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Elaine Dupont Profile
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(Elaine June Zazueta) |
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13 July 33 | is born in Los Angeles, California |
? | studies drama with Dr. Theodore Kolline |
49 | is a contestant in the Daily News-Fox West Coast Talent Quest competition, where the press describes her as "a 16 year-old soprano" |
17 September 50 | sings for the Kolline Anniversary Show at the Wilshire Ebell Theater |
June 51 | graduates from Montebello High School |
25 October 51 | is a finalist in the "Miss My L.A" pageant |
2 January 53 | is the official hostess for the 27th annual Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament |
53 | is briefly signed by RKO Pictures, where she will appear in Son of Sinbad (1955). She will later say of her experience, "Howard Hughes wanted to date me. I refused and he wanted me fired. I am so thankfully that my Dale Robertson stood up for me so I was able to stay on set." |
7 April 56 | marries actor Ray Bernard "Crash" Corrigan in Pasadena with actor Rory Calhoun as the best man |
10 April 56 | the newlyweds honeymoon in New Orleans |
8 March 58 | stars in the premiere of the Spade Cooley Show |
14 July 58 | is crowned "Miss La Parisienne" |
7 August 58 | is crowned "Queen of the Gold Rush Dollar Days" |
25 July 60 | is a hostess for "La Danza Estival" |
4 August 60 | provides entertainment at the 7th National Burro Derby |
July 61 | their daughter, Colleen Suzanne, is born |
July 62 | is crowned "Princess of Hollywood" |
21 November 67 | divorces Corrigan. She will receive $500 per month in child support. |
11 November 72 | entertains at the Charity Player's 22nd annual Charity Ball |
4 February 74 | founds Dupont Development Co. |
November 00 | is interviewed by Tom Weaver in Fangoria |
08 | marries Peter Bernard |
? | she and her husband are active at the Church of the Good Shepherd |
19 June 15 | is featured in Beverly Hills Courier |
founds DuPont Interiors |
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16 | is an avid Republican, saying of her support for Donald Trump "I want to help Make America Great Again for my children and Grandchildren!" |
22 | lives in Beverly Hills, California |
21 June 23 | says to Samuel Claesson regarding her role in Son of Sinbad (1955) that Howard Hughes was gonna fire her because she wouldn't date him, but "Dale Robertson stood up to him and helped me stay on. We became lifelong friends afterwards." |
Sources: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Mirror, Daily News, The Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, The San Bernardino County Sun, Desert Dispatch Tom Weaver, TrumpettesUSA.com, Ancestry.com | |
Recommended Books: Science Fiction Confidential: Interviews with 23 Monster Stars and Filmmakers by Tom Weaver | |
Links: Filmography |