- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorgine F. Werger
- Nickname
- George Darcy
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Georgine Darcy was born on January 14, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Rear Window (1954), Mike Hammer (1958) and Don't Knock the Twist (1962). She was married to Byron Palmer, Edward Gelb and Jack Donohue. She died on July 18, 2004 in Malibu, California, USA.
- SpousesByron Palmer(June 29, 1974 - July 18, 2004) (her death)Edward Gelb(May 4, 1968 - June 1969) (divorced)Jack Donohue(August 6, 1955 - ?) (divorced)
- In 2000, she boasted that, although she could not button up the pink shorts with the 21-inch waistband worn in Rear Window (1954), she could still get them on.
- The last day of filming Rear Window (1954) was on January 14, 1954, her 23rd birthday. Alfred Hitchcock and the film's cast and crew celebrated her birthday on the set with a birthday cake and presents.
- Brooklyn-born ballerina, sometime actress and minor pin-up queen best remembered as being the young blonde spied upon by James Stewart as "Miss Torso" in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Rear Window (1954). When she met Hitchcock she had no idea who he was. He suggested she get an agent. She did not and consequently only got paid only $350 for Rear Window (1954).
- Georgine Darcy is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Hollywood, California) and interred alongside Byron Palmer, her widower and sole immediate survivor, who outlived her by five years, dying in 2009.
- Started her career with the New York City Ballet Company for two years, then worked as a magician's assistant and subsequently went on tour with Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson in "Hellzapoppin'".
- [on seeing herself in Rear Window (1954)] I'd never seen myself so big as I was on that screen, and I was terrified.
- Rear Window (1954) - $350
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