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(Joyce Crowder)
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| 14 September 32 |
is born in Taylorville, Illinois. Her father is a singer with his own radio show in St. Louis.
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sings at the Lake Club in Springfield, Illinois
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| c. 47 |
signs with Mercury Records at age 15
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| March 54 |
sings on "The Walter Wichell Show." Soon after, Winchell gets a phone call from Walter Kane asking for her.
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is put under contract by billionaire Howard Hughes; then Hughes puts the contract on hold
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meets Hughes for the first time at RKO and for the second time on an empty sound stage, where he stays in the dark, unseen by her
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Hughes places her with her mother and sisters in a home in Bel Air
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accompanied by chaperones, she goes with Hughes to Palm Springs and Florida
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| 57 |
is to be in Ten Thousand Bedrooms opposite Dean Martin, when Howard Hughes makes his attorney, Greg Bautzer, cease her contract. As a result, producer Joseph Pasternak has to drop her. A week later, Bautzer again offers her a contract for $3,500 a week, but she declines.
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| September 58 |
entertains at the St. Elisabeth's Parish of Van Nuys Hawaiian luau, held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Bisaccio, 14947 Hamlin Street, Van Nuys
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| May 60 |
promotes a do-it-yourself shuffleboard game in local newspapers
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| June 60 |
promotes a barbecue pit in local newspapers
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| September 60 |
director Andrew Stone casts her for his Ring of Fire after testing 14 girls
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| January 63 |
is off to Lake Arrowhead for location filming of William Castle's The Candy Web
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| 63 |
does an unsold pilot for director-producer William Castle, "The 13th Gate"
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is in the pilot for "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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her son is born
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has her own publishing company, Joyce Taylor Music, and writes for other recording artists
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| 96 |
makes her home in Colorado writing poetry
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| 08 |
as Joyce C. Taylor, she resides in Minnesota
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Sources:
Samuel Clemens, Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures by Tom Weaver, Van Nuys News, Reno Evening Gazette, The Odessa American, The Valley Independent, www.IMDb.com |
Recommended Books:
Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures by Tom Weaver |
Links:
Filmography |
