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(Betty Jean Striegler)
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| 26 November 29 |
is born in Hawthorne, California. Her mother's maiden name is Rauson.
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| 39 |
is offered a small part in The Wizard of Oz, but has to decline because her family is going on vacation
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| 39 |
is in Destry Rides Again as a little girl singing Marlene Dietrich's song "Little Joe"
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| 40 |
does an Our Gang short
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| 44 |
is in Jane Eyre
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| c. 45 |
makes her Broadway debut in Carousel on her sixteenth birthday
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| c. 51 |
the stage production of South Pacific brings her to London, where she meets British actor Peter Grant
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| 27 November 52 |
marries Grant at London’s Caxton Hall registry office. He’s 28; she’s 21.
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| 56 |
the Grants settle in Hollywood
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| 56 |
films Tarzan and the Lost Safari at the Elstree Studios in Surrey, England
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| 6 February 56 |
attends the Royal Premiere of Helen of Troy at the Warner Brothers Cinema at Leicester Square, London, with Gordon Scott
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Sources:
Tom Weaver, Picture Show Annual, www.britishpathe.com, The New York Times, www.Ancestry.com |
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