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- Birth nameMary Ella Karnes
- Molly Hill McClure was born on January 19, 1919 to Neva Hill and William Eanest Karnes in Watsonville, California. Her mother died soon after her birth and Molly was raised in Paducah, Kentucky by her aunt and uncle, Blanche and Frank P. Hill. Always attracted to acting and the stage and co-founded a theater company in Paducah. She married Rush Delbert McClure in 1939, with whom she had three daughters. The couple later divorced.
After her youngest daughter graduated from high school and went away to college, Molly moved to Los Angeles to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an actress on the stage and screen. She retired from the acting business and moved to Texas to live with her eldest daughter.
Molly McClure died peacefully on August 15, 2008, aged 89, in Plano, Texas, following a brief illness, survived by her three daughters, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
- IMDb mini biography by: dana-112/ updated by Rms125a
- SpouseRush Delbert McClure(October 3, 1939 - 1952) (divorced, 3 children)
- ParentsWilliam Ernest KarnesGeneva Hill
- RelativesRobert Karnes(Sibling)
- Mother of three daughters, grandmother of five grandchildren, and great-grandmother of seven great-grandchildren.
- Sister of Robert Karnes.
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