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(Beverly Jo Morrow)
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| 1 November 39 |
is born in Cuero, Texas, to L. G. and Ruby Morrow, nee Powell
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as a baby, she moves to San Diego with her parents
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is a San Diego beauty queen
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| February 58 |
is named queen of the Los Angeles High Fidelity Music Show, held at the Biltmore Hotel
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| 58 |
secures a 20th Century-Fox contract by winning a talent-contest
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while rehearsing for her first role, as a walk-on opposite Christine Carere in A Certain Smile, the producer invites her to his office and tries to make a pass at her
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| November 58 |
is seen with Mac Krim at the Luau
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| January 59 |
is a twosome with Mac Krim at Vickie Morgan's party
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| March 59 |
is seen at Dino's Lodge with Ivan Townsend Smith
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| April 59 |
her fiancé, Ivan Townsend Smith, throws a big party for her. Linda Christian attends with Ray Anthony; Joan O'Brien, with NBC executive Jack Myers.
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until she leaves for England to film Our Man in Havana, she lives at the Studio Club
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| May 59 |
flies from Cuba via Idlewild Airport, New York, to London to complete filming of Our Man in Havana
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is scheduled to spend a weekend as guest on the yacht of her ex-fiancé Ivan Smith while filming Our Man in Havana in London. Smith tours Europe with his mother.
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| June 59 |
she and Smith postpone their July wedding because she will be movie-making in Spain
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| August 59 |
Smith's romance with actress Judy Meredith cools, and he's seen with Shelley Kaplan
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| September 59 |
is asked by Smith to meet him in London, but their revived romance there lasts only three days. They have a big fight, and she flies back to Spain.
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has an affair with her director, Jack Sher, while filming The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, in Spain. He is 26 years her senior. She considers her co-star Kerwin Matthews a dull and uninteresting person.
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| December 59 |
is the frequent date of Mac Krim, the ex-beau of actress Kim Novak
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| April 60 |
is seen ringside with the ex of actress Joan Crawford, actor Franchot Tone, at the Interlude when Judy Garland sings with Don Rickles
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| June 60 |
surprises Mac Krim with a birthday cake at agent Louis Shurr's office
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| July 60 |
is seen at Ye Little Club with Jack Haley, Jr.
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| August 60 |
is seen with TV actor Rian Garrick
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has an argument with studio boss Sam Briskin over her weight while filming 13 Ghosts, which ends with his having a heart attack
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| 6 October 60 |
is in Los Angeles Superior Court after being fired by Columbia Pictures because her weight
mustn't exceed 132 pounds; her hips, 37 inches; and her waistline, 24 inches. She sports 137 pounds.
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| December 60 |
dates disc star Bob Crewe
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| June 61 |
consoles herself from being fired by Columbia with Jackie Barnett, songwriter for Jimmy Durante
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| September 61 |
promotes the opening of the new White Front Warehouse store at 5555 East Olympic Boulevard, Van Nuys
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| May 63 |
will marry Barnett in June
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| 30 June 63 |
marries Barnett in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a Jewish ceremony. He's 42; she's 23. Comedian Jimmy Durante is best man.
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the Barnetts take an extended honeymoon trip to Europe
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| 25 September 64 |
her daughter, Dawn A., is born in Los Angeles. The birth of her deaf child forces her to retire from movies.
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| 8 March 66 |
her son, James B., is born in Los Angeles
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| 73 |
becomes friends with actor-writer Sal Ponti (a.k.a. Anthony Hall) while filming Dr. Death: Seeker of Souls
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| 13 April 84 |
divorces Barnett in Los Angeles
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| 90s |
as Jo B. Morrow, she makes her home in White City, Oregon
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Sources:
Indiana Evening Gazette, Van Nuys News, The Vidette-Messenger, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Chronicle-Telegram, The Lima News, The Daily Gleaner, The Coshocton Tribune, Nevada State Journal, The Holland Evening Sentinel, The Sheboygan Press, News Journal - Mansfield, Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks by Tom Weaver, Who's Who on the Screen, www.Ancestry.com |
Recommended Books:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks by Tom Weaver |
Links:
Filmography |
