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Maggie Pierce Profile
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| 24 October 31 | is born in Detroit. Her father is Robert Pierce, an auto company executive. |
| ? | upon graduation, she trains as a nurse at New York's Bellevue Hospital for three years |
| ? | quits her nursing education to become a model |
| ? | attends a New York drama school for 18 months |
| 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..." |
| ? | gets her chance in Hollywood when movie scouts spot her in a television commercial / is discovered in a plush Beverly Hills spaghetti parlor |
| March 57 | is a "Rheingold" contest loser but gets a Paramount screen test |
| c. 59 | signs a long-term contract with MGM |
| January 59 | makes her friends wonder if she and Bob Neal will marry in Europe |
| ? | Bob Neal shifts from her to Debbie Reynolds |
| May 59 | welcomes agent Irving Lazar upon his return from Europe |
| August 59 | is seen around with actor Troy Donahue |
| September 59 | attends George Hamilton's 20th birthday gala with Buddy Bregman |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| December 59 | is photographed with Wisconsin football Badgers Bob Zeman and Jerry Stalcup, who visit her TV series set in Hollywood |
| 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" |
| January 60 | dates Sandy Whitelaw, the beau of actress Jane Fonda |
| 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 |
| June 60 | Mark Damon will take her to the Palm Springs charity premiere of The Fall of the House of Usher |
| August 60 | is seen at the Luau with Bruce Kessler |
| November 60 | does retakes with her former fiancé, Bob Neal |
| April 61 | is a new twosome with Wesley Ruggles, Jr. |
| August 61 | columnist Walter Winchell reports that she "jets from the Coast twice a month to make sure Alan Grant doesn't get lost..." |
| October 61 | Winchell thinks she and Hope Lange's brother David "act very much like the average Elopemental Case..." |
| December 61 | columnist Harrison Carroll notes her at the Crescendo in a party with Glenn Ford, David Lange, and Joanna Moore |
| 62 | writer Richard Matheson will remember her being terrible while filming Tales of Terror |
| May 63 | is seen out with actress Hope Lange's brother David, a writer |
| c. 66 | marries real estate billionaire Jerry Minskoff in Las Vegas |
| October 66 | her husband Minskoff establishes Nevada residence for a divorce. Columnist Walter Winchell writers: “We had him wed too early to Maggie Pierce.” |
| 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." |
| February 67 | Winchell reports her to be the secret Vegas bride of trillionaire J. Minskoff |
| c. 24 May 67 | her first daughter is born in New York |
| Late January 77 | she and her husband are noted dining at Trader's Vic with Lynn Redgrave and her husband |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 05 | as Maggie P. Minskoff, she resides in New York |
| 5 April 10 | dies at age 78 in Ridgefield, Connecticut |
| 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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