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Charlene Holt Profile
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| (Verna Charlene Stavely) |
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| 28 April 28 | is born in Snyder, Texas, to Malcolm C. and Verna Vesta Stavely, nee Chandler |
| ? | her parents move to Washington |
| ? | graduates from high school in Hagerman, New Mexico |
| ? | stays with relatives near Snyder, Texas |
| September 44 | the local press tells from McMurry College that she and Porter Brooks are dating |
| ? | after five weeks at McMurray College in Abilene, Texas, her parents ask her to come back to Washington |
| ? | starts modeling in Houston, Texas |
| 56 | is crowned "Miss Maryland," the predecessor of ill-fated Leona Gage |
| July 56 | attends the "Miss United States" pageant in Long Beach, California |
| August 57 | is among nine models sent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Rose Marie Reid Swim Suits in Los Angeles and the Eileen Ford agency in Manhattan |
| October 57 | does TV commercials |
| c. 58 | becomes a $50,000-a-year model in New York at age 19 |
| ? | is spotted in a Revlon lipstick commercial by Howard Hawks |
| October 58 | is crowned "Miss Sweater Girl" by the Wool Bureau. The contest is held in the Crystal Suite of the Savoy Hilton Hotel in New York. |
| December 61 | columnist Walter Winchell reports: “Gary Cooper’s pater-in-law, wealthy Paul Shields, who was daffy about Suzy Parker, is daffier about Jean Feldman, who replaced model Charlene Holt...” |
| 63 | is in the Toni Deep Magic Dry Skin Conditioner commercial |
| July 63 | Rock Hudson escorts her to Cleopatra. Before the movie, she takes him to the top of the Kirkeby Building for dinner; later they return for the view. |
| is Hollywood's new girl in New York City and the new interest of Timmie Everett. He spends his profits from Pal Joy long-distancing her. |
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| is put under personal contract by Rock Hudson |
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| August 63 | talks it over with her bosses, Rock Hudson and Howard Hawks, and gets permission to do a "Burke's Law" episode |
| January 64 | the Abilene press wonders if former McMurry girl Charlene Stavely and TV actress and model Charlene Holt are one and the same |
| July 64 | dates her co-star in Man’s Favorite Sport?, Rock Hudson |
| October 65 | columnist Harrison Carroll tells: “Neither has answered my calls, but their friends report actress Charlene Holt and wealthy bachelor William Tishman plan to wed. She and Tishman have been waiting for a long time.” |
| c. 66 | films El Dorado on location in Tucson, Arizona. Her stand-in, young Lara Lindsay, will start a film career of her own. |
| 5 October 66 | she and millionaire builder William A. Tishman take out their marriage license in Los Angeles. “Tishman, 40, spent $2 on the license Wednesday at Los Angeles County Courthouse. The price went up to $5 today.” |
| 7 October 66 | as Charlene Stavely Holt, she marries Tishman in Los Angeles. He's 40; she's 38 but gives her age as 28. |
| November 66 | is in Tucson, Arizona, for location filming of El Dorado |
| March 67 | falls and pulls a ligament in her leg while skiing with her husband in Alta, Utah |
| April 67 | she and Tishman reside in a luxurious hilltop house in Beverly Hill’s Trousdale Estates, filled with baroque antiques, a tall Spanish cabinet, and Italian chest with painted flowers, life-sized Dionysian figures in bronzed wood, and a grey-coated chef |
| will attend the Academy Awards in a burnt peach gown by designer John Hayles |
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| January 68 | entertains over 15 million GIs on the Armed Forces Radio Christmas Show |
| March 68 | attends a lavish Hollywood party thrown by arranger-composer Jerry Fielding with hubby Bill Tishman and joins the table-top dancing |
| March 69 | she and Tishman file for divorce in Los Angeles |
| June 72 | divorces Tishman in Los Angeles |
| August 73 | returns to the movies after the breakup of her six-year marriage to Tishman |
| September 73 | is seen lunching with Henry Berger and new psychic Dorothy Raulerson |
| August 80 | her agent says that “she was from Texas, but was never a Stavely and did not go to McMurray College” |
| ? | her last known address is 37024 Brentwood, Tennessee |
| 5 April 96 | as Charlene Holt, she dies at age 67 in Williamson, Tennessee |
| Sources: Sunday Journal and Star, The Hammond Times, The Lima News, Mansfield News-Journal, The Kerrville Times, Daily Tribune, The Lowell Sun, The News, Movie Life, The Abilene Reporter-News, The Times Recorder, Naugatucket News, The Long Beach Press-Telegram, El Paso Herald-Post, New Castle News, www.Ancestry.com | |
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