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(Patricia Betsy Hrunek)
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| 1 November 26 |
is born in East Chicago, Indiana, of Czechoslovakian descent to Rudolph V. Hrunek, an industrial chemist, and his wife, Mary L. Hrunek, who operates a business school
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works as a stenographer with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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| 49 |
graduates from DePaul University with a bachelor’s decree in dramatic arts
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changes her name to Betsy Palmer, using her mother’s maiden name
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is in Chicago summer stock with Imogene Coca and Mady Christians
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| c. 50 |
is crowned “Miss Liberty”
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| 51 |
moves to New York and starts theater work
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| 8 May 54 |
marries Dr. Vincent “Vinnie” Joseph Merendino, a New York gynecologist and obstetrician. He’s 37; she’s 26.
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is in Broadway’s floppish Grand Prize
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| 56 |
the Merendinos reside in Greenwich Village
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| May 56 |
she and her husband visit Jamaica
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| August 56 |
is a panelist on “Masquerade Party”
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| October 56 |
columnist Earl Wilson tells that Linda Darnell will replace her on “Masquerade Party”
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rejects a third Columbia script, risking suspension
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| 57 |
starts as a panelist on “I’ve Got a Secret” as a substitute for Faye Emerson
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| June 58 |
the Merendinos buy a Georgian house in Englewood, New Jersey
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| Fall 62 |
her daughter Melissa, “Missy,” is born
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| 65 |
is in a revival of South Pacific
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| March 66 |
Earl Wilson notes her and her husband “armed in arm to Girl Talk to spike separation rumors...”
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| April 66 |
tours the States in Peter Pan
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| January 68 |
stars in Broadway’s Cactus Flower
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| 71 |
divorces Merendino after 19 years of marriage. He will die at age 90 in New Jersey in 2007.
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moves to Rowayton, Connecticut
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| December 77 |
is on the New York stage opposite Don Murray in Same Time, Next Year
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attends the Asheville Film Festival in Asheville, North Carolina
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Sources:
Sunday Times Signal, The Post-Standard, The Lima News, The Daily Gleaner, Syracuse Herald-Journal, The Hammond Times, The Daily Herald, Bucks County Courier and Bucks County Times, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, www.Ancestry.com |
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