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Mara Lynn Profile
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| 17 July 27 / 30 | is born in Chicago, Illinois / Indiana of Swedish descent |
| ?-49 | is the dancing star of Inside U.S.A., which runs for 339 performances in New York City |
| August 50 | columnist Jack Lait posts: “Mara Lynn, Hal Wallis’ big discovery, and writer Hal Conrad, hers...” |
| Early 50s | becomes a dance director in Las Vegas |
| March 53 | is Red Skelton's partner on a ballet on TV |
| February 54 | columnist Dorothy Kilgallen knows: “The Harold Conrads (she’s actress Mara Lynn) are lullabying a baby boy...” |
| March 55 | is noted dancing “Tribly” on Channel 4 |
| November 55 | columnist Earl Wilson promises: “Cheesecake beauty Mara Lynn of Hollywood will wear nothing but three yoyos in The Amazing Adele, the Anita Loos Broadway musical...” |
| December 55 | columnist Walter Winchell says: “Mara Lynn of the new Anita Loos musical (The Amazing Adele) has that show’s associate producer on a yo-yo...” |
| January 56 | Winchell returns to her: “The Amazing Adele backers are debating whether or not to challenge Broadway. Mara Lynn of the cast, a dancer, was the only one to rate a nod from the Variety man at Philly...” |
| June 56 | is on stage in the musical revue What’s the Rush at the Country Playhouse in Fayetteville, New York |
| January 58 | is on the New York stage opposite Jack Warden in The Body Beautiful |
| February 58 | columnist Dorothy Kilgallen tells: “Bob Merrill, composer of the New Girl in Town score, has a new girl – Mara Lynn, the spectacularly built blonde comedienne of The Body Beautiful... |
| March 58 | columnist Earl Wilson adds: “Mara Lynn, dancing doll of Body Beautiful, who was about to marry composer Robert Merrill, swapped him in for Ralph Meeker...” |
| May 59 | Winchell knows: “Mara Lynn of the musicals and her ex-husband (Hal Conrad) are snapping their fingers at the divorce they got sometime ago...” |
| columnist Lee Mortimer pens: “If you’re wondering what became of Jason Robards, Jr., during the past few weeks, he was busy with Broadway actress Mara Lynn who appeared with him in By Love Possessed...” |
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| c. 60 | gives acting lessons to Marilyn Monroe at her New York City apartment for her upcoming part in Let’s Make Love |
| 6 April 88 | dies in Freeport, Bahamas |
| Sources: Marilyn Monroe Confidential by Lena Pepitone and William Stadiem, Nevada State Journal, Syracuse Herald-American, Mansfield News-Journal, The Lima News, The Post-Standard, The Hammond Times, The Coshocton Tribune | |
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