Actress. She received attention during her teenage years when she won several beauty contests. After attending the University of Texas and later UCLA, she was discovered by Hollywood talent scouts, which led to her motion picture debut in the film Arrowhead (1953). She experienced a role in the Hitchcock picture Rear Window (1954) and had a significant part in the Otto Preminger film Anatomy of a Murder (1959). In 1957, she married Bing Crosby (until his death in 1977) and retired from acting in 1959. Her union with Crosby produced two sons: Harry & Nathaniel, and their daughter Mary, who went on to become an actress. Her other films include: Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and The Big Circus (1959). She died from natural causes.
Actress. She received attention during her teenage years when she won several beauty contests. After attending the University of Texas and later UCLA, she was discovered by Hollywood talent scouts, which led to her motion picture debut in the film Arrowhead (1953). She experienced a role in the Hitchcock picture Rear Window (1954) and had a significant part in the Otto Preminger film Anatomy of a Murder (1959). In 1957, she married Bing Crosby (until his death in 1977) and retired from acting in 1959. Her union with Crosby produced two sons: Harry & Nathaniel, and their daughter Mary, who went on to become an actress. Her other films include: Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and The Big Circus (1959). She died from natural causes.
Bio by: C.S.
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