Suzanne Alexander Profile

Suzanne Alexander

	(Gwendolyn Ann White)
8 September 31	is born in Canada. Her father is Will J. White, a famous Canadian concert entertainer; her mother was "Miss Canada of 1918" and a successful model. Her brother, Will J. White, is a future Hollywood actor.
?	she and her brother are competitive figure skaters.
49	leaves Toronto for Los Angeles
?	is discovered on the beach by Howard Hughes
53	is given a contract by Hughes as well as lessons in acting, singing, and dancing. Her parents are upset because she is not getting enough parts, so Hughes puts her in Son of Sinbad (1955) and lets go of her contract.
October 53	after appearing in The French Line and Son of Sinbad, she is the girl chosen for big screen tests to be shown to movietown high brass
September 54	is a "Miss Rheingold" contestant. The others are Stephanie Griffin, Barbara Wilson, Jean Moorhead, Grace Brown, and Nancy Woodruff. Woodruff wins.
October 54	is featured in Show
March 55	is featured in Pageant
Late September 55	tests for the role of the Indian princess Aouda in Mike Todd’s upcoming Around the World in 80 Days along with four other women. The part eventually goes to Shirley MacLaine.
March 56	is among four Goldwyn Girls showing up at Wilmington to wish movie mogul Sam Goldwyn and his wife farewell when they sail for Japan aboard the American President Lines SS Cleveland; the others are Jane Darrlyn, Barbara Darrow, and June Kirby.
April 56	plays the daughter of a Louisiana fisherman in a "Crossroads" episode
November 56	the press promotes "Queen for a Day" and heralds that she's unmarried
January 59	she and Jean Moorehead are hostesses on TV's "Peter Potter Juke Box Jury" show
July 59	is one of the regular models on NBC's "Queen For a Day"
13 August 60	is featured in TV Guide
28 September 63	marries Rex Colbert, manager of the MGM Commissary. They wed at the All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, California.
May 66	divorces Colbert in Los Angeles
21 September 75	as Gwendolyn A. White, she leaps to her death at age 44 from her hotel room at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.
?	is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Her funeral is attended by such notables as Maxine Reeves, Carol Anders, Millicent Deming, and Elaine Devry.

Sources: Doris Gildart, Maxine Fitzpatrick, Carol Kapan, Millicent Reynolds, Lisa Davis, The Independent Record, The Lima News, The Bridgeport Post, The Independent, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, Parade, www.Ancestry.com
Recommended Books: Top Models by Samuel Claesson
Links: Filmography Obituary