Wanda McKay Profile

Wanda McKay

	(Dorothy E. / W. Quackenbush)
22 June 15	is born in Portland, Oregon, to Guy G. and Ethel E. Quackenbush, nee Shields
20	the Quackenbushes reside in Salem, Oregon
38	wins fame as a hostess model for TWA when crowned “Miss American Aviation” in Birmingham, Alabama
39	is chosen as one of the ten most beautiful models in the country by photographers in New York
c. 39	is guest of honor at the “Miss America” pageant in Atlantic City
June 39	is signed to a Hollywood contract
January 40	is hailed the “Most Kissed Girl in Hollywood“
June 40	columnist Louella Parsons reveals: “Wanda McKay is dividing her time between Marshall Duffield and John Howard...”
March 41	columnist John Truesdell reports: “Hedy Lamarr and Wanda McKay, the Paramount starlet, are drawing straws for John Howard...”
June 41	shows a lot of interest in John Howard
?	marries Ben Roscoe
November 41	columnist Jimmy Fiedler knows: “The Ben Roscoes (Wanda McKay) are on Sgt. Stork’s list...”
10 December 41	her son, Richard Wallace, is born in Los Angeles
?	divorces Roscoe
May 57	is noted at the Gourmet Beverly with Paul Ellis, ex-admirer of Joy Windsor
August 65	becomes a grandmother for a second time
January 77	is reported traveling with her boyfriend, songwriter-actor Hoagy Carmichael
20 May 77	marries Howard W., “Hoagy,” Carmichael in Palm Springs, California. He’s 77; she’s 61. The press gives her age as 52.
27 December 81	becomes the widow of Carmichael, who dies at age 82 of heart ailment at the Eisenhower Memorial Center in Rancho Mirage, California
11 April 96	as Dorothy McKay Carmichael, she dies at age 80 in Rancho Mirage, California, of cancer
?	is interred at the Garden of Honor, Columbarium of Courage, niche G1228, Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Glendale, California

Sources: The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Oakland Tribune, Nevada State Journal, The Vidette-Messenger, The Times Recorder, The Daily Courier, The News, www.Ancestry.com, www.Findagrave.com
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