American actress of the 1940's and 50's, a former Esquire model and wartime pin-up girl. She got her start in Hollywood via a scholarship to the Max Reinhardt workshop on the strength of being 'The Coca Cola Girl' and elected 'ad queen of Chicago'. Her first starring role on stage was in 'Seventeen' in 1940. Her subsequent film career was ...
January 22, 1922, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died
July 22, 2010, Riverside, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Glenn Thompson (m. 1953–1953), William M. Moore (m. 1946–1947), William M. Moore (m. 1943–1944)
Star Sign
Aquarius
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[on Christine McIntyre] Christine McIntyre was a very sweet girl. Very talented. She could sing, do comedy, anything. She's that beautiful blonde who was in so many Columbia shorts. Part of their ensemble, so to speak.
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[on The Three Stooges, with whom she made several two-reelers at Columbia] Curly [Curly Howard] was the funniest; everything about him was funny. Shemp [Shemp Howard] was good, too. The Stooges would discuss everything before a take--I don't think they had a script. They were very serious--then become clowns on the set! Cookoo Cavaliers (1940) was my favorite. I wore a bathing suit and they followed me around.
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[on Dave O'Brien, with whom she worked on Dead or Alive (1944)] . . . the funniest guy--he had that series of Pete Smith shorts at Metro. I laugh when I think about him and picture him in my mind. He was the best comedian; very humorous; he would make everybody laugh--a great talent; such a humorist. But of course he could play it straight.
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One of the problems of being an actor is that you work, and then you don't work. The time that you don't work might be extensive and you do still have to continue to live.
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I loved my work and I took it seriously.
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Fact
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Born and raised in Chicago, and graduated from Foreman High School.
According to an interview with Mike Barnum in the December 2009 issue of "Classic Images", she got her initial start after winning a scholarship to the Max Reinhardt Workshop in Hollywood, where she appeared as Queen Titania in a version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
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In the 1950s she discovered that a New Orleans stripper began using her name, and she had to take legal action to stop her.
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Was a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio Services and hosted a show called "Radio Calling".
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Popular G.I. pin-up girl during the 1940s and did several layouts, including one for Esquire magazine.