Danica D'Hondt Profile

Danica D'Hondt

29 May 39	is born in London, United Kingdom
?	attends the University of British Columbia
November 55	competes for the title of "Homecoming Queen" at the University of British Columbia
16 January 56	stars in a stage production of George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah at the University of British Columbia
28 January 56	The Province names her the "Calendar Girl" for February
December 56	wins the Ad Sales Club's "Million Dollar Baby" contest
19 March 57	The Vancouver Sun reports that "she Danica D'Hondt will spend easter weekend in Paris with her aunt, Countess De Schoene
3 August 57	The Vancouver Sun reports that she will be having a "leading role in a new comedy in Guilford, England."
March 58	stars in a stage production of Theater Under the Stars at the Georgia Auditorium
July 58	is chosen to represent British Columbia in the Miss Canada pageant
16 August 58	is crowned Miss Canada in Hamilton, Ontario in a field of 25 contestants. She receives $1,000 scholarship and will compete in the Miss America pageant.
6 September 58	reads a monologue from "The White Cliffs" in the talent competition of the Miss America Pageant. She will not win the pageant.
18 October 58	Marie Moreau writes that "Even a Miss Canada Danica D'Hondt has to diet to keep her figure."
21 October 58	appears in Eaton's Television Department
?	attends the Walter Thornton School of Modeling
28 January 61	says regarding her role in Living Venus (1961) that "In ten days as a star, I vetoed a proposal to act in the nude, almost died in my suicide scene and ended up $280 in the red on a $350-a-week salary."
	marries Paul Robertson Ellsworth in New York
June 61	is featured in CBC Times
12 February 62	her daughter, Mireille C, is born
64	turns down the role of Ginger in Gilligan's Island (1964). The role will go to Tina Louise.
August 64	is set to star in a stage production of William Shakespeare's Othello, but falls ill before the premiere. She is replaced by Adrienne Ellis.
17 September 67	her daughter, Corinne V, is born
30 April 69	her son, Ivan M, is born
June 70	divorces Ellsworth
27 November 71	marries Nello J Olivo
January 73	is the director of Who's Happy Now? at the PACT Theater in North Hollywood
February 73	is the director of Emperor Henry IV at the PACT Theater in North Hollywood
5 January 76	her daughter, America Athene, is born. She will become actress America Olivo.
15 July 85	her son, Austin Jonathan, is born
96	writes and publishes Make Fashion Magic
21 July 04	Michelle Flood writes "Danica D'Hondt of Cameron Park will be exploring the mysteries behind Dan Brown's runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code at an upcoming dinner."
October 23	is featured in Classic Images

Sources: Mountain Democrat, The Province, The Vancouver Sun, Nanaimo Daily News, MACLEAN'S, Los Angeles Times, Danica Olivo, Ancestry.com
Recommended Books: Down and Dirty: Hollywood's Exploitation Filmmakers and Their Movies by Mike Quarles Make Fashion Magic by Shell Kepler and Danica D'Hondt Nothing Bad Happens, Ever by Joan Fountain, Stan Zenk, and Danica D'Handt
Links: Filmography