| 24 October c. 39 |
is born in Detroit. Her father is Robert Pierce, an auto company executive.
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upon graduation, she trains as a nurse at New York's Bellevue Hospital for three years
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quits her nursing education to become a model
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attends a New York drama school for 18 months
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| May 56 |
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen thinks that "Maggie Pierce, a loser in the last 'Rheingold Girl' contest, has found a major consolation prize - millionaire realtor Henry Epstein..."
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gets her chance in Hollywood when movie scouts spot her in a television commercial / is discovered in a plush Beverly Hills spaghetti parlor
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| March 57 |
is a "Rheingold" contest loser but gets a Paramount screen test
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| c. 59 |
signs a long-term contract with MGM
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| January 59 |
makes her friends wonder if she and Bob Neal will marry in Europe
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Bob Neal shifts from her to Debbie Reynolds
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| May 59 |
welcomes agent Irving Lazar upon his return from Europe
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| August 59 |
is seen around with actor Troy Donahue
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| September 59 |
attends George Hamilton's 20th birthday gala with Buddy Bregman
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the new romance in her life is Sam Young, Jr. His wealthy Texan father is a member on the board of Hilton hotels.
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| October 59 |
columnist Mike Connolly reports that she took over the unused year on Cathy Crosby's apartment lease
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| 9 November 59 |
is among the 1959 Hollywood Deb stars presented by Bob Hope on his NBC-TV show. The others are Carol Douglas, Diane McBain, Yvette Mimieux, Leslie Parrish, Barbara Lawson, Linda Hutchins, Pamela Duncan, Shirley Knight and Sherry Jackson.
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| December 59 |
is photographed with Wisconsin football Badgers Bob Zeman and Jerry Stalcup, who visit her TV series set in Hollywood
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| c. 60 |
having nine days off before she has to report for a TV role, she grabs a plane to Egypt to "see a few things before they were covered up by the water from that new Aswan Dam"
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| January 60 |
dates Sandy Whitelaw, the beau of actress Jane Fonda
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is heralded to co-star opposite Lew Ayres in the upcoming "Dr. Kildare" TV series
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| May 60 |
is seen at the 7 Chefs with actor Mark Damon
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| June 60 |
Mark Damon will take her to the Palm Springs charity premiere of The Fall of the House of Usher
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| August 60 |
is seen at the Luau with Bruce Kessler
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| November 60 |
does retakes with her former fiancé, Bob Neal
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| April 61 |
is a new twosome with Wesley Ruggles, Jr.
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| August 61 |
columnist Walter Winchell reports that she "jets from the Coast twice a month to make sure Alan Grant doesn't get lost..."
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| October 61 |
Winchell thinks she and Hope Lange's brother David "act very much like the average Elopemental Case..."
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| December 61 |
columnist Harrison Carroll notes her at the Crescendo in a party with Glenn Ford, David Lange, and Joanna Moore
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| 62 |
writer Richard Matheson will remember her being terrible while filming Tales of Terror
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| May 63 |
is seen out with actress Hope Lange's brother David, a writer
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| c. 66 |
marries real estate billionaire Jerry Minskoff in Las Vegas
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| October 66 |
her husband Minskoff establishes Nevada residence for a divorce. Columnist Walter Winchell writers: “We had him wed too early to Maggie Pierce.”
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| November 66 |
columnist Harrison Carroll notes her with Minskoff at the Daisy Club: "He told me his divorce should be final in December and that he and Maggie the will be married. Sitting with them were that blonde doll, Joanna Moore, and Ron Preissman."
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| February 67 |
Winchell reports her to be the secret Vegas bride of trillionaire J. Minskoff
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| c. 24 May 67 |
her first daughter is born in New York
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| Late January 77 |
she and her husband are noted dining at Trader's Vic with Lynn Redgrave and her husband
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| December 79 |
admits that her smoking might have some bad effects, but it has the virtue of ridding her of bores. A few puffs and they disappear.
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| 13 August 94 |
becomes the widow of Broadway producer Jerome Minskoff, who dies at age 78 in London of a heart attack. He is survived by her, a son, two daughters, and two brothers. He had lived in New York and London.
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as Maggie P. Minskoff, she resides in New York
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Sources:
The Hammond Times, The Vidette-Messenger, The Zanesville Signal, The Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Lancaster Happenings, Mansfield News-Journal, The Coshocton Tribune, Nevada State Journal, The Galveston News, The Daily Review, The Newark Advocate, Star-News, Appleton Post-Crescent, Burlington Daily Times-News, New Castle News, Reno Evening Gazette, www.Ancestry.com |
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