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(Regina Ruth Jane Hampton)
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| 25 April 31 |
is born in Throop, Pennsylvania, of Spanish-Irish extraction. Her father will become a police sergeant.
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| c. 33 |
wins her first beauty title at age one
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moves to Merchantville, New Jersey
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| 49 |
graduates from Merchantville High School
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studies ballet
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is a ballerina with the Philadelphia Civic Ballet
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| 52 |
is crowned "Miss New Jersey"
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works as a Conover model in New York
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| September 52 |
is a semi-finalist in the "Miss USA" pageant
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| March 53 |
has won a total of 40 beauty titles since infancy
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is crowned "America's Typical Farmer's Daughter" by the Midwestern Agricultural League
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| 15 July 53 |
crowns 18-year-old Myrna Rae Hansen of Chicago "Miss United States" in Long Beach, California
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| September 53 |
is still unattached after nine months in Tinseltown, even in Hollywood's gossip columns
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| December 53 |
is seen with television singer Byron Palmer, who nevertheless plays the femme field. Palmer is the son of Judge Harlan Palmer, publisher of the Hollywood Citizen-News.
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| 54 |
poses poolside with Universal-International starlets Allison Hayes and Karen Kadler
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| January 54 |
flies East with Palmer when her mother is stricken ill
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| March 54 |
is in Inside U-I, the annual stage show to show off new talent
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| July 54 |
wins her 100th title when crowned "National Sports Car Queen" in Hollywood
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| August 54 |
is seen at the Mocambo with Byron Palmer
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| 14 September 54 |
announces she will marry Palmer within the next two months
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| 17 October 54 |
marries Palmer at the home of the groom's parents at 926 N. Orlando Avenue, Hollywood. She says she will retire from the screen.
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| October 54 |
the Palmers temporarily postpone their honeymoon due to Palmer's current TV commitments
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| December 54 |
is seen at Larry Finlay's with her husband
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retires from the screen to become a housewife
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| Sumnmer 55 |
is a picture of contentment and bliss when out with young actor Byron Palmer. The Palmers await the stork for a happy welcome soon.
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| 16 August 55 |
her son Byron Hunkins is born in Los Angeles. He will die at age 44 in June 2000 in California.
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| 6 August 59 |
her son Gregory Hampton is born in Los Angeles
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| November 66 |
divorces Palmer in Los Angeles. He will marry starlet and television actress Georgine Darcy in 1974.
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| 25 April 78 |
marries Randall A. Wood in Los Angeles. He's 48; she's 45.
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| 99 |
moves to Kansas
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resides in Shawnee Mission, Kansas
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| 25 August 05 |
as Rene H. Clary, she dies at age 74 in Merriam, Kansas
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Sources:
Lee Weaver, Picture Show Annual, Screenland, Photoplay, Screen Stars, Indiana Evening Gazette, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Van Wert Times-Bulletin, The Times Recorder, The Progress, Pottstown Mercury, The Lethbridge Herald, Atchinson Daily Globe, Van Nuys News, The Holland Evening-Sentinel, www.Ancestry.com |
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