Stephanie Bachelor Profile

Stephanie Bachelor

23 May 12	is born in Detroit, Michigan
?	models in Detroit and New York City
January 43	director William Wellman discovers her for the movies
April 43	columnist Jean Meegan tells: “Stephanie Bachelor, who does a sizzling strip tease in the new movie Lady of Burlesque, rose from the lunch table her first day back in New York and said if she did what she really would like to do that afternoon she would go to a burlesque show. She’s frankly curious – never been any closer to one than a Hollywood set.”
November 43	columnist Harrison Carroll knows: “Reason for no romance rumors about Universal’s blonde discovery, Stephanie Bachelor, is that her heart belongs to the commander of a destroyer. They’ve gone together since school days in Detroit...”
June 44	Paul Muni takes her to the Maritime Day Dinner at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
September 45	columnist Jimmie Fidler announces that she “will marry Connie Hurley, wealthy Los Angeles businessman, in Octcber...”
March 46	columnist Walter Winchell knows that “George S. Kaufman in H’wood prefers Stephanie Bachelor...”
May 46	there are rumors she might wed Kaufman within a fortnight
c. 46	marries Cornelius “Connie” Hurley, Las Vegas businessman. He’s about 53; she’s about 34. In 1950, the Kefauver Crime Committee will link him, holder of the Continental franchise in Las Vegas, to Moe Sedway and Morris Rosen, acquaintances of Bugsy Siegel.
Januiary 47	columnist Dorothy Kilgallen reveals that Stephanie “is honeymooning with Connie Hurley, a California bistro owner...”
February 76	becomes the widow of Hurley, who dies at age 82 in Las Vegas
22 November 96	as Stephanie B. Hurley, she dies at age 84 in Las Vegas

Sources: The Evening Independent, The Ogden Standard-Examiner, The Morning Herald, Wellsboro Gazette, Waterloo Daily Courier, Oakland Tribune, Olean Times Herald, www.Ancestry.com
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