The Oval Portrait
1973 · Movie
as Lisa Buckingham
Wanda Hendrix
1928-11-03
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress. 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. 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 on February 8, 1949, but the marriage was short-lived; they divorced on April 14, 1950. 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. On June 26, 1954, she married wealthy sportsman James Langford Stack, Jr., the brother of actor Robert Stack, and retired from acting, but made occasional appearances in television series such as My Three Sons and Wagon Train and Bewitched. The couple divorced on November 3, 1958. She married Italian financier and oil company executive Steven LaMonte on June 7, 1969. They divorced on November 17, 1980. She died in Burbank, California from double pneumonia at the age of 52, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wanda Hendrix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
One Minute Before Death
1972 · Movie
as Genevieve Howard
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Mystic Mountain Massacre
1971 · Movie
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964 · Movie
as Sarah Swope
Bewitched
1964 · TV Show
Johnny Cool
1963 · Movie
as Miss Connolly
Boy Who Caught a Crook
1961 · Movie
as Laura
My Three Sons
1960 · TV Show
Lock-Up
1959 · TV Show
Bat Masterson
1958 · TV Show
as Daphne Kaye
Telephone Time
1956 · TV Show
Highway Dragnet
1954 · Movie
as Susan Willis
The Black Dakotas
1954 · Movie
as Ruth Lawrence
Climax!
1954 · TV Show
as Maggie
South of Algiers
1953 · Movie
as Anne Burnet
The Last Posse
1953 · Movie
as Deborah
Sea of Lost Ships
1953 · Movie
as Pat Kirby
A Tale of Two Cities
1953 · Movie
as Lucie Manette
Montana Territory
1952 · Movie
as Clair Enoch
My Outlaw Brother
1951 · Movie
as Senorita Carmel Alvarado
The Highwayman
1951 · Movie
as Bess Forsythe
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV Show
as Norma Bailey
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950 · Movie
as Jean Madison
Sierra
1950 · Movie
as Riley Martin
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
1950 · Movie
as Baronessa Giulia de Greffi
Saddle Tramp
1950 · Movie
as Della
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Lux Video Theatre
1950 · TV Show
as Sumatra
Your Show of Shows
1950 · TV Show
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV Show
Prince of Foxes
1949 · Movie
as Camilla Verano
Song of Surrender
1949 · Movie
as Abigail Hunt
My Own True Love
1948 · Movie
as Sheila Heath
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948 · Movie
as Nancy "Nan" Tatlock
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Movie
as Bonita Talbot
Ride the Pink Horse
1947 · Movie
as Pila
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Movie
as Emily Walters
Hollywood Wonderland
1947 · Movie
as Tour Guide (uncredited)
Variety Girl
1947 · Movie
as Variety Girl
Confidential Agent
1945 · Movie
as Else
