She was just one of a myriad of beautiful, statuesque, bikini-clad blondes who pranced and romped about the sand and surf of the California shores in all those nostalgic beach party movies of the "swinging '60s". In the great perky tradition of fellow blondes Sandra Dee, Linda Evans, Yvette Mimieux, and the late Sharon Tate, stunning Chris Noel did...
She was a finalist in the "Miss Rheingold" contest in 1963 (New York).
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Twice her helicopter was shot down in Vietnam while singing and entertaining troops. She was considered so popular and influential, in fact, that the Viet Cong placed a $10,000 bounty on her head.
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Was a cheerleader for the New York Giants as a teen.
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Suffered from flashbacks, migraines and stress disorders following her Vietnam mission.
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Runs Vetsville Cease Fire House, a shelter for homeless vets in Florida.
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In 1985, she appeared in the movie Cease Fire (1985) with Don Johnson, which detailed the trauma faced by Vietnam veterans.
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In 1969 she married a Green Beret captain who proposed to her in a helicopter. A paratrooper wounded three times during his 18 months in Vietnam, he committed suicide 11 months after their wedding.
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Considered the U.S. answer to "Hanoi Hanna," Chris was heard on the Armed Forces Radio twice a week on a show called, "A Date with Chris."
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Once dated singer Jack Jones in 1965 at the height of her beach party film fame.
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Once a national champion baton twirler.
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In late 1999, the sometime singer turned out a collection of songs called "Nashville Impact."
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The recipient of the Distinguished Vietnam Veteran award from the Veterans Network in 1984.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Get Yourself a College Girl
1964
Sue Ann Mobley
Diary of a Bachelor
1964
Bachelorette
Looking for Love
1964
Actress (uncredited)
Honeymoon Hotel
1964
Nancy Penrose
The Lieutenant
1963-1964
TV Series
Second Girl / Ginny / First Girl / ...
Soldier in the Rain
1963
Frances McCoy
The Eleventh Hour
1963
TV Series
Evelyn
B.L. Stryker
1989
TV Series
Mrs. Tevander
Sin of Innocence
1986
TV Movie
Wedding Guest
Cease Fire
1985
Wendy
CHiPs
1981
TV Series
Karen
Detour to Terror
1980
TV Movie
Peggy Cameron (as Chris Noel Hanks)
Wild Times
1980
TV Mini-Series
Dolly
The Tormentors
1971
Eve
For Singles Only
1968
Lily
The Glory Stompers
1967
Chris
Occasional Wife
1966
TV Series
Marilyn
Good Old Days
1966
TV Movie
Pantha
Wild Wild Winter
1966
Susan
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
TV Series
Lucy Hanks
My Mother the Car
1965
TV Series
Helen
My Three Sons
1965
TV Series
Margie
Perry Mason
1965
TV Series
Susan Wolfe
My Brother the Angel
1965
TV Series
Claudia
Beach Ball
1965
Susan
Joy in the Morning
1965
Mary Ellen Kincaid
Burke's Law
1965
TV Series
Patience Stevens / Miss Larchmont
Girl Happy
1965
Betsy
Bewitched
1964
TV Series
Susan
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fly Away Home
1981
TV Movie special thanks: recordings based on her radio broadcasts in Vietnam
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969
2002
Video documentary
Herself
China Beach
1989
TV Series
Herself
The Pat Boone Show
1968
TV Series
Herself
The Joey Bishop Show
1967
TV Series
Herself
The Hollywood Palace
1967
TV Series
Herself - Actress
What's My Line?
1967
TV Series
Herself - Mystery Guest
The Bob Hope Show
1966
TV Series
Herself
New American Bandstand 1965
1965
TV Series
Herself - Interview
Hollywood and the Stars
1964
TV Series
Herself
Bob Hope Comedy Special
1963
TV Special
Herself
The New Steve Allen Show
1963
TV Series
Herself
Known for movies
Girl Happy (1965) as Betsy
The Tormentors (1971) as Eve
Get Yourself a College Girl (1964) as Sue Ann Mobley
$6 Million
