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(June Stovenour)
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| 10 June 26 |
is born in Rock Island, Illinois, to Fred and Marie Stovenour. When her mother remarries, she adopts the surname of her stepfather.
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| c. 33 |
makes her stage debut at a Cincinnati theater at age 6
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wins the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music's "Post Music Contest" at age 7
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| 34 |
has her first Hollywood screen test
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has her own radio show at age 11
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attends Beverly Hills High School
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| 39 |
debuts as a soloist for Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra
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does a short stint with Freddy Martin and His Band
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| 40 |
chaperoned by her mother, she begins touring as the soloist with Ted Fio Rito's band at age 15
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| 5 May 42 |
is signed to a $75-a-week contract with 20th Century-Fox
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the Fox executives suggest that she complete her schooling
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she measures 32-21-30
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| 45 |
toastmaster general George Jessel suggests her for the upcoming The Dolly Sisters, opposite Betty Grable
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has been featured in Technicolor movies only, a record to date
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works professionally with her future husband, Fred MacMurray, while filming Where Do We Go From Here?
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lives with her family in West Los Angeles, in the house originally built by Nelson Eddy
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| 2 May 45 |
is on the cover of Yank, The Army Weekly
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| July 46 |
dances with actor Bob Hutton at the Mocambo
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| 46-47 |
dates composer David Rose, ex-spouse of Judy Garland
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meets dentist Dr. John Duzik, who becomes her fiancé
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| 9 March 47 |
elopes to Las Vegas at age 21 with trumpeter Jimmy Zito. They met while working with Ted Fio.
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| 26 March 47 |
she and Zito remarry in a Catholic Church ceremony
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| 16 June 46 |
separates from Zito
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| 25 March 48 |
her marriage ends in divorce, with charges of extreme mental cruelty
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resumes her romance with Duzik, whom she plans to marry
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| May 48 |
attends the premiere of Adventures of Casanova with her current beau, Dr. John Duzik
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| July 48 |
columnist Hedda Hopper says about her divorce from Jimmy Zito: "He never loved her."
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| March 49 |
her constant escort is Dr. John Duzik, a dentist. He escorts her to Diana Lynn's wedding.
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| 30 October 49 |
Duzik dies suddenly as a result of a hemophilia attack while undergoing surgery
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| April 50 |
rebuilding her life from shattered pieces, she gains new peace in her unselfish devotion to others by visiting Birmingham General Hospital
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| Summer 50 |
is on a pilgrimage to Rome and Jerusalem to find peace of mind and gets an audience with the Pope
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returns with a new look from her pilgrimage and her South American tour
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| 51 |
while filming a dance scene for The Girl Next Door, she falls off a table and suffers a concussion
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| December 51 |
attends the 1952 Ice Follies with oilman Howard W. Lee of Texas. He will later marry Hedy Lamarr and Gene Tierney.
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| Early 52 |
as with fellow actresses Ann Miller, Jane Nigh, and Barbara Whiting, she's a frequent date of Dan Dailey
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| February 52 |
amazes Hollywood by announcing she intends to become a nun
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| 8 February 52 |
gives up her $3,500-a-week contract at Fox when she enters St. Mary's Academy in Leavenworth, Kansas. She becomes a novice in the Order of the Sisters of Charity.
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| 30 September 53 |
for health reasons she's forced to leave the convent after seven and a half months
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| January 54 |
after seven and a half months in a convent, she returns to Hollywood, where she goes into seclusion
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back in Hollywood, she goes into seclusion. Her mother thinks her daughter realizes that she made a mistake from the start.
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| 13 February 54 |
returns to show business with a production of Lux Radio Theatre
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| 28 May / April 54 |
meets Fred MacMurray at Fred Marin's Gay Nineties party in honor of John Wayne. She comes with A. C. Blumenthal, dances a lot with Laurence Harvey, but only has eyes for Fred.
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begins dating MacMurray
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Fred MacMurray is waiting for the "go" signal from his kids before he marries her
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| 28/29 June 54 |
after an extended trip to South America, she marries Fred MacMurray on a ranch near Ojai, California. She is 28; he is 45.
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the MacMurrays make their home in a Georgian colonial house in Brentwood
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| December 55 |
no one can talk her into going back into pictures
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| 56 |
the MacMurrays learn that they cannot have children of their own. An obstetrician, Dr. Lou Prucher, talks Fred into accepting her wish to adopt a baby. The baby they wait for turns out to be twin girls.
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| 4 December 56 |
the MacMurrays adopt twin daughters, Katie Marie and Laurie Anne. MacMurray has two children from his first marriage.
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| 31 December 57 |
the MacMurrays do their only professional appearance as husband and wife in a Desi Arnaz and Lucy Ball Las Vegas show. It is her last work.
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| 71 |
the MacMurrays have a house in Brentwood and a ranch in Healsburg
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| 91 |
the MacMurrays reside in Brentwood, California
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| 5 November 91 |
becomes the widow of MacMurray
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| 4 July 05 |
dies at age 78 in Brentwood, California, of respiratory failure
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Sources:
The Fox Girls by James Robert Parish, Movie Life, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Modern Screen, The Hollywood Reporter, Silver Screen, www.IMDb.com |
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