In Ian Fleming's novel, Dr. No, Honey Ryder wore nothing but a knife belt. Censors turned that into the iconic white bikini instead. Ursula Andress never fussed over nudity either way, as you can see here.
Federal rules at the time simply wouldn't let a nudist magazine print pubic hair, and showing it risked getting the entire issue pulled from the mail, the printer investigated and the publisher hauled into federal court.
Madonna did shoots for acclaimed photographer Lee Friedlander and Martin H.M. Schreiber which can be seen here
Mary Nolan rose from a Ziegfeld girl to Hollywood star. She had a relationship with the notorious MGM fixer Eddie Mannix, he beat her so badly she needed fifteen surgeries and became addicted to morphine. When she sued him, the studio buried her. She died broke and forgotten at 45.