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Renate Hoy Profile
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| c. 32 | is born in Munich / Baden Baden, Germany |
| 52 | is crowned "Miss Germany." She stands 5’ 6". |
| 30 June 52 | is 5th runner-up to Armi Kuusela, "Miss Finland," in the "Miss Universe" pageant held at Long Beach, California |
| ? | is signed to Universal-International |
| December 52 | is the only foreign beauty from the "Miss Universe" contest remaining on Universal-International's payroll |
| Late December 52 | attends Universal-International’s Talent School with fellow beauty title holders Ruth Hampton, "Miss New Jersey;" Jackie Loughery, "Miss New York;" and Valerie Jackson, "Miss Montana" |
| February 53 | is on a Universal-International publicity tour with Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, Jesse White, and Norman A. Fox, author of Gunsmoke |
| c. February 54 | marries actor Brett Halsey in Munich, Germany. Columnist Harrison Carroll reports their friends wondering about the honeymoon: "Renate, under contract to U-I until last fall, still has a year to go on her new deal with an Italian film company. Halsey is due back in Hollywood to report to U-I." |
| January 55 | files suit for $6,500 damages in Los Angeles, charging she suffered leg cuts when a glass floor collapsed while she posed for publicity pictures |
| May 55 | starts divorce proceedings against Halsey |
| June 55 | she and Halsey promote "budget holiday" in Las Vegas. "During their stay, Brett and Renate visited many nearly points of interest. Twenty miles north, they discovered pine-clad Mount Charles; cool in summer, ideal for skiing in winter. They fished at Lake Mead, and marvelled at Boulder Dam. Total expenses for their three days and two nights in Las Vegas, excluding gas and oil, came to $49.50 for the two of them!" |
| 5 February 56 | her son Charles Oliver, Jr. is born in Los Angeles, California. He's named after his father, whose real name is Charles Oliver Hand. |
| 27 March 57 | her daughter, Tracy Leigh, is born in Los Angeles |
| 59 | divorces Halsey with whom she has two children |
| 25 January 60 | her divorce from Halsey becomes final. Halsey will marry Italian-born actress Luciana Paluzzi the same year. |
| August 60 | columnist Walter Winchell reports that she and "West Coast barrister Roy Simpson set the date for October..." |
| 14 February 63 | marries prominent Long Beach attorney Raymond C. Simpson, who specializes in Native American civil rights. He's 44; she's 32. |
| 16 March 67 | her son Richard James is born in Los Angeles |
| October 75 | divorces Simpson in Los Angeles |
| ? | remarries |
| 3 March 80 | gets divorced in San Diego |
| 00 | resides in Southern California |
| 1 July 24 | as Renate Simpson, she dies at age 93 in San Pedro, Los Angeles |
| Sources: Giseld Dervishi, The Great Bend Daily Tribune, The News, Europe?s Top Pin Ups, The Independent Record, Nevada State Journal, The Lethbridge Herald, Dixon Evening Telegraph, The Lima News, Family Weekly Magazine, The Vidette-Messenger, The Times Recorder, www.Ancestry.com | |
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