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(Abigail Francine Lassman)
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| 1 December 32/35 |
is born in Brooklyn, New York
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begins a career on the radio as a child star and then moves on as a song-and-dance girl on Broadway
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| 52 |
marries bandleader and "Rumba King" Xavier Cugat, the ex of actress Carmen Castillo. He is more than 30 years her senior.
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| 55 |
with Cugat, she’s on the cover of his album "Bread, Love and Cha Cha Cha"
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| 56 |
blonde haired, she graces the cover of Cugat's "The Best of Cugat" on Mercury Records
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| January 57 |
does promotions with Peter Ustinov on location somewhere in Europe
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| 58 |
is the queen of the last annual masked ball of the Art Students League of New York
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| 59 |
issues her record album "Be Mine Tonight" with Tito Punte and His Orchestra
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| 63 |
divorces Cugat. He will marry actress Charo in 1964.
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| 64 |
marries Perry Leff
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| March 65 |
gives Leff diamond cufflinks as a wedding gift
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lives at 444 N. Faring Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077
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| 93 |
publishes an autobiographic novel, But Where is Love, with Warner Books, New York. It’s the story of a poor New York teenager who is molded into the hottest Latin singing star of the decade by a suave, charismatic bandleader.
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Sources:
Screen World, Screen Stories, Web sites |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Java's Bachelor Pad |
