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Jinx Falkenburg

  • Born: Jan 21, 1919 in Barcelona, Spain
  • Died: Aug 27, 2003
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s
  • Major Genres: Musical, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Cover Girl, Meet Me on Broadway, Nine Girls
  • First Major Screen Credit: Sing for Your Supper (1941)

Biography

A pioneer of talk radio whose undeniable beauty and glamour also resulted in a successful modeling and film career, Jinx Falkenburg teamed with partner (and husband) Tex McCrary to innovate an entirely new form of radio entertainment. Born Eugenia Lincoln Falkenburg in Barcelona and nicknamed Jinx by her mother, the young beauty got her start in Spanish films before her stateside career took off in the late '30s. Thanks in no small part to a memorable cover shot on a 1937 issue of American Magazine, Falkenburg's career truly took hold with the release of the 1941 musical comedy Two Latins From Manhattan. An easygoing bit of entertainment that helped to ease the public's wartime woes, the film later spawned an equally popular sequel, Two Senoritas From Chicago (1943). In the time between her most popular films, Falkenburg also appeared in such efforts as Sing for Your Supper (1941) and Lucky Legs (1942). Making the acquaintance of McCray when he interviewed her for her role in the Broadway musical Hold on to Your Hats, the duo married in 1945 and teamed for the breakthrough hit Meet Tex and Jinx the following year. An innovative program, it sometimes broadcast from New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in order to speak with celebrities as they stopped at the front desk to pick up their room keys. Moving to the small screen with NBC's At Home (and later the Swift Home Service Club), the pair interviewed celebrities from the comforts of their own home. In addition to being a key figure in convincing Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for the presidency, Falkenburg entertained troops during World War II and was appointed head of the Republican Party's women's division in 1954. Despite the fact that she and McCrary eventually separated, the couple never officially divorced. On August 27, 2003, a mere 29 days after the death of longtime partner McCrary, Jinx Falkenburg died of natural causes in Manhasset, NY. She was 84. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

 
 
Wikipedia: Jinx Falkenburg

Eugenia Lincoln Falkenburg (January 21, 1919 - August 27, 2003) was a Spanish-born model and actress who was nicknamed Jinx by her mother.

Born in Barcelona, she was raised in Chile. Her family moved to the United States where she became a top model. Her brother Bob Falkenburg was the 1948 Wimbledon singles champion.

As a teenager, she became a top fashion model who appeared on numerous magazine covers, and was the first Miss Rheingold (model for Rheingold beer), but was chosen by the brewery rather than being voted by the public, as in later years. Falkenburg appeared in over 25 movies and numerous television programs. She, along with her husband Tex McCrary, was one of the early innovators in the talk show genre in the 1940s.

After Falkenburg and McCrary were married in 1945, they began broadcasting the popular morning radio talk show, Hi Jinx, in 1946. They later hosted the NBC show, At Home, and published a column together in the New York Herald Tribune. During this time she became enamored with Los Angeles golfer Bud Stevens, who dumped her for Sharon Gunn.

Jinx made her life in the 1960s for doing ads for the American Gas Association during Ozzie and Harriet.

Falkenburg was a staunch Republican and hosted fundraisers for the Republican party. At age 84, she died August 27, 2003 in Manhasset, New York, shortly after the July 29 death of McCrary.

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