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Theona Bryant Profile
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| (Theona Irene Pearce) |
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| 23 May 31 | is born the second daughter of Frank Wesley Pearce and Edith Louise Dunn Pearce of Salisbury, Maryland, and of Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina |
| ? | is secretary to North Carolina Governor William B. Umstead |
| 50 | marries Everett C. Bryant, Jr. (Gabby) of High Point, North Carolina |
| ? | becomes a Powers model |
| ca. December 50 | her daughter, Karen Leigh, is born |
| is the "And away we go" girl on "The Jackie Gleason Show" |
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| Summer 54 | promotes 20th Century-Fox's upcoming The Egyptian in several US cities by strolling down the street costumed as a harem beauty with a tame cheetah on a leash |
| c. 55 | divorces Bryant, Jr. |
| April 55 | is screen-tested by 20th Century-Fox |
| October 55 | is a model on "The Johnny Carson Show." The other "Carson Cuties" are Phyllis Applegate, Norma Brooks, and Sally Todd. |
| May 56 | escapes injury when her small sports car is rammed by a truck in Beverly Hills |
| will be in the upcoming The Opposite Sex |
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| August 56 | columnist Louella Parsons writes: "The local belles are also casting an interested eye in the direction of Rod Taylor - but he keeps on phoning Theona Bryant in Hollywood." |
| October 56 | on a beach picnic with her, actor-photographer-sculptor Gardner McKay slips and falls down a 90-foot cliff near Ventura. She rushes him to the UCLA emergency hospital, where doctors are amazed that he escaped with only cuts and bruises. |
| November 56 | is bedded again with her mink allergy. "For an appearance in New York to ballyhoo The Opposite Sex, she took a chance with a borrowed mink wrap. By the time she planed back to Hollywood the next day, she had broken out in a rash." |
| May 57 | optioned by MGM, she's reported moving from the Studio Club to an apartment |
| July 57 | completes her most important role with Bing Crosby in Man on Fire |
| September 57 | will get a featured role in TV's "The Thin Man" |
| c. 58 | obtains a long-term contract at MGM |
| December 60 | gets around Hollywood with CBS producer Bob Lewis |
| May 61 | is a new twosome with Cliff Robertson |
| January 62 | columnist Louella Parsons tells: "When actress Theona Bryant returns to Hollywood to do more work on A Girl Named Tamiko, she'll bring with her her 8-year-old daughter, Karen. No one knew that Theona, who is very popular with the younger set, has a daughter and has been divorced for six years." |
| ? | marries Jesse Graves Yates |
| ? | divorces Yates |
| July 75 | is reported to return to television in a dramatic series |
| 28 February 21 | dies at age 89 in Raleigh, North Carolina, of pneumonia. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Leigh Bryant, of High Point and Raleigh, North Carolina; London, England; and her granddaughter, Lindsey Leigh Bryant, of Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is also survived by her two sisters Lorna Lanning of Greensboro, North Carolina; Constance Wofford of Raleigh, North Carolina; Lorna’s three children with their families, respectively, (Earl 3rd, Lorna Leigh, Cynthia Louise (Cindy) and their children); Connie’s two children and their families, respectively, (Renee, William, and their children.) |
| Sources: Anderson Daily Bulletin, The Nevada State Journal, Mansfield News Journal, The Vidette-Messenger, Indiana Evening Gazette, The Galveston News, The Coshocton Tribune, The Lima News, The Daily Review, Picture Show Annual 1958, us.imdb.com, Obituary | |
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