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(Zsuzsanna Eva Vayda / Vajda)
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is born in Budapest, Hungary, to a textile manufacturer and his wife
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she and her parents escape from Communist Hungary
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in Eisenstadt, Austria, the Vajdas are put into the “filthiest, dirtiest, most rotten refugee camp in the world”
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settles with her family in Toronto, Canada
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graduates from high school in Toronto
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a suave French producer, Marcel Goddart, signs her for a commercial film for Canadian Airlines to be made in Mexico
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the film becomes such a sensation that she is asked to stay in Mexico and do a television show and two further movies
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has her television show “La Hora Nescafe” and three parts in movies with no knowledge of the language
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while her career in Mexico is at its peak, she is offered a contract by Columbia Studios, but she turns it down
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when her patron-discoverer, Marcel Goddart dies, reportedly a suicide, she returns to Toronto
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| Early 61 |
conceives the idea of an all-night radio show over station CKFH in Toronto, called “Overnight With Overseas,” interviewing celebrities and playing records
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| 61 |
contacts agent Paul Kohner, who invites her to Hollywood, where director Henry Koster tests her for the part of the bikini girl in his Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
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20th Century-Fox changes her name to Valerie Varda. Her measurements are 38-19-37.
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| May 62 |
will be tournament queen at the fourth annual World Entertainment Tournament at Long Beach Recreation Course on June 9 and 10
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| July 62 |
columnist Walter Winchell reports her to be "Pageant mag's addition to feminudity"
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| November 62 |
is the Hungarian girlfriend of Jacqueline Beer in "The Catspaw Caper" segment of "77 Sunset Strip"
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| December 62 |
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen tells: “Musician Ray Anthony has found himself a fresh curvaceous cutie. She's Valerie Varda, who wants to be an actress, and she and Ray absolutely adore each other...”
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| January 63 |
ballyhoos A New Kind of Love, in which she invades the Dodger Stadium press section
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| Mid-December 63 |
is in Los Angeles court on a charge of accepting unemployment insurance when she was actually employed. She says she misunderstood questions on an unemployment insurance card. The case is continued.
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| February 65 |
columnist Harrison Carroll tells: “New twosome: Valerie Varda and Richard Ney. I thought Valerie had been having a few quiet dates with Marlon Brando...”
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| March 65 |
columnist Louella Parsons knows: “David Hedison, who used to be Maria Cooper’s favorite Hollywood escort, has bought George Peppard’s former house. And he has a new girlfriend, Valerie Varda, who is under contract to 20th...”
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meets Los Angeles attorney Erwin Sobel across a card table at the home of friends
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| 29 August 71 |
as Valerie S. Escandon, she marries Sobel at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles. He’s 33; she’s 30.
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becomes an interior decorator
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| 3 October 75 |
her son, André Jennings, is born in Los Angeles
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| 17 December 78 |
her daughter, Simone Louise, is born in Los Angeles
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the Sobels reside in Carlsbad, California
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| 12 January 95 |
her son dies at age 19 in San Diego from a brain tumor
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| 4 January 96 |
becomes the widow of Sobel, who dies at age 57 in California
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founds the André Sobel River of Life Foundation, which will provide financial assistance to single caregivers of children with life-threatening illnesses
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| 08 |
as Valerie Varda Sobel, she resides in Beverly Hills
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Sources:
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Chronicle-Telegram, The News, Nevada State Journal, Oakland Tribune, Parade, Independent Star-News, The San Antonio Light, Long Beach Independent, The Lowell Sun, New Castle News, Classic Images, www.Ancestry.com |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation |
