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(Patricia Ann Priest)
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| 15 August 36 |
is born in Bountiful, Utah, to Roy Fletcher Priest and his wife Ivy Baker Priest, one of three children
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| c. 50 |
her mother produces road shows in Utah
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her mother runs for the Utah State Legislature
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| Early 53 |
when her mother becomes treasurer of the United States, she moves with her family to Washington, D.C., settling in Arlington, Virginia
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attends Marjorie Webster Junior College
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| 53 |
is introduced at the Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball in Washington, D.C.
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| 21 December 53 |
her parents give a dinner dance for her at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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| October 53 |
is chosen to reign as queen at the President’s Cup Regatta in Washington D.C.
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| April 54 |
is named queen of the Norfolk Azalea Pageant
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| November 54 |
is presented in New York at the International Debutante Ball at the Plaza Hotel
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| May 55 |
is chosen queen of the Winchester / Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, to be held in April 1956
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| 7 May 55 |
in Washington, D.C., her parents announce that she is betrothed to White House Navy Aide Lieutenant Commander Pierce Andrew Jensen, Jr. They set the date of August 20, and it will be a military wedding
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| June 55 |
is reported wanting a yellow wedding party
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| 20 August 55 |
marries Jensen at the Presbyterian Church of the Pilgrims in Washington, D.C. The ceremony is performed by the Rev. Dr. Andrew Reid Bird. A reception is held at the Continental Room of the Sheraton-Park Hotel. She is given in marriage by her father. Mary-Stuart Montague Price is maid of honor. The bridesmaids are her sister Nancy Ellen Priest, Joan Brownell, Dana Dewey, Ann Monsees and Lenna Green. After a wedding trip in the South, the couple will make their home in Arlington, Virginia. Jensen is an alumnus of Annapolis and holds a B.S. decree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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| 56? |
her son Pierce, Jr., is born
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| ? |
enrolls in Jeff Corey’s acting class
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| February 58 |
is on stage at the Alameda Little Theater in Bus Stop
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| 18 May 60 |
her son Lance P. is born in California
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| 64 |
is a regular in “The Bob Hope Show”
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the Jensens reside in Sherman Oaks, California
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| October 64 |
is reported joining the “Valentine’s Day” show
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| December 64 |
promotes all-purpose nesting tables in local newspapers
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| 31 December 64 |
debuts in “The Munsters,” replacing Beverley Owen
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| 65 |
her son Pierce, Jr., does a pet food commercial
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| June 65 |
her sister, Nancy Ellen Priest, becomes engaged to Dr. John A. Valenzuela, nephew of the late president of Colombia, Herrera Valenzuela
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| August 65 |
is pictured frolicking in plastic snow at Universal Studios
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| September 66 |
columnist Walter Winchell reports: “Pat Priest (Ivy Baker’s “Munster” dghtr) spooking Texas oilionaire S. West at the Copenhagen...”
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| October 66 |
is signed to co-star in Easy Come, Easy Go
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| January 67 |
attends Governor Ronald Reagan’s Inaugural Ball in Sacramento with her mother
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| May 68 |
divorces Jensen in Los Angeles
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| 72 |
resides in Tarzana, California
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| August 72 |
is active at the Republican National Convention
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| October 74 |
sells opportunity tickets at the Royal Luncheon held at the Beverly Hilton’s International Room
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| 23 June 75 |
her mother dies at age 69 in Los Angeles
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| 5 December 81 |
marries Frederick L. Hansing in Riverside County, California. He’s 57; she 45.
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| 80s |
the Hansings move to Idaho
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| ? |
as Patricia Priest Hansing, she resides with her husband in Buhl, Idaho
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Sources:
Drive-in Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti, The New York Times, The Times Recorder, Mansfield News-Journal, Statesville Daily Record, Dixon Evening Telegraph, Austin Daily Herald, Oakland Tribune, The Valley Independent, San Fernando Valley Living, The Syracuse Newspapers, www.Ancestry.com |
Recommended Books:
The Munsters by Stephen Cox
Drive-in Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti |
Links:
Filmography
Pat Priest at Elvis' Women |
