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Karen Randle Profile
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| (Lena Belle McCarrick) |
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| 2 March 22 | is born in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, to William E. McCarrick and Clara L. Johnson |
| 39 | is "Miss Oklahoma" and 1st runner-up to "Miss USA" |
| ? | attends Oklahoma State University |
| ? | is "Homecoming Queen" for the Beta Fraternity |
| 43 | models and works at Grauman's Chinese Theater |
| 45 | helps her cousin, Eugene Worley, of Texas, in his successful congressional campaign. Worley tips off producer Walter Wanger to her photogenic qualities. |
| January 45 | is among seven starlets selected as the “best bets” for screen stardom in 1945. The others are Kerry Vaughn, Daun Kennedy, Kathleen O’Malley, Barbara Bates, Poni Adams, and Joan Trent. |
| March 45 | as Karen Randall, she is reported to have been discovered by producer Walter Wanger in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, a community of less than 1,000 souls |
| April 45 | as Karen Randall, she’s reported being a cousin of Congressman Gene Worley |
| May 45 | is noted dining at the Derby with Joan Crawford’s brother, Hal LeSueur |
| 1 December 45 | marries Patrick Francis Donnelly |
| 16 July 46 | her daughter, Kerry Maureen, is born |
| 29 September 49 | divorces Donnelly in Los Angeles |
| ? | marries Phil King |
| 9 October 54 | rumors of her death by a heart attack circulate - later disclosed to be an error her sister, Mrs. Tamara (Son) King, related to others. She misread a telegram stating Lena's best friend had died. |
| January 55 | marries Dr. Hal Waugh Smith |
| ? | she and Smith adopt their son William Glenn Neal, born November 24, 1947 |
| ? | she and Smith adopt their son Raymond Gary Wayne Neal, born July 5, 1949 |
| 63 | divorces Smith |
| ? | moves to Oklahoma City |
| ? | marries Mr. Pruitt |
| ? | becomes a nurse, then a medical technician, helping her brother, Dr. Harold Lee McCarrick, at his osteopathic clinic |
| 80 | she and her brother face legal troubles concerning narcotics charges |
| 7 August 84 | her brother dies |
| 2 April 00 | dies at age 78 |
| Sources: Cathy Ellis, Samuel Clemens, The Vidette-Messenger, Waterloo Sunday Courier, Salamanca Republican-Press, The Amarillo Daily News, The Lowell Sun, www.Ancestry.com | |
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