Sultry-eyed, dark-haired and exquisite-looking, New York City native Renee Godfrey certainly had the earnestness and requisite beauty to catapult herself to the top of the film industry but, in the end, fell short of her initial potential. She later put her career on the back burner to raise a family and, sadly, fell ill with cancer before she ...
She won the "Miss New York" crown in 1935. She also won the "Swimsuit" competition -- over the entire field of contestants -- in The Miss America Pageant.
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A good friend at one time to Barbara Stanwyck and June Lang during her heyday, her Hollywood hobbies included collecting matchbook covers and photos of Joan Crawford. Stanwyck was such a close friend, in fact, that the star was made temporary guardian of Renee's three girls after Renee died and husband Peter became seriously ill.
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Born in New York, she spent much of her early life abroad and when she was put under contract to RKO, had to rid herself of a French accent she had picked up while living in Paris.