Gwen Caldwell Profile

Gwen Caldwell

	(Gwendolyn Mae Parks)
27 October 24	is born in Greenville, Mississippi to Maurice G Parks and Josephine Gorman
?	her father dies in an automobile accident
?	attends Greenville High School
20 July 43	marries Jonathan "Jay" Trumbull Caldwell
?	her son, David is born
March 49	is a finalist in the unofficial Miss U.S.A pageant
50	is the recurring scorekeeper on Movietown RSVP on KTLA
November 49	is crowned "The Girl We'd Like Most to Spy On" by the Amateur Detective Society of America
April 50	is featured in Cover Girls Models
5 April 50	columnist Lloyd Sloan reports that "Lex Barker, who's been alternating between Rhonda Fleming and Arlene Dahl switched to Gwen Caldwell. They were at Perry's last night..."
May 50	is crowned Good Posture Girl by International Chiropractors' Association
September 50	is featured in Jubilee
April 51	is crowned Miss Safety
28 June 51	columnist Erskine Johnson reports that "now that Martha Vickers has recited it to the divorce court, Mickey Rooney and Gwen Caldwell, the Varga model, are talking about marriage. They've been a steady hush-hush duo for months."
7 November 51	is featured in People Today
May 52	is featured in Glamorous Models
August 52	is featured in LAFF
28 February 53	is "Girl of the Week" on Hollywood Road to Fame, a television series
April 53	is featured in Eye
53	is signed by RKO Pictures, where she will appear in Son of Sinbad (1955)
December 54	is featured in Sensation
April 55	is featured in Eye
2 June 55	is featured in Australasian Post
November 55	is featured in Bold
December 55	is featured in Stare
March 56	is featured in U.S Camera
14 August 56	is featured in Picture Week
March 57	is featured in Scope
58	stars in two adult-themed shorts called Million Dollar Legs and Fabulous Legs
7 February 59	is a twosome with Jerry Heidt at the Ranch Club
August 59	is featured in Pose
February 61	is featured in GEE-WHIZ
17 August 61	columnist Louise Crump reports that "the search for information of Gwen Caldwell has ended. Though the young lady herself has not been located, the New York newspaperman who was seeking information has the name and address of her mother and can now run the beautiful picture with an up-to-date cutline."
?	marries Mr. Vanwyck
?	marries Mr. Wildman
	is diagnosed with dementia
21 May 2005	dies in Sacramento, California
May 2005	is interred at Camellia Memorial Lawn Cemetery

Sources: Los Angeles Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Auburn Journal, Belleville Daily Advocate, The Desert Sun, Oroville Mercury News, Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, The Delta Democrat-Times, Michael Parks, Michelle Parks, Valerie Parks
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Links: Filmography Gwen Caldwell on The Mickey Rooney Show