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Cynthia Pepper Profile
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| 4 September 40 | is born in Hollywood to Jack and Dawn Pepper, nee Stanton. Her father's a nightclub performer and vaudevillian and the first husband of actress Ginger Rogers; her mother's a retired dancer who once worked for producer Billy Rose. |
| ? | debuts on Broadway at age 4 |
| ? | attends Hollywood High |
| 50 | has an uncredited part in Cheaper by the Dozen |
| 55 | James Dean wishes her a happy fifteenth birthday |
| ? | models for Conover |
| April 60 | marries Mervyn L. "Buck" Edwards in Los Angeles. He's 23; she's 19. |
| September 61 | when Ginger Rogers is shooting a pilot film in the same studio where Cynthia is doing "Margie," Cynthia introduces herself to her father's ex-wife. The two get along famously, lunching together frequently while they are working near to one another. |
| November 61 | is among 12 finalists in the annual Deb Star Ball sponsored by the Hollywood Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Union. The others are: Mary Jane Saunders, Noreen Corcoran, Cheryl Holdridge, Mikki Jameson, Ann Del Guercio, Dolores Faith, Darlene Tompkins, Angela Dorian, Joan Staley, Maurine Dawson, and Cynthia Lynn. |
| June 62 | 20th Century-Fox is reported planning a new TV series for her |
| 63 | is let go by Fox due to the financial debacle of Cleopatra |
| 64 | becomes good friends with fellow actress Yvonne Craig during the filming of Kissin’ Cousins |
| is in Rome for a month to film the television pilot "Three Coins in the Fountain." Her co-stars are Joanna Moore and Yvonne Craig. After filming, she and Yvonne travel to Florence, Venice, Vienna, Paris, and London. |
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| 65 | does a pilot for "Sally and Sam," which goes unsold |
| 18 August 65 | her son, Michael L., is born in Los Angeles |
| July 68 | divorces Edwards in Los Angeles |
| 6 September 69 | marries James M. Pazillo in Los Angeles. He's 30; she's 28. |
| 00 | appears at autograph shows and some Elvis gatherings with his other leading ladies |
| ? | as Cynthia A. Pazillo, she has addresses in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Beaverton, Oregon |
| 6 October 23 | attends The Hollywood Show |
| Sources: Drive-In Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti, The Salina Journal, Oakland Tribune, The Abilene Reporter-News, The Fresno Bee, Record-Eagle, www.Ancestry.com | |
| Recommended Books: Drive-In Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti Pigtails, Presley & Pepper: A Hollywood Memoir by Cynthia Pepper | |
| Links: Filmography | |