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Marcia Henderson Profile
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| 22 July 29 | is born in Andover, Massachusetts, to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Henderson. Her grandfather is County Commissioner John Henderson. |
| 50 | makes her Broadway debut as Wendy in Peter Pan, starring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff |
| is a Theatre World Award winner, for her performance in Peter Pan |
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| c. 50 | marries Robert Brodsky in New York |
| 51 | her parents live on Meacham Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts |
| November 51 | returns to the stage, joining the National Theatre Company cast of The Moon is Blue in Washington, D.C., replacing Coleen Gray in the leading feminine role |
| ? | is on stage in The Moon is Blue when spotted by a Universal-International talent scout |
| January 52 | she and her ex-mate, Robert Brodsky, coo again over long-distance. Columnist Water Winchell expects them to remerge. |
| Summer 52 | she and Brodsky separate |
| December 53 | checks into Las Vegas to establish a six-week residence for a divorce from Brodsky |
| December 54 | is okay after minor surgery |
| April 55 | is said to be Frank Sinatra’s real insomnia |
| June 55 | she and Peggy Connelly are Frank Sinatra's new girls for every other night. She is Peter Lawford's girlfriend on his television show. |
| September 56 | replaces Kathryn Grant, the new love interest of Bing Crosby, in a television film scheduled to start September 11. There are marriage rumors, but Kathryn doesn’t answer her phone. |
| Christmas 56 | spends the holidays with her parents in Williamstown. While there, two of her films, The Naked Hills and Canyon River, are shown in local theaters. |
| July 57 | is reported a coosome at Ciro’s with dancer-actor Gene Nelson |
| July 58 | flies to Las Vegas to catch Duke Lloyd’s performance in Ed Sullivan’s act at the Desert Inn. Duke is Harold Lloyd’s son. |
| 7 September 61 | marries actor Robert Ivers. He's 26; she's 32. |
| 26 May 62 | her daughter Mallory Anne is born in Los Angeles. She will become A&E Television Networks managing producer Mallory Cangialosi and die at age 43 in Westport, Connecticut, in 2005. |
| 14 August 63 | her daughter Alenda Michael is born in Los Angeles |
| 72 | moves with her family to Yakima, Washington |
| 23 November 87 | as Marcia Prestlien, she dies at age 58 in Yakima, Washington. Her husband and her two daughters survive. Ivers will die at age 68 in 2003 in Yakima, Washington. |
| Sources: The Berkshire Evening Eagle, Chronicle-Telegram, The Lethbridge Herald, Humboldt Standard, The Zanesville Signal, Pottswtown Mercury, Motion Picture, The Post-Standard, Syracuse Herald-Journal, The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Picture Show Annual 1955, www.Ancestry.com | |
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