Following her high school graduation, Kay Christopher entered the fashion world as a professional model and pin-up girl which led to entries in several beauty contests that welcomed a rich assortment of accolades. After signing a contract with RKO Radio Pictures in 1945 she made her screen debut as a bridesmaid in The Locket (1946). She later had ...
June 3, 1926, New Rochelle, New York, United States
Died
June 18, 2012, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Place Of Birth
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Profession
Actress
Education
New Rochelle High School
Movies
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
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Blonde Hair
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Green Eyes
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Dimples
4
Minnie Mouse like voice
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Fact
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Was a guest presenter at the 1955 and 1956 Emmy Awards.
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On June 17, 1951, she made headlines when she disclosed to the Associated Press that she would be marrying Attorney Henry Taecker, of Los Angeles, at the Village Lutheran Church in Westwood, California, on Christmas Eve of that year. However, four months later, she publicly announced that she was breaking off her engagement citing mental abuse and infidelity as the cause for her decision. Taecker later resigned from his own profession and dropped from view never to be seen again.
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In October 1977 she appeared, uncredited and unrecognizable, in a television advertisement for Woolworth and Woolco's Annual Halloween sale. The commercial of her in this can be found on YouTube.
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She mothered three children.
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Is interred at Williamsburg Memorial Gardens.
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Was an active member of the Williamsburg United Methodist Church.
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Was diagnosed with Diabetes in the mid-1970s.
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Her mother was a librarian and her father a successful newspaper editor.
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Won a beauty contest for Universal Studios in 1945.
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Was a 1944 graduate of New Rochelle High School.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lux Video Theatre
1954
TV Series
Intermission Guest
One Minute to Zero
1952
Mrs. Stuart (uncredited)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951
Nina Clock Wallet
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
Cassie (uncredited)
Gasoline Alley
1951
Nina
Code of the Silver Sage
1950
Ann Gately
Prejudice
1949
Miss Parker (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Nurse (uncredited)
South of Rio
1949
Carol Waterman
I Cheated the Law
1949
Receptionist (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
1948
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Woman on the Beach
1947
Girl at Party (uncredited)
Desperate
1947
Nurse (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947
Tess Trueheart
Honeymoon
1947
Bride (uncredited)
Public Prosecutor
1947
TV Series
The Locket
1946
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor I.Q.
1953
TV Series
Assistant (1958-1959)
Universal Newsreel
1945/V
Documentary short
Herself - Beauty Contest Winner
Known for movies
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) as Tess Trueheart
South of Rio (1949) as Carol Waterman
Code of the Silver Sage (1950) as Ann Gately
Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951) as Nina Clock Wallet
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