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Jewell Lain Profile
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| (Jewell J. Lain) |
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| c. 30 | is born in Indianapolis, Indiana |
| ? | starts her career at age 4 modeling in a bridal fashion show |
| ? | studies ballet for seven years |
| June 55 | is on the Los Angeles stage as the oldest daughter in Time Out for Ginger |
| is the other woman in The Fifth Season at the Alcatraz. Her co-stars are Angela Greene, Gene Raymond, and Joseph Buloff. |
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| End October 55 | she and 14 other actresses are chosen as "WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1956" by a group of veteran actors and actresses, including Ginger Rogers. The other Baby Stars are Fay Spain, 21, Phoenix, Arizona; Barbara Huffman, 21, Tucson, Arizona; Violet Rensing, 24, Berlin, Germany; Dawn Richard, 18, Los Angles, California; Donna Cook, 18, Los Angeles, California; Norma Nillson, 18, Los Angeles, California; Phyllis Applegate, 22, Los Angeles, California; Del-Fin Thursday, 20, Honolulu, Hawaii; Jolene Brand, 21, Baldwin Park, California; Roxanne Arlen, 21, Detroit, Michigan; Lita Milan, 21, Brooklyn, New York; Ina Poindexter, 23, Covington, Tennessee; Doreen Stevens, 21, Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Barbara Marks, 22, San Diego, California. |
| November 55 | columnist Walter Winchell reports that "Arthur Loew, Jr., thinks Jewell Lain is a gem..." |
| July 60 | slaps a $10,000 damage suit against a famous beauty salon. She had foot surgery, the result of a May 31 accident when she walked into a pane of glass that was propped against a partition in the beauty parlor. |
| January 67 | along with Hazel Court, Inge Jaklyn, Amanda Blake, and Anita Aquino, is one of many show business personalities portrayed by Hollywood artist Glenn Yost |
| 5 September 68 | marries producer Berman Swarttz in Los Angeles. He's 53; she's 38. Swarttz hit the news in May 1954 when suing National Pictures Corporation and its president, Edward L. Alperson, for $2 million alleging breach of contract in filming the stage show New Face. |
| February 70 | promotes a folding wall table |
| Late March 71 | films the pilot for "Those Games People Play" opposite Los Angeles Rams receiver Jack Snow in Hollywood. Her husband Swarttz produces. |
| 71 / 74 | divorces Swarttz in Los Angeles. He will marry Marcella Fromberg in July 1975. |
| Sources: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, The Vidette-Messenger, Valley News, Oakland Tribune, The Sheboygan Press, The Modesto Bee, Tri-City Herald, pro.Corbis.com, www.Ancestry.com | |
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