Wanda Hendrix

Born: 1928-11-03

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress. Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract. She made her first film, Confidential Agent, in 1945 and for the first few years of her career was consistently cast in "B" pictures. By the late 1940s, she was being included in more prestigious films, such as Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She starred with Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes. In 1949, Audie Murphy saw Hendrix on the cover of a magazine and asked to meet her. They were married on February 8, 1949, but the marriage was short-lived; they divorced on April 14, 1950. Hendrix later said that Murphy had wanted her to give up her career, but more significantly, he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from his service in World War II and during "flashback" episodes he would turn on her, once holding her at gunpoint. In her later years, Hendrix spoke of Murphy's condition with empathy. Hendrix resumed her career but found it difficult to obtain good roles. On June 26, 1954, she married wealthy sportsman James Langford Stack, Jr., the brother of actor Robert Stack, and retired from acting, but made occasional appearances in television series such as My Three Sons and Wagon Train and Bewitched. The couple divorced on November 3, 1958. She married Italian financier and oil company executive Steven LaMonte on June 7, 1969. They divorced on November 17, 1980. She died in Burbank, California from double pneumonia at the age of 52, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wanda Hendrix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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My Outlaw Brother

as Senorita Carmel Alvarado
Released: 1951-08-22

Danny, a greenhorn from New York comes to the Mexican border in search for his older brother...

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Johnny Cool

as Miss Connolly
Released: 1963-10-02

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

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Confidential Agent

as Else
Released: 1945-11-02

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and...

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Saddle Tramp

as Della
Released: 1950-09-21

Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads....

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Captain Carey, U.S.A.

as Baronessa Giulia de Greffi
Released: 1950-02-21

Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very...

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Nora Prentiss

as Bonita 'Bunny' Talbot
Released: 1947-02-22

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a...

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Prince of Foxes

as Camilla Verano
Released: 1949-11-11

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which...

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Welcome Stranger

as Emily Walters
Released: 1947-06-13

Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he...

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Sea of Lost Ships

as Pat Kirby
Released: 1953-10-24

The son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the...

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Ride the Pink Horse

as Pila
Released: 1947-10-08

A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.

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Stage to Thunder Rock

as Sarah Swope
Released: 1964-11-11

An aging sheriff is put in the position of having to arrest the outlaw father and two sons with...

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The Highwayman

as Bess Forsythe
Released: 1951-08-11

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The Black Dakotas

as Ruth Lawrence
Released: 1954-09-02

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the...

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Montana Territory

as Clair Enoch
Released: 1952-05-31

John Malvin , prospecting the Montana territory during the gold rush, sees bandits kill a miner...

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The Last Posse

as Deborah
Released: 1953-07-04

A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.

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The Admiral Was a Lady

as Jean Madison
Released: 1950-08-04

Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.

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Sierra

as Riley Martin
Released: 1950-05-26

Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff...

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Hollywood Wonderland

as Tour Guide (uncredited)
Released: 1947-08-09

Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.

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Highway Dragnet

as Susan Willis
Released: 1954-01-20

An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine...

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Miss Tatlock's Millions

as Nancy "Nan" Tatlock
Released: 1948-11-19

After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the...

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South of Algiers

as Anne Burnet
Released: 1953-03-17

Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an...

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The Oval Portrait

as Lisa Buckingham
Released: 1973-01-01

A woman finds herself possessed by the soul of another woman trapped inside a painting. Based on...

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My Own True Love

as Sheila Heath
Released: 1948-07-01

Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic...

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Boy Who Caught a Crook

as Laura
Released: 1961-10-01

The Boy Who Caught a Crook is a 1961 childrens film about a young boy who tracks down a gangster.

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Song of Surrender

as Abigail Hunt
Released: 1949-10-27

In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum,...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as Lucie Manette
Released: 1953-05-03

A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. A retelling of the Charles Dickens...

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One Minute Before Death

as Genevieve Howard
Released: 1972-06-14

A plot to murder a rich woman results in her ending up in a catatonic state and buried alive.

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Bewitched

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-17

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...

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My Three Sons

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Sumatra
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Climax!

as Maggie
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Bat Masterson

as Daphne Kaye
First aired: 1958-10-08

Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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Lock-Up

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-28

Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Norma Bailey
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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