The child of professional dancers, Kim Darby began her career studying dance with her father, as well as Nico Charisse. At fourteen, she was granted special admission to Tony Barr's acting workshop at Desilu Studios on the Paramount Pictures lot. He wrote later that it was her remarkable openness, honesty, emotional readiness and focus that ...
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Single Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Comedy Or Drama Series
Movies
True Grit, Better Off Dead, The Strawberry Statement, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Grissom Gang, Teen Wolf Too, Rich Man, Poor Man, Norwood, Bye Bye Birdie, Mockingbird Don't Sing, The One and Only, The People, Generation, Flatbed Annie and Sweetie Pie: Lad...
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The April 1, 1970, issue of Variety reported that the movie Big Sur, formerly called Unexpected Things, would star Kim Darby. Director to be Arnold Schulman. No evidence the film was ever completed or distributed.
While her parents were performing at The Carousel Club in Dallas, Texas, she was babysat by the owner of the club, Jack Ruby.
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Film acting and directing classes were mandated for all film students in the Entertainment Studies Department at UCLA, where she taught for 15 years (1990-2004).
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Gives seminars in acting and directing at film schools and universities. Taught film acting and directing at UCLA for 17 years.
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The daughter of dancers Jon Zerby and Inga Wiere, who were known as The Dancing Zerbys, a successful nightclub act in the 1940s and 1950s.
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While her parents, The Dancing Zerbys, were appearing in a Las Vegas showroom, she made her debut at the age of three, when the comedian introduced her on stage one night as the "manager" of the show. She kept the role and stayed in the act until she was old enough to go to school.
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