- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMaureen Neliya Hingert
- Nickname
- Jana Davi
- Maureen Hingert was born on 9 January 1937 in Columbo, Ceylon [present-day Sri Lanka], of Dutch ancestry, the daughter of Lionel Hingert and Lorna Mabel del Run. Her father was the president of the Bank of Ceylon and had extensive tea holdings. On 25 June 1955, aged 18, she was crowned "Miss Ceylon" in Colombo.
In October 1955, she made her screen debut playing a Native American in Universal-International's "Pillars of the Sky", and signed by 20th Century-Fox to appear in The King and I (1956). In 1958, Hingert married Mario Armand Zamparelli, a Montrose artist. On 8 May 1959 in Los Angeles, their daughter Regina was born; she became renowned Los Angeles concert promoter Gina Zamparelli. Hingert had two other daughters, Marisa and Andrea. In July 1970, Hingert divorced Zamparelli. In March 1976, she wed William J. Ballard in Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Robert M Sieger (updated)
- SpousesWilliam J. Ballard(March 26, 1976 - March 28, 1980) (divorced)Mario Armand Zamparelli(August 2, 1958 - July 1970) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenMarisa Nina ZamparelliGina ZamparelliAndrea Laura Zamparelli
- As of 2007, she was residing in the Los Angeles (CA) area.
- During her peak, she was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood.
- She was a Sri Lankan actress, dancer, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who starred in Veit Harlan's movie "Sterne über Colombo", a.k.a. "Circus Girl", a German picture filmed in Ceylon.
- Hingert attended school at the Holy Family Convent in Bambalapitiya, Colombo until she was eighteen and continued her college education in Los Angeles, California in the United States.
- Her daughter Gina achieved fame in arts and entertainment and was active in the field of historic preservation.
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