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Betsy Palmer Profile
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| (Patricia Betsy Hrunek) |
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| 1 November 26 | is born in East Chicago, Indiana, of Czechoslovakian descent to Rudolph V. Hrunek, an industrial chemist, and his wife, Mary L. Hrunek, who operates a business school |
| ? | works as a stenographer with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
| 49 | graduates from DePaul University with a bachelor’s decree in dramatic arts |
| ? | changes her name to Betsy Palmer, using her mother’s maiden name |
| ? | is in Chicago summer stock with Imogene Coca and Mady Christians |
| c. 50 | is crowned “Miss Liberty” |
| 51 | moves to New York and starts theater work |
| 8 May 54 | marries Dr. Vincent “Vinnie” Joseph Merendino, a New York gynecologist and obstetrician. He’s 37; she’s 26. |
| ? | is in Broadway’s floppish Grand Prize |
| 56 | the Merendinos reside in Greenwich Village |
| May 56 | she and her husband visit Jamaica |
| August 56 | is a panelist on “Masquerade Party” |
| October 56 | columnist Earl Wilson tells that Linda Darnell will replace her on “Masquerade Party” |
| rejects a third Columbia script, risking suspension |
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| 57 | starts as a panelist on “I’ve Got a Secret” as a substitute for Faye Emerson |
| June 58 | the Merendinos buy a Georgian house in Englewood, New Jersey |
| Fall 62 | her daughter Melissa, “Missy,” is born |
| 65 | is in a revival of South Pacific |
| March 66 | Earl Wilson notes her and her husband “armed in arm to Girl Talk to spike separation rumors...” |
| April 66 | tours the States in Peter Pan |
| January 68 | stars in Broadway’s Cactus Flower |
| 71 | divorces Merendino after 19 years of marriage. He will die at age 90 in New Jersey in 2007. |
| ? | moves to Rowayton, Connecticut |
| December 77 | is on the New York stage opposite Don Murray in Same Time, Next Year |
| 03 | attends the Asheville Film Festival in Asheville, North Carolina |
| 29 May 15 | dies at age 88 in Danbury, Connecticut, of natural causes |
| Sources: Sunday Times Signal, The Post-Standard, The Lima News, The Daily Gleaner, Syracuse Herald-Journal, The Hammond Times, The Daily Herald, Bucks County Courier and Bucks County Times, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, www.Ancestry.com | |
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