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Wende Wagner

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Wende Wagner

  • Was a very close friend of Sharon Tate, whose husband Roman Polanski directed her in Rosemary's Baby (1968).
  • She and husband James Mitchum had a son, born on April 16, 1969.
  • Ex-daughter-in-law of Robert Mitchum and Dorothy Mitchum.
  • Mother, with Courtney Brown, of daughter Tiffany Brown, born circa 1962.
  • Attended Coronado High School in San Diego, CA.
  • While there is a claim that she worked as an underwater female stunt double for Lloyd Bridges on his hit series Sea Hunt (1958) there are no credits for Ms Wagner in any capacity (on camera, off camera, or stunt work) in Sea Hunt.
  • Ex-sister-in-law of Christopher Mitchum and Trina Mitchum.
  • Her father was an Olympic swimming & diving coach & later became Commander of the United States Naval Base in Panama.
  • Of French, American Indian, Hawaiian, & German descent.
  • Discovered by director Billy Wilder, but refused to give up her life of travel. After a screen test opposite Jack Lemmon, she was off to the Bahamas for surfing.
  • Was a champion swimmer & stunt diver.
  • She lived for various periods in England, France, Germany, & Ireland. But made her home in the Bahamas.
  • In August 1966, while visiting New Orleans, she stayed at the Roosevelt Hotel & gave two radio interviews. She lunched with the Naval Air Force at Callendar Field, had a press luncheon & cocktails at the Royal Orleans, & taped promos at the ABC affiliate.

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