Charlotte Austin Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Named for her birthplace (Charlotte, North Carolina), Charlotte Austin was the daughter of Gene Austin, a top crooner of the 1920s and 1930s and the composer of many popular songs. Dramatic training and a screen test led to a contract at 20th Century-Fox for Charlotte in the early 1950s, when she had parts in the studio's How to Marry a Millionaire...
Owns and runs an antique shop in Pasadena specializing in romantic Victorian furnishings She has a grown daughter, is songwriting and recording again and completed a musical based on "The Trial of the Century". [1999]
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Interviewed about her father, Gene Austin, and her Western credits in "Wild Wild Westerners" by Tom Weaver (BearManor, 2012).
Interviewed about her horror/sci-fi movies in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).
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Her 1958 film The Bride and the Beast (1958), written by Edward D. Wood Jr., was released on DVD, newly remastered, in the spring of 2002 by Retromedia. VCI's later DVD release of the movie featured an audio commentary with Austin, supporting player Trustin Howard (aka Slick Slavin), gorilla movie expert Bob Burns and interviewer Tom Weaver.
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With the advent of Cinemascope, Twentieth Century-Fox sent a half-dozen preview scenes of How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) to distributors worldwide showcasing the new process. Austin played the nearsighted "Loco" in these previews, with the original cast (Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, David Wayne) playing their parts. In the completed film, Marilyn Monroe played the role of "Loco", with Charlotte playing the role of "Ding-Dong". Austin played the role of "Loco" again in the pilot for the TV series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957). Barbara Eden played the role in the final series. All cast members were replaced (with the exception of Lori Nelson), as was the director, John Rich (of All in the Family (1971)) fame.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
G.E. True
1962
TV Series
Jill
Perry Mason
1960
TV Series
Norma Williams
Steve Canyon
1958
TV Series
WAF
Frankenstein 1970
1958
Judy Stevens
The Bride and the Beast
1958
Laura Carson Fuller
Pawnee
1957
Dancing Fawn
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1957
TV Series
Menthune
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
Carol Adams
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
Midge
Daddy Long Legs
1955
Sally McBride
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
Lorna (uncredited)
Désirée
1954
Paulette Bonaparte
Gorilla at Large
1954
Audrey Baxter
Lux Video Theatre
1953
TV Series
Intermission Guest / Marie
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Model (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953
Pearl Dowd
Monkey Business
1952
Student (uncredited)
Castle in the Air
1952
Cathy Blake
Les Miserables
1952
Student (uncredited)
Belles on Their Toes
1952
Student (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Castle in the Air
1952
performer: "Wonderful Wasn't It", "There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder", "Ain't Misbehavin"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Screen Snapshots: Meet Mr. Rhythm, Frankie Laine
1952
Documentary short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2010
TV Series documentary
Judy Stevens
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
TV Movie documentary
Known for movies
Daddy Long Legs (1955) as Sally McBride
The Bride and the Beast (1958) as Laura Carson Fuller
$1.9 Million
