

Remember Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys as the chanteuse poured into the red sequins sprawled on top of the piano? Sure you do. She was modeled after Julie London. Here's why.

Accounts are that Julie was actually quite shy and recoiled from the pinup/chanteuse image, but she certainly carried it off well.

Of her own voice, she said, "It's only a thimbleful of a voice and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it's kind of oversmoked and it automatically sounds intimate".  Sounds good to me.