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Marjie Millar

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Marjie Millar was born on August 10, 1931 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Money from Home (1953), About Mrs. Leslie (1954) and When Gangland Strikes (1956). She was married to John Dennis McCallum, John Florea, James Sidney Rollins Jr. and Charles Candoo. She died on April 16, 1966 in Coronado, California, USA.

She died at Coronado Hospital (now Sharp Coronado Hospital) in Coronado, CA from cirrhosis of the liver. Approximate interval between onset and death is estimated at 5 years. Another significant condition contributing to death but not related to the terminal disease is chronic pancreatitis. She was cremated at the Cypress View Crematory in San Diego, CA.
A car crash in 1958 left her a partial cripple and she was forced to give up her career. She returned to her hometown and ran a dancing school.
In 1949 she graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma (WA). In 1951 she graduated from Stephens College in Columbia (MO).
In March 1952 she was named "Miss Hollywood Star of 1952." She also won the honor from a field of 94 girls and became the first girl mascot of a ball club. The club officials attempted to locate her and notify her of the choice, but she was nowhere to be found. Finally, they've discovered her in a Hollywood hospital, where she was recovering from an appendectomy. This story was described in all of Los Angeles' newspapers at that time.
She was crowned one of Hollywood's new deb stars by Hollywood hair stylists in 1953.

I just couldn't get used to the idea of going through life with a limp. I can't stand people having to feel sorry for me. I was determined to walk right and dance again. And...well...it happened.
Work hard and grab every opportunity here. Then, when an opportunity takes you elsewhere, follow it. You have to have extreme ability and extreme willingness to work and work. If you don't love the work for itself, you don't belong in it. The other advice is, be yourself-don't be a phony.

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