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Marilee Earle Profile
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| 4 June 34 | is born in Texas to John Baylis Earle and Perla D. Earle |
| September 47 | moves from Dallas to Los Angeles |
| ? | acts in various local stage productions |
| June 51 | graduates from Santa Monica High School |
| September 51 | attends UCLA, majors in Theater Arts and belongs to Alpha Delta Pi Sorority |
| July 52 | spends the summer working at the State Fair Musicals in Dallas, Texas, playing Joan Blondell’s secretary in Call Me Madam and having a small role in Carousel |
| June 54 | writes, narrates and produces her own radio show for children in Los Angeles |
| September 56 | appears in her first film, The Ambassador’s Daughter, in Paris, France |
| 56 | continues acting lessons with Estelle Harmon in Hollywood; works in TV and radio |
| 56 | appears in Street of Sinners, co-starring George Montgomery, in New York |
| April 57 | columnist Walter Winchell announces her marriage to Leonard S. Picker, attorney and West Coast counsel for United Artists |
| May 57 | plays the ingenue lead opposite Vince Edwards in Island Woman in the Bahamas |
| September 57 | appears in Terror in a Texas Town with Sterling Hayden in Hollywood |
| January 58 | has the romantic lead in The Fearmakers, co-starring Dana Andrews, filmed in Hollywood |
| April 58 | plays Ella in The Lost Missile with Robert Loggia. She is seven months pregnant with her first child and plays a pregnant woman in the film. |
| 58 | her daughter Gina Michelle is born. Marilee chooses to retire from film and begins working on her writing career. |
| 7 December 59 | her father dies from a sudden heart attack at age 52 |
| 60 | her daughter Tamara Lynn is born in Los Angeles |
| 23 November 61 | her husband, Leonard Picker, dies from a heart attack. Three weeks later, their home burns down in the Bel Air fire. |
| 11 December 62 | marries Albert N. Zdenek, MD, a founder of Northridge Hospital, and the father of four children |
| 72 | becomes Director of Creative Worship at Bel Air Presbyterian Church with dancer/choreographer Marge Champion, actor Steve Allen, film director James Collier, and choral conductor Keith Clarke |
| September 72 | under her married name, Marilee Zdenek, co-authors the book Catch the New Wind: the Church is Alive and Dancing with dancer/choreographer Marge Champion. They are interviewed by Barbara Walters on NBC’s "Today Show" and in Newsweek, among others. They speak at churches and temples advocating innovative strategies for contemporary worship services. Marilee is invited to the Vatican with a dozen Presbyterian ministers for a conference on ecumenism, where she meets with cardinals and archbishops. |
| September 74 | co-authors the book God is a Verb! with Marge Champion, studies fiction writing with literary critic Robert Kirsch, and receives B.A. degree from International College |
| March 82 | writes a one-woman show for Carol Lawrence, Someone Special, which is performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles |
| September 82 | the text and lyrics to Someone Special are released as a coffee-table book with photographs taken by her in Israel |
| September 83 | writes The Right-Brain Experience: an Intimate Program to Free the Powers of Your Imagination, which is on the bestseller list at the Los Angeles Times and The San Francisco Chronicle. The book also sells in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Japan, published by McGraw-Hill. |
| establishes Right-Brain Resources, Inc. and becomes a keynote speaker and consultant to corporations, universities and individuals on the use of guided imagery and other right-brain techniques to enhance creative thinking for the arts, business, and personal enrichment. |
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| works with Tony and Emmy award-winning choreographer Ron Field, using guided imagery as a technique to improve dance performances |
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| January 85 | leads workshops based on The Right-Brain Experience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Lectures extensively in the United States and Europe. |
| reviews books for the Los Angeles Times |
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| September 87 | writes Inventing the Future: Advances in Imagery That Can Change Your Life and returns to The World Economic Forum to offer more presentations. Produces a series of audio programs for increasing creative thinking skills. |
| January 88 | is invited to present a seminar at the Kongresshalle in Berlin, Germany |
| April 88 | her mother dies of cancer at age 75 |
| serves as a consultant to the White House Task Force on Innovative Learning |
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| September 88 | writes a chapter for Psychiatric Clinics of North America, entitled “Right-Brain Techniques: a Catalyst for Creative Thinking and Internal Focusing" |
| March 95 | gets the rights back from McGraw Hill for her published books and establishes Two Roads Publishing. Releases her books and produces "Getting Through the Night," a set of audio programs to release negative thoughts and feelings, replacing them with healing images that invite a restful sleep. |
| April 98 | moves to Santa Barbara, California, and opens an office for Right-Brain Resources, Inc., and Two Roads Publishing in Montecito |
| April 00 | meets the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India, having produced the audio tape “The Gift of Peace” to present to him |
| January 08 | her husband, Al Zdenek, M.D., dies of cancer after a long illness |
| 09 | begins serving on the Board of Directors of Hospice of Santa Barbara |
| December 12 | completes her first novel and begins writing her memoirs |
| January 13 | prepares a seminar to be presented in Berlin, Germany, in June 2013 |
| Sources: Marilee Earle Zdenek, The New York Times, www.Ancestry.com, pro.corbis.com | |
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