This sweet, wholesome, porcelain-skinned beauty was your typical bouffant blonde of the early-to-mid 1960s. She was picture perfect, whether romping along the coast of Malibu Beach in a bikini or peering over a white picket fence as the girl-next-door. Pat Priest was born Patricia Ann Priest on August 15, 1936 in Bountiful, Utah. Her mother, Ivy ...
I have had very good feelings, and dealings with professional collectors. They are some of my best customers. I think they provide a wonderful service to fans and memorabilia collectors because a lot of the time these people would not be able to find out about or get in touch with those stars whose autographs they would love to possess.
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I think the most gratifying thing has been the many stories people tell me about watching The Munsters (1964) as a family and what these times have meant to them. When you work on a show, you never really know the impact you've had on people, until you do an autograph show, where they get to tell you how they feel.
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[on her reaction to being asked to provide an autograph] I was really taken by surprise! I couldn't understand why anyone would want my autograph. I was only doing a television show and felt I wasn't very important. I was very pleased, but also a little embarrassed by the moment.
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[on The Munsters (1964)] I tested for the part on a Wednesday, they called me on Thursday, I signed the contracts on a Friday and started working on Monday. That was my big break.
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Gave birth to her first child at age 22, a son named Lance Jensen on August 29, 1958. Child's father was her husband, Pierce Andrew Jensen Jr.
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Gave birth to her second child at age 23, a son named Pierce Jensen on July 10, 1960. Child's father was her husband, Pierce Andrew Jensen Jr.
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As of July 2010 was an antique dealer, along with her sister, at a shop in Boise, ID. She has just finished maintenance treatments for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is in remission.
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As of September 2001 she was living in Hailey, ID, where she restores and resells houses. In May 2001 she was diagnosed with lymphoma, but she was undergoing treatment to contain the disease.
Attended and graduated from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia in 1954.
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Is a member of Delta Zeta sorority, Alpha Chi chapter.
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Queen of the Norfolk (Virginia) Azalea Pageant in 1954.
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When she was a young girl, her family moved from Salt Lake City to Bountiful, Utah. Although Bountiful is a small town, she was exposed to entertainment work through her mother, Ivy Baker Priest, who often wrote, directed and produced road shows for the Mormon church.
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Selected as one of the Capitol's "Ten Most Beautiful Women" while living in Washington, D.C. with her mother, United States Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest, whose signature appeared on United States currency from 1953-1961.
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Best known for playing Marilyn Munster on the television series The Munsters (1964); however, she took over the role after Beverley Owen left the series to get married. Priest stayed with the series until its cancellation in 1966.
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Bought a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado convertible, with a black leather interior, from Elvis Presley for $3,000. She traded it in a couple of years later for a new Pontiac, rather than keeping Elvis' convertible as a collector's item. She did not tell the dealer it had been owned by Elvis.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Here Come the Munsters
1995
TV Movie
Cameo appearance
Mary Tyler Moore
1976
TV Series
Lila Nivens
Run, Joe, Run
1974
TV Series
Grace Gilbert
Some Call It Loving
1973
Carnival Nurse
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
1971
Linda
Mission: Impossible
1971
TV Series
Kathrine Berat
Airport
1970
Mrs. Jerry Copeland - Passenger (uncredited)
Bewitched
1969-1970
TV Series
Ruthie Campbell / Nurse / Mrs. Goodall
The Virginian
1969
TV Series
Mary Lou
Ironside
1969
TV Series
Goldie
The Red Skelton Hour
1966-1968
TV Series
Tessie Torso
Run for Your Life
1968
TV Series
Susan
Mannix
1967
TV Series
Louise Carter
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
Dina Bishop
The Lucy Show
1966
TV Series
Stewardess
Perry Mason
1964-1966
TV Series
Norma Fenn / Sally Young
The Munsters
1964-1966
TV Series
Marilyn Munster
Death Valley Days
1964-1965
TV Series
Nora Jackson / Nancy
My Favorite Martian
1964
TV Series
Della Darwell
Dr. Kildare
1964
TV Series
Student Nurse
Wendy and Me
1964
TV Series
Betty Allison
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
TV Series
Karen Joyce Pennell
Quick Before It Melts
1964
Stewardess (uncredited)
Valentine's Day
1964
TV Series
Lola
Looking for Love
1964
Waitress (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
1964
TV Series
1st Dancer
The Lieutenant
1963
TV Series
Waitress / Diane
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Biography
2003
TV Series documentary very special thanks - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bizarre Transmissions from the Bermuda Triangle
2015
TV Series
Herself
Shipping Wars
2015
TV Series
Herself
Biography
2000-2003
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Legend of Forrest Tucker
1997
Documentary short
Herself
The Jonathan Winters Show
1968
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Marilyn Munster - The Munsters
The Lego Munsters
2011
Short
Marilyn Munster
50 Years of Funny Females
1995
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
TV Land Award
TV Land Awards
The Most Irreplaceable Replacement
The Munsters (1964)
2004
TV Land Award
TV Land Awards
Irreplaceable Replacement
The Munsters (1964)
Known for movies
The Munsters (1964-1966) as Marilyn Munster
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) as Dina Bishop
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) as Linda
$7 Million
