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(Molly Beachboard)
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| 18 August 39/40 |
is born in Grand Coulee Dam, Washington/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother is a registered member of a tribe of Choctaw Indians.
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learns to sing and yodel from her older brother
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| 49 |
after a family move to Tucson, Arizona, Rex Allen hears her sing in a grammar school play and invites her to sing on his local radio show. William Hilden is in the audience when she performs at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and sends a letter of praise to billionaire Howard Hughes.
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goes to Hollywood as a child and is signed by vocalist Cliffie Stone to sing on his local TV show; later she becomes a member of "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show"
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| 52 |
her closest friend and classmate at Hollywood's Professional Children's School is Jimmy Boyd
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receives a Gold Record for her "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
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her first date is composer-singer-actor Stan Freberg
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| November 58 |
she and young actor Mark Damon double date with Connie Stevens and Edd Byrnes
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| 58 |
her first romance is actor-singer Tommy Sands
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| Late 50s |
should be in an Elvis picture but is committed to tour with comedian Jack Benny
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| 12 June 61 |
marries TV cameraman John Kipp in a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel. Kipp works for Los Angeles TV station KTLA.
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| 65 |
has a Grammy nomination for "Single Girl Again"
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| 68 |
marries actor Kenny Miller
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| September 69 |
her daughter, Melia Marti, is born
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| November 69 |
her divorce from Miller is granted in Las Vegas, Nevada, on grounds of incompatibility. She asks for no alimony and receives custody of their 2-month-old daughter.
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| January 70 |
waives alimony claims against Miller to win custody of their infant daughter
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loses part of her nose due to cancer
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| 70s |
lives in the Northwest
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| 31 December 86 |
marries Bob Muncy, a gift manufacturer and a close former friend of Tommy Sands, whom she met through her brother
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| Late 80s |
she, her mother, her son, her two daughters, and her fifth husband are settled in a large hillside home in Oceanside, California
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Sources:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Films Flashbacks by Tom Weaver, Whatever became of... #11 by Richard Lamparski, Movie Mirror, Indiana Evening Gazette, The Messenger, News Journal |
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