Dawn Richard(I)
- Actress
Lovely and sultry brunette Margaret Dawn Richard was born on March 5,
1936 in Los Angeles, California. She's of Osage Indian descent. Her
father was a former silent movie stunt pilot. Dawn's family moved to
Palm Springs, California, where her father built five motels. Richard
acted in a high school stage production of "Meet Me in St. Louis". She
made her film debut in an uncredited bit part as a Pharaoh's daughter
in the big budget biblical epic
The Ten Commandments (1956).
Dawn had an especially memorable role as ill-fated gymnast "Theresa" in
the drive-in adolescent horror cult classic
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).
Among the TV shows she made guest appearances on were episodes of
Father Knows Best (1954),
Perry Mason (1957),
Colt .45 (1957), and
Dragnet (1951). Richard was the
Playmate of the Month in the May, 1957 issue of "Playboy". Moreover,
Dawn also posed for such adult publications as "Bachelor", "Modern
Man", "Man's Magazine," and "Vue". Richard married producer
David L. Wolper in 1958 and had three
children with him prior to divorcing Wolper in 1969. Dawn now lives in
Burbank, California.
