Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the headstrong Connie in "The Caretakers" (1964). Born into a prominent military family, the eldest of three children born unto an army major and a housewife, she began her career appearing on the stage in local theatre. Upon being discovered by a talent scout while appearing a a leading lady in "Blue Denim", she was given several screen and voice tests at Warner Bros. Studios. After being reviewed by director Delmer Davies, he was so impressed by her dark good looks, slim physique, and articulate voice, that he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry singing her to a seven year contract and she made her first professional debut per a supporting role in an episode of "Colt .45". From there, she would go on to appear in over 15 features as a notable supporting actress; often typecast as indigenous people, love interests, faithful friends, white-collared workers, nurses, secretaries, retail clerks, educators, maids, debutantes, socialites, wives, mothers, and nannies. She appeared in such feature films as "A Majority of One" (1961), "Parrish" (1961), and "The Young Lovers" (1964). On television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Lawman," "Maverick," "77 Sunset Strip," "The Gallant Men," "Hawaiian Eye," "Ensign O'Toole," "Run for Your Life," "Hank," "Peyton Place," and "Mannix". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been supportive of the California State Democratic Committee, was active within the Center for Christos Wisdom, had been a model for the Frank Bez Agency, was active as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, had been vice-president of Mid-America Pictures, was a ghost writer who published over 30 short stories for "Reader's Digest", and she was married to film executives Robert Evans from 1961 to 1964 and Gordon Cornell Layne from 1976 to 1996 (her first union ended in divorce, her second upon her death, and she mothered one child from her final marriage). After retiring from acting in 1974, Hugueny, despite having suffered major injuries in a 1977 car accident, spent the remainder of her life being a generous benefactor for several libraries and public schools, along with being focused on several charitable and religious causes, until her death from the complications of cancer.