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Wanda Hendrix

 
Actor: Wanda Hendrix
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  • Born: Nov 03, 1928 in Jacksonville, Florida
  • Died: Feb 01, 1981 in Burbank, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Western
  • Career Highlights: Ride the Pink Horse, Confidential Agent, The South of Algiers
  • First Major Screen Credit: Confidential Agent (1945)

Biography

The product of a large and widely scattered Florida family, dark-eyed, doll-faced actress Wanda Hendrix was fresh out of local community theatre when she made her film debut at the age of 16. Not overly talented, Hendrix exuded a raw energy and exotic demeanor which briefly made her a fascinating screen presence. Director Robert Montgomery was able to cajole a thoroughly convincing performance from Hendrix in 1947's Ride the Pink Horse, after which she settled into the sort of pedestrian leading-lady roles that any competent actress could have played. Despite flashes of excellence in such films as Captain Carey USA (1950) and The Highwayman (1951), Hendrix was soon demoted from prestige pictures to western programmers and TV anthologies. Married three times, Hendrix's first husband was mercurial actor/war hero Audie Murphy. After several years of inactivity, 52-year-old Wanda Hendrix died of pneumonia. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Wanda Hendrix
Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix
November 3, 1928(1928-11-03)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Died February 1, 1981 (aged 52)
Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1945–1972
Spouse(s) Audie Murphy (1949–1950)
Jim Stack (1954–1958)
Steve LaMonte (1969–1979)

Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress.

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Early life

Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract.

Acting career and marriage

She made her first film Confidential Agent in 1945 and for the first few years of her career was consistently cast in "B" pictures. By the late 1940s she was being included in more prestigious films, such as Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She starred with Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes.

In 1949 Audie Murphy saw Hendrix on the cover of a magazine and asked to meet her. They were married soon after, but the marriage lasted less than a year. Hendrix later said that Murphy had wanted her to give up her career, but more significantly he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from his service in World War II and during "flashback" episodes he would turn on her, once holding her at gunpoint. In her later years, Hendrix spoke of Murphy's condition with empathy.

Hendrix resumed her career but found it difficult to obtain good roles. After a few years she married and retired from acting, but made occasional appearances in television series such as My Three Sons and Bewitched.

She died in Burbank, California from double pneumonia at the age of 52, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Spouses

  • Steven LaMonte (Italian financier and oil company executive) (7 June 1969 – 17 November 1980) (divorced)
  • James Langford Stack, Jr. (wealthy sportsman) (26 June 1954 – 3 November 1958) (divorced)
  • Audie Murphy (8 February 1949 – 14 April 1950) (divorced)

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