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(Norabelle Jean Roth)
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| 4 April 24 |
is born in Wenatchee, Washington. Her father owns a Coca-Cola bottling plant; her mother is a teacher.
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| 36 |
on a cruise to Honolulu, she meets actor Charles Boyer
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| 42 |
is "Apple Blossom Queen" in Wenatchee
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| 42 |
is spotted by Warner Brothers talent scout Solly Biano at age 17, while promoting Washington apples in Hollywood
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| ? |
is accepted at Stanford University at the time Bob Hope’s agent, Louis Schurr, sees her at the Brown Derby and signs her
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| October 42 |
meets and starts a whirlwind romance with Dr. Lee Siegel, the medical doctor at 20th Century-Fox
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| November 42 |
marries Siegel six weeks after meeting him, in Las Vegas, shortly before he is drafted
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| c. 43 |
models with young Marilyn Monroe
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becomes close friends on the MGM lot with Kay Williams (Spreckles), who will later marry Clark Gable
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| 45 |
changes her professional name while filming The Southerner
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| c. 45 |
her first son is born
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| 47 |
shoots The Adventures of Casanova at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City
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| Early 50s |
her family and the Zanucks go to Palm Springs every weekend
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| 80 |
writes By Love Fulfilled, a historical novel
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| c. 89 |
becomes the widow of Siegel after 47 years of marriage
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| 7 August 01 |
marries the ex of actress Audra Lindley, actor James Whitmore, at Whitmore’s home in Malibu, California
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Sources:
Screen Sirens Scream! by Paul Parla and Charles P. Mitchell, Ladies of the Western by Michael G. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Noreen Nash at Wanted Cowgirls |
