| 28/29 December 27 |
is born in the Bronx, New York City, to Denzil and Catherine Michaels, one of six children
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| c. 37 |
begins a career as a fashion model at age 9
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| c. 39 |
wins a newspaper photographic contest at age 11
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| May 46 |
she and fellow showgirl Kay Crespi feud with the rest of the girls at the Diamond Horseshoe
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| 49 |
meets Russian-born MGM producer Voldemar Vetluguin while filming East Side, West Side
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| 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.
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| 50 |
separates from Vetluguin
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| 51 |
starts working for director-producer-screenwriter-actor Hugo Haas in his upcoming Pickup
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| 22 March 51 |
sues Vetluguin for divorce, charging cruelty and asking for reasonable alimony. She's 22; he's 50.
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| 52 |
is replaced by Haas with Cleo Moore
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| November 52 |
is seen around with brilliant 39-year-old producer Russell Rouse
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| December 52 |
sings Christmas carols at a USO camp show tour of Alaska
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| January 53 |
will marry Rouse when she returns from her USO tour
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| April 53 |
leaves Universal-International
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| June 53 |
will receive a hunk of fortune when the will of her ex-husband Vetluguin is probated. Vetluguin died on May 15.
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| 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.
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| December 53 |
she and Rouse are still to be wed
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| ? |
marries Rouse. He's 19 years her senior.
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| 28 November 58 |
her son Christop R. is born in Los Angeles
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| 27 March 61 |
her son Stephen R. is born in Los Angeles
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| 2 October 87 |
becomes the widow of Rouse, who dies at age 73 in California
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| June 07 |
dies at age 79 in Phoenix, Arizona, of a stroke
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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 |
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