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(Joan Lynette McConchie)
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| 20 May 40 |
is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to James Kenneth McConchie and his wife Jean Alexander McConchie, nee Fraser
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| c. 43 |
starts taking violin lessons when three years old
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joins Carl Moldiam’s Baby Orchestra in Los Angeles
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becomes a member of Peter Meremblum’s Junior Symphony at age five and plays the Hollywood Bowl at age six
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| 48 |
makes her film debut in The Emperor Waltz at age 8
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spends her high school days with her father in France, where he is stationed
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enrolls briefly at Chapman College in Orange, California
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marries Chuck Staley and relocates with him to Memphis
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sings and does backups on some records for Sam Phillips
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returns to Los Angeles and works as a secretary by day and does theater work at night, performing at the Music Box Theatre, on the corner of Hollywood and La Brea
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| 58 |
Lawrence Schiller, an acquaintance of hers and a photographer with Life magazine, asks her about posing for Playboy
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| November 58 |
is Playboy’s "Playmate of the Month"
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meets Hugh Hefner at a cocktail party in Los Angeles after her photos are published
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| 9 April 59 |
her daughter Sherrye D. is born in Los Angeles
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| Early 60s |
divorces Staley
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| 61 |
her part in Breakfast at Tiffany’s ends mainly on the cutting room floor
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is signed to a contract by MGM
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| 62 |
is voted a Hollywood Deb Star
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| February 65 |
is Watusiing with Sammy Jackson, Kathy Nolan’s love interest
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| 66 |
is doing a song for Gunpoint, filmed with Audie Murphy in St.George, Utah
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after the filming of The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, she is injured in a horseback riding accident
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| 14 January 67 |
marries Frederic Dale Sheets, a former MCA Universal executive, in Los Angeles. He's 37; she's 26. He brings three children, Linda, Patti, and Vickie, from his marriage to singer Anita Gordon
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| 69 |
her husband leaves Universal and forms International Ventures Incorporated, a theatrical personal management company
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their children Stephanie, Greg, and Dina are born
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becomes national director of Fight Inflation Together (FIT) for two years
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Sources:
Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema by Tom Lisanti, Movie Life, www.Ancestry.com |
Recommended Books:
Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema by Tom Lisanti |
Links:
Filmography
Batman TV Tribute Site: Joan Staley |
