Mary Ann Edwards Profile

Mary Ann Edwards

27 December 31	is born in Georgetown, Texas to Marvin and Jewell Edwards
48	is featured in East Texas Chamber of Commerce
?	graduates from the Kay Corderman School of Modeling
?	is crowned Queen of the Williamson County Sheriff Posse Rodeo
4 March 50	competes for the title of Varsity Carnival Queen at the University of Texas
5 May 50	is crowned runner-up in Texas Miss Cowbelle
12 January 51	appears in the stage production of Time Staggers On
10 June 52	The Austin American reports that Mary Ann Edwards "has been awarded a part in the picture High Heels by Modern Screen and Wald-Krasna Productions and will go to Hollywood the latter part of August." She will reportedly receive $175 a week.
December 52	is featured in Modern Screen
53	is crowned Miss Golden Gloves by the personnel of Camp Wolters
?	appears regularly on the Colgate Comedy Hour
18 May 53	John Bustin reports that "a wire from Milt Hose of RKO Studios reports that Mary Ann Edwards, a University of Texas co-ed and Austin's recent Miss Golden Gloves, has been signed for a role in RKO's forthcoming Son of Sinbad (1955)."
21 May 53	arrives at Hollywood
9 November 53	hosts Hollywood's 50th-Year Celebration
20 July 54	marries Ralph Stirling Hodges in Georgetown, Texas
June 56	is a finalist in Miss Nevada, U.S.A
?	divorces Hodges
?	becomes a weathergirl in Las Vegas
18 March 59	John Bustin reports that "...Mary Ann Edwards, a Georgetown native and UT drama department ex, who has credits in such pictures as Giant (1954) and the forthcoming FBI Story (1959) as well as in The D.A's Man TV series and numerous other television films."
63	marries James P. Hart
65	her son, James Paul is born
31 July 21	dies of Alzheimer's Disease in Newell Ranch, California
March 22	is featured in Classic Images

Sources: Modern Screen, Classic Images, The Austin American, Austin American-Statesman, The Miami News
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