Cobina Wright came from a wealthy aristocratic family from New York City and started her show business career as a model, being in the top ten at John Robert Powers (the most sought after agency at that time). Bob Hope used her as the basis for character Cobina on his radio program in 1939. She was friends with Dolores and Bob and appeared on his ...
The song My Funny Valentine and the non profit organization Happy Endings Animal Rescue Sanctuary in the Santa Ynez Valley, California
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It is not just the singing and the acting that I miss--it's the people. I loved all the people I worked with. CW Jr., regarding her retirement
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Living in the Santa Ynez Valley, California. [2008]
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Both Cobina and her late husband were alcoholics. Following his death and her own recovery, she devoted much of her time to volunteering in programs at Beacon House. She also served on the board of the National Council on Alcoholism.
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Husband Palmer was an heir to a vast fortune. When he died of a heart attack in 1968, Cobina Jr. found that their spacious Carmel Valley home was all she owned. Palmer's share of his father's estate reverted, as per his father's will, back to Palmer's brothers and sisters.
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Her husband, Palmer Beaudette, was an Army corporal at the time they married in 1941. He butted heads with Cobina's assertive mother about the direction of his wife's/her daughter's career. Cobina Jr. retired in 1943.
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Her mother was notorious social climber and society columnist 'Cobina Wright Sr' . An aggressive and undeterred socialite when it came to clawing her way to fame and success, she pushed Cobina Jr. into a show business career which included singing, modeling and acting.
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Has three sons and a daughter: Oliver Joseph; William Wright: Palmer Beaudette, Jr.; and Cobina III (aka C.C.). She also has a stepdaughter, Suzanne, from her late husband's prior marriage.
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