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Joan Blackman Profile
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| (Joan May Blackman) |
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| 17 May 38 | is born into San Francisco society. Her mother's maiden name is Pugh. |
| December 56 | is Frank Sinatra's public uh-huney. Together they attend the premiere of Anastasia. |
| April 57 | Photoplay's Sidney Skolsky wagers that she will be a star next year |
| is out with Frank Sinatra |
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| February 59 | plans to marry fellow actor Joby Baker in April in San Francisco |
| 24 May 59 | marries Baker |
| June 59 | she and Baker reach an out-of-court settlement on the $50,000 damage suit they filed after a car crash about a year ago |
| January 60 | studies dancing with Marge and Gower Champion |
| ? | divorces Baker |
| January 61 | her performance in The Great Impostor impresses preview audiences so splendidly that Universal wants her to do remakes of old Hedy Lamarr films |
| January 61 | recently divorced, she finds actor Hampton Fancher III |
| February 61 | is most unhappy because her studio-scheduled exploitation tour for The Great Impostor will mean a separation from Fancher |
| 61 | is very close to Elvis Presley while filming Blue Hawaii |
| May 61 | Elvis Presley seems to prefer her over all of the other beauties he is dating |
| October 64 | consoles Fancher about his upcoming divorce from actress Sue Lyon |
| September 66 | she and Fancher resume dating again |
| 7 July 68 | marries Rockne W. Tarkington in Los Angeles. He's 36; she's 30. |
| October 70 | divorces Tarkington in Los Angeles |
| Sources: Mansfield News-Journal, Photoplay, The Lancaster Eagle-Gaze, The Lima News, Nevada State Journal, The Coshocton Tribune, "Darlene Tompkins" in Drive-In Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti, www.Ancestry.com | |
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