Georgine Darcy

Georgine Darcy (January 14, 1933 – July 18, 2004) was an American dancer and actress best known for her role as "Miss Torso" in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window. She also had a regular role in the 1960-61 sitcom Harrigan and Son. Early life Darcy was born Georgine Werger in Brooklyn, New York. She is believed to have had one sibling. Career Darcy's mother reportedly urged her to become a stripper, to make a "fast buck". She studied ballet, and danced with the New York City Ballet, and was a model. In 1954, aged 21, she was cast in Rear Window. She did not even know Hitchcock and did not consider herself an actress. Hitchcock selected her based on a publicity photo of her wearing a black leotard and green feather boa. In Rear Window, she played one of the neighbors of protagonist L.B. Jefferies (Jimmy Stewart), a wheelchair-bound photographer who passes the time spying on the other tenants of his neighborhood. Her nameless character, who was dubbed "Miss Torso", practiced her dance moves in a skimpy top and a pair of pink shorts with a 21-inch waistband, courtesy of costume designer Edith Head. She had no lines in the film until the end when she greets Stanley who has returned from military service.