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(Joan Louise Welton)
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| 5 August 30 |
is born in San Francisco, California. Her father’s a lawyer at the Jeweler’s Board of Trade.
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her mother dies when she is six; she is raised by her grandmother
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takes piano and singing lessons as a child
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attends Galileo High School
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works for a telephone company at age 16
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sings in the chorus of the San Francisco Grand Opera Company
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| 52 |
producer Stanley Rubin spots her in one of Civic Light Opera founder Edwin Lester’s season shows and screen tests her for 20th Century-Fox
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while singing with a Los Angeles opera company, she is spotted by a talent scout
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with actor Peter Lawford and her friend, literary agent Alain Bernheim, she attends a benefit party where she meets Jack Warner’s son-in-law, producer Bill Orr
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since 20th Century-Fox isn’t signing singers, she gets a contract with Warner Brothers. Bill Orr changes her name to Weldon.
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| 53 |
together with Vera Miles, she’s considered for House of Wax, but Phyllis Kirk gets the part
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| 54 |
befriends bit player Mary Alan Hokanson while filming Them! Later, they will meet frequently in New York.
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her singing scene opposite Tony Martin in Deep in My Heart ends on the cutting room floor
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| 54 |
attends the premiere of her movie The Command, at the Pantages, with Barbara Warner, Jack Warner’s daughter
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| September 54 |
is around when Sarah Churchill and her husband Tony Beauchamp visit Hollywood
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| 26 December 54 |
is off to Acapulco with a group of people. When Warner Brothers learns about it, she is sued for breach of contract, which does not expire until December 31. Extremely unhappy, she gains 20 pounds.
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| December 55 |
sings with Jimmy McHugh
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| September 59 |
she and fellow actor Hugh O'Brian are on hand in Chicago to congratulate columnist Louella Parsons on receiving her doctorate from Quincey College
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| Late 50s |
leaves Hollywood to tour with The Music Man
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stars on Broadway opposite Alfred Drake in Kean
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opens the State Theatre in New York City performing the “If I Loved You” scene from Carousel with John Raitt
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tours with Fess Parker in Oklahoma
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| 66 |
marries eye surgeon Dr. David Podell and settles in New York City
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| c. 67 |
is the lead in the stage production of The Merry Widow at the State Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York
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| 68 |
her daughter, Melissa, is born. She will become a fashion executive.
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| 80 |
is on stage for the last time with The Desert Song in Sacramento
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| 90s |
her address is 67 E 78th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Sources:
Picture Show’s Who’s Who, Filmfax, I Was a Monster Movie Maker by Tom Weaver, Picture Show Annual 1955, Modern Screen, www.Ancestry.com |
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Links:
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