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Joan Elan Profile
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| 24 July 29 | is born in Colombo, Ceylon |
| ? | goes to England before World War II |
| ? | is on stage in London |
| ? | her photograph in a player's directory in London leads to her being discovered by Paramount for their upcoming The Girls of Pleasure Island |
| March 52 | Paramount signs her for The Girls of Pleasure Island |
| she, Audrey Dalton, and Dorothy Bromiley are pictured enjoying the luxury of breakfast in bed at New York's Plaza Hotel |
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| May 53 | she, Audrey Dalton and Dorothy Bromiley tour the United States to promote The Girls of Pleasure Island |
| June 53 | she, Audrey Dalton and Don Taylor are on a three-week junket to Korea for 25 G.I. premieres of The Girls of Pleasure Island |
| July 54 | columnist Dorothy Kilgallen tells that Joan is dating producer Herman Levin |
| September 55 | auditions for Around the World in 80 Days (1956) |
| June 57 | gets her part in Darby’s Rangers when Joanna Barnes is dropped |
| February 58 | columnist Harrison Carroll writes: "A playful puppy scratched Joan Elan's left eyeball, and it's cost her two TV jobs.." |
| 67 | marries teleplay writer and author Harry F. "Bud" Nye |
| 7 January 81 | as Joan Elan Nye, she dies at age 51 in New York City |
| Sources: Picture Show Annual, Oakland Tribune, The Lima News, The Daily Review, Nevada State Journal, The Independent Record, Mansfield News-Journal, Picturegoer, The Vidette-Messenger, www.IMDb.com | |
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