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(Joan May Blackman)
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| 17 May 38 |
is born into San Francisco society. Her mother's maiden name is Pugh.
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| December 56 |
is Frank Sinatra's public uh-huney. Together they attend the premiere of Anastasia.
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| April 57 |
Photoplay's Sidney Skolsky wagers that she will be a star next year
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is out with Frank Sinatra
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| February 59 |
plans to marry fellow actor Joby Baker in April in San Francisco
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| 24 May 59 |
marries Baker
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| June 59 |
she and Baker reach an out-of-court settlement on the $50,000 damage suit they filed after a car crash about a year ago
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| January 60 |
studies dancing with Marge and Gower Champion
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divorces Baker
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| January 61 |
her performance in The Great Impostor impresses preview audiences so splendidly that Universal wants her to do remakes of old Hedy Lamarr films
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| January 61 |
recently divorced, she finds actor Hampton Fancher III
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| February 61 |
is most unhappy because her studio-scheduled exploitation tour for The Great Impostor will mean a separation from Fancher
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| May 61 |
Elvis Presley seems to prefer her over all of the other beauties he is dating
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| October 64 |
consoles Fancher about his upcoming divorce from actress Sue Lyon
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| September 66 |
she and Fancher resume dating again
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| 66 |
is very close to Elvis while filming Blue Hawaii
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| 7 July 68 |
marries Rockne W. Tarkington in Los Angeles. He's 36; she's 30.
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| October 70 |
divorces Tarkington in Los Angeles
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Sources:
Mansfield News-Journal, Photoplay, The Lancaster Eagle-Gaze, The Lima News, Nevada State Journal, The Coshocton Tribune, "Darlene Tompkins" in Drive-In Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti, www.Ancestry.com |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Elvis' Women |
