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Beverly Michaels Profile
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| 28/29 December 27 | is born in the Bronx, New York City, to Denzil and Catherine Michaels, one of six children |
| c. 37 | begins a career as a fashion model at age 9 |
| c. 39 | wins a newspaper photographic contest at age 11 |
| 43 | becomes a showgirl at 16 and starts working at the famous Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe. Afterwards, she works in other well-known nightclubs. |
| 46 | makes her stage debut in a play in Boston, Massachussets, with Jane Withers. The play later goes to Broadway, but closes soon after its first night. |
| May 46 | she and fellow showgirl Kay Crespi feud with the rest of the girls at the Diamond Horseshoe |
| 49 | meets Russian-born MGM producer Voldemar Vetluguin while filming East Side, West Side |
| September 49 | marries Vetluguin in Santa Monica, California. She's 5'9" and three inches taller than her groom; he's about 30 years her senior. |
| 50 | separates from Vetluguin |
| 51 | starts working for director-producer-screenwriter-actor Hugo Haas in his upcoming Pickup |
| 22 March 51 | sues Vetluguin for divorce, charging cruelty and asking for reasonable alimony. She's 22; he's 50. |
| 52 | is replaced by Haas with Cleo Moore |
| November 52 | is seen around with brilliant 39-year-old producer Russell Rouse |
| December 52 | sings Christmas carols at a USO camp show tour of Alaska |
| January 53 | will marry Rouse when she returns from her USO tour |
| April 53 | leaves Universal-International |
| June 53 | will receive a hunk of fortune when the will of her ex-husband Vetluguin is probated. Vetluguin died on May 15. |
| July 53 | is squired by writer-director Russell Rouse for weeks. He announces that he will produce and direct Spoiled, with her in the lead. |
| December 53 | she and Rouse are still to be wed |
| ? | marries Rouse. He's 19 years her senior. |
| 28 November 58 | her son Christop R. is born in Los Angeles |
| 27 March 61 | her son Stephen R. is born in Los Angeles |
| 2 October 87 | becomes the widow of Rouse, who dies at age 73 in California |
| June 07 | dies at age 79 in Phoenix, Arizona, of a stroke |
| Sources: Richard Koper, The Coshocton Tribune The Era, The Bridgeport Post, Dixon Evening Telegraph, The Monessen Daily Independent, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Pottstown Mercury, Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen, Picturegoer, www.Ancestry.com | |
| Recommended Books: Fifties Blondes by Richard Koper | |
| Links: Filmography | |