- She and her ex-husband, Joby Baker, met in drama school. They subsequently both starred in an Elvis Presley movie.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 31, a son Ngai Tarkington on March 5, 1970. Child's father is her 2nd ex-husband, Rockne Tarkington.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a son Rockne Tarkington Jr on March 1, 1969. Child's father is her 2nd ex-husband, Rockne Tarkington.
- 1957 Deb Star.
- Brunette '60s leading lady, best remembered for her role opposite Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii and as the district attorney's wife Marion Fowler in the TV soap Peyton Place.
- Trained as a dancer with Marge and Gower Champion in 1960.
- Tested for the starring role in West Side Story (1961).
- Graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1956.
- Father, Frank, was a musician, and her mother, Ivy, a homemaker.
- Performed on television, at military camps and hospitals and with Ernie Heckscher's big band at the Fairmont Hotel.
- When she came to Hollywood she signed a contract with Hecht-Hill-Lancaster (she was the Burt Lancaster-led production company's fourth-ever signing) and made her big-screen debut in Good Day for a Hanging (1959), starring Fred MacMurray.
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