Bombshell (sex symbol) of the blurbs on posters was "Lovely, luscious, exotic Jean Harlow as the Blonde Bombshell of filmdom." Hollywood soon took up the blonde bombshell, and then, during the late 1940s through the early 1960s, brunette, exotic, and ethnic versions (e.g., Jane Russell, Dorothy Dandridge and Sophia Loren) were also cultivated as complements to, or as satellites of, the blonde bombshell. Some of the movie stars, largely of the 1940s–1960s, referred to as bombshells include Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Diana Dors, Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Jane Russell, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Carroll Baker, Brigitte Bardot, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth
Bombshell (Smash) planning on committing suicide by overdosing on a whole bottle of sleeping pills. "New York Post" theatre critic Michael Riedel was to make a second cameo appearance as himself in this episode, but his scene did not air. In its original broadcast, "Bombshell" was watched by 5.96 million American viewers, attaining a 1.8 rating/5 share in the key adults 18–49 demographic. Bombshell (Smash) "Bombshell" is the fifteenth episode and first season finale of the American television series, "Smash". The episode was written by series creator Theresa Rebeck and directed by Michael Morris. It premiered on the NBC network on May