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(Adelaida Delgado)
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| 28 April 23 / 25 |
is born in Highland Park, Michigan. Her brother is future actor Luis Delgado.
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wins dance lessons as a movie theater door prize at age 6
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starts dancing at age 8
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is spotted by Xavier Cugat at age 12 or 13
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sings and dances with Cugat’s orchestra in Detroit at age 15
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leaves high school and goes with her brother to New York
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Cugat signs her to a contract when he opens in New York City
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performs at the Copacabana
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| c. 41 |
is working in Florida when she is spotted by a Columbia talent scout. She journeys to Hollywood and is signed by Columbia.
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| 42 |
loses the part of Ada in The Moon and Sixpence to Elena Verdugo
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leaves Columbia at age 18
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is voted "Pinup Girl of the Year" in a poll held by Yank magazine
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| 44 |
teaches John Wayne how to jitterbug for his upcoming The Fighting Seabees
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| 24 April 44 |
is put under contract at Republic
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| c. 45 |
feels that Herbert J. Yates takes more than a fatherly interest in her and could have boosted her career if his wife, actress Vera Ralston, hadn’t absorbed so much of Republic’s publicity budget
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| September 50 |
becomes serious with fellow actor Forrest Tucker
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| 25 June 51 |
is dropped by Republic
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| c. 54 |
marries industrial engineer-turned-writer, creator, producer, and later TV mogul, Roy Huggins
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| 2 May 60 |
her son Thomas R. is born in Los Angeles
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| 29 October 61 |
her son John F. is born in Los Angeles
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| 1 March 63 |
her son James P. is born in Los Angeles
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arranges to have her parents live with her until they pass away
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| 3 April 03 |
becomes the widow of Huggins
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Sources:
Ladies of the Western by Michael G. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers, Classic Images, Motion Picture, www.IMDb.com, www.Ancestry.com |
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