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Wanda Hendrix
Actor
Born November 3, 1928Died February 1, 1981 (52 years)
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Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress.
Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract. She made her first film, Confidential Agent, in 1945 and for the first few years of her career was consistently cast in "B" pictures. By the late 1940s, she was being included in more prestigious films, such as Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She starred with Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes.
In 1949, Audie Murphy saw Hendrix on the cover of a magazine and asked to meet her. They were married on February 8, 1949, but the marriage was short-lived; they divorced on April 14, 1950. Hendrix later said that Murphy had wanted her to give up her career, but more significantly, he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from his service in World War II and during "flashback" episodes he would turn on her, once holding her at gunpoint. In her later years, Hendrix spoke of Murphy's condition with empathy.
Hendrix resumed her career but found it difficult to obtain good roles. On June 26, 1954, she married wealthy sportsman James Langford Stack, Jr., the brother of actor Robert Stack, and retired from acting, but made occasional appearances in television series such as My Three Sons and Wagon Train and Bewitched. The couple divorced on November 3, 1958. She married Italian financier and oil company executive Steven LaMonte on June 7, 1969. They divorced on November 17, 1980.
She died in Burbank, California from double pneumonia at the age of 52, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress.
Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract. She made her first film, Confidential Agent, in 1945 and for the first few years of her career was consistently cast in "B" pictures. By the late 1940s, she was being included in more prestigious films, such as Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She starred with Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes.
In 1949, Audie Murphy saw Hendrix on the cover of a magazine and asked to meet her. They were married on February 8, 1949, but the marriage was short-lived; they divorced on April 14, 1950. Hendrix later said that Murphy had wanted her to give up her career, but more significantly, he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from his service in World War II and during "flashback" episodes he would turn on her, once holding her at gunpoint. In her later years, Hendrix spoke of Murphy's condition with empathy.
Hendrix resumed her career but found it difficult to obtain good roles. On June 26, 1954, she married wealthy sportsman James Langford Stack, Jr., the brother of actor Robert Stack, and retired from acting, but made occasional appearances in television series such as My Three Sons and Wagon Train and Bewitched. The couple divorced on November 3, 1958. She married Italian financier and oil company executive Steven LaMonte on June 7, 1969. They divorced on November 17, 1980.
She died in Burbank, California from double pneumonia at the age of 52, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Known For
Wanda Hendrix Filmography
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Sandra |
| 1973 | The Oval Portrait · as Lisa Buckingham |
| 1972 | One Minute Before Death · as Genevieve Howard |
| 1964 | Stage to Thunder Rock · as Sarah Swope |
| 1964 | Bewitched (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Johnny Cool · as Miss Connolly |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series) · as Anna |
| 1961 | Boy Who Caught a Crook · as Laura |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Mary Willis |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Daphne Kaye |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Juliette Creston |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Maggie |
| 1954 | The Black Dakotas · as Ruth Lawrence |
| 1954 | Highway Dragnet · as Susan Willis |
| 1953 | Sea of Lost Ships · as Pat Kirby |
| 1953 | The Last Posse · as Deborah |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Golden Mask · as Anne Burnet |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Trudy Dean |
| 1952 | Montana Territory · as Clair Enoch |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Norma Bailey |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Zenobia |
| 1951 | My Outlaw Brother · as Senorita Carmel Alvarado |
| 1951 | The Highwayman · as Bess Forsythe |
| 1950 | Saddle Tramp · as Della |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Sumatra |
| 1950 | The Admiral Was a Lady · as Jean Madison |
| 1950 | Sierra · as Riley Martin |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows (TV Series) |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | Captain Carey, U.S.A. · as Baronessa Giulia De Greffi |
| 1949 | Prince of Foxes · as Camilla Verano |
| 1949 | Song of Surrender · as Abigail Hunt |
| 1949 | My Own True Love · as Sheila Heath |
| 1948 | Miss Tatlock's Millions · as Nancy "nan" Tatlock |
| 1947 | Ride the Pink Horse · as Pila |
| 1947 | Variety Girl · as Variety Girl |
| 1947 | Welcome Stranger · as Emily Walters |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss · as Bonita Talbot |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent · as Else |