Trivia

As a baby, she was registered with Central Casting and listed as "Baby Dawn Richard" in the Children's Casting Directory for January-March, 1938.

Was Playboy's Playmate of the Month of May 1957.

As of 2005, was residing in Burbank, CA.

Her daughter, Leslie Ann, attended school in Switzerland, being trained to take over the travel agency.

Her mother introduced her to Spyro Joannides, owner of the Athens, Greece, top-notch Medair Travel Agency, whom she met during a two-week cruise to Acapulco, Mexico.

In early January 1988, Richard & Joannides celebrated his 50th birthday with a filmland party at actor Armand Assante's apartment in West Hollywood.

In the summer of 1956, attended acting classes given by Professor Irwin Corey with friends Lita Milan & Fay Spain.

Her son Mark will become a renowned TV producer & president of the Wolper Organization.

On May 11, 1958, married David Lloyd Wolper, the ex of actress Toni Carroll. He's 30; she's 22. The same year he formed Wolper Productions to produce TV documentaries, then a two-man outfit operating out of a small room in a Sunset Boulevard office building.

In 1955, Hollywood agent Glenn Show, a frequent motel guest, wrangles her a small part as one of Pharaoh's daughters in The Ten Commandments.

Richard was of Osage Indian descent. Her father was a former silent film stunt pilot. Her mother's maiden name was Deering. Her parents move to Palm Springs, where her father builds 5 motels.

Lived with her mother in a four-room apartment on Sunset Boulevard, west of La Brea, in Los Angeles. She drove a used Ford sedan.

Photographed by Russ Meyer for a feature in Man's Magazine in June 1958. Featured in Modern Man in August 1957 & on the cover of Adam II. Was featured in Bachelor in November 1957.

Joannides' mother, Marika, helped raise the children.

On October 30, 1955, she & 14 other actresses are chosen as WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1956 by a group of veteran actors & actresses, including Ginger Rogers. The other Baby Stars are Phyllis Applegate, Roxanne Arlen, Jolene Brand, Donna Cooke, Barbara Huffman, Jewell Lain, Barbara Marx, Lita Milan, Norma Nilsson, Ina Poindexter, Violet Rensing, Fay Spain, Doreen Stevens, & Delfin Thursday.

On October 29, 1955, at the eve of the announcement of the new WAMPAS Baby Stars, she & fellow aspirants Doreen Stevens & Barbara Marx are pictured meeting Claire Windsor, WAMPAS Baby Star of 1926, & Rochelle Hudson, WAMPAS Baby Star of 1933.