Wanda Hendrix

Dixie Wanda Hendrix (born November 3, 1928 in Jacksonville , Florida , † February 1, 1981 in Burbank , California ) was an American film and television actress .

Life

Adolescent years

Dixie Wanda Hendrix was born to Max Sylvester and Mary Faircloth Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida. After graduating from high school, Hendrix joined a small amateur theater company in her home town, where she was discovered by a Warner Brothers talent scout and got a contract in Hollywood , California .

Profession and marriage

She shot her first film, Confidential Agent , in 1945 and in the first few years appeared mostly in B-movies . In the late 1940s, she has appeared in more demanding films such as ride on the Pink Horse (Ride the Pink Horse) (1947) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She starred alongside Tyrone Power in In the Clutches of Borgia (Prince of Foxes) (1949).

Audie Murphy saw her on the cover of a magazine in 1949 and asked her to meet. They married soon after, but the marriage did not last long. Hendrix later said that Murphy asked her to quit her job. What bothered her more, however, was that Murphy, who suffered from post- traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) from World War II , slept with a loaded revolver and had aimed the gun at her during one of his flashback attacks. In 1951 they divorced. But in her later years she spoke of him with compassion.

Hendrix went back to work but had a hard time getting good roles. In 1954 she married Jim Stack. She listened with acting and only appeared occasionally on television shows on such as in My Three Sons (My Three Sons) and Bewitched (Bewitched) .

She died of double pneumonia in Burbank, California, aged 52, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery .

Spouse

• Steven LaMonte (Italian financial expert and executive in an oil company) (June 7, 1969– November 17, 1980) (divorced)
• James Langford Stack, Jr. (Wealthy Athlete) (June 26, 1954– November 3, 1958) (Divorced)
• Audie Murphy (film actor) (February 8, 1949– April 14, 1950) (divorced)

Filmography

• 1945: Hunt in the Fog (Confidential Agent)
• 1947: Nora Prentiss
• 1947: Everything goes better with singing (Welcome Stranger)
• 1947: Hollywood Wonderland
• 1947: Ride on the Pink Horse (Ride the Pink Horse)
• 1947: Girls for Hollywood (Variety Girl)
• 1948: Miss Tatlock's Millions
• 1949: My Own True Love
• 1949: Song of Surrender
• 1949: In the Clutches of Borgia (Prince of Foxes)
• 1950: Captain Carey, USA
• 1950: Sierra
• 1950: Our Admiral is a Lady (The Admiral Was a Lady)
• 1950: Without Law (Saddle Tramp)
• 1950: The Token (episode role)
• 1950: Lux Video Theater (an episode)
• 1951: Rewrite for Love (episode role)
• 1951: New Year for Margaret (episode role)
• 1951: The Bigelow Theater (two episodes)
• 1951: The Masked Cavalier (The Highwayman)
• 1951: The Arm of Evil (My Outlaw Brother)
• 1951: The Happy Journey (episode role)
• 1952: The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel FB Morse (episode role)
• 1951–1952: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (two episodes)
• 1952: Montana Territory
• 1952: Your Show of Shows (an episode)
• 1952: Keane vs. Keane (episode role)
• 1952: Robert Montgomery Presents (an episode)
• 1953: The Fury (episode role)
• 1953: Your Favorite Story (an episode)
• 1953: Adventure in Algiers (South of Algiers)
• 1953: A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1 (episode role)
• 1953: A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2 (episode role)
• 1953: ABC album (two episodes)
• 1953: The Last Posse
• 1952: Something Old, Something New (episode role)
• 1953: The Bachelor (episode role)
• 1952–1953: The Ford Television Theater (two episodes)
• 1953: The Surprise Party (episode role)
• 1953: The Revlon Mirror Theater (an episode)
• 1953: Fresh Start (episode role)
• 1953: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (an episode)
• 1954: The Las Vegas Car Trap (Highway Dragnet)
• 1954: Sea of ​​Lost Ships
• 1954: The Black Dakotas
• 1957: Avalanche at Devil's Pass (episode role)
• 1957: Climax! (one episode)
• 1958: The Immortal Eye (episode role)
• 1958: Telephone Time (an episode)
• 1958: The Charles Maury Story (episode role)
• 1958: Wagon Train (an episode)
• 1959: San Fernando, the Swami (episode role)
• 1959: The Red Skelton Show (an episode)
• 1960: Mind Over Murder (episode role)
• 1960: Society Doctor (episode role)
• 1960: Lawyer for Justice ( Lock Up , two episodes)
• 1960: The Lady Plays Her Hand (episode role)
• 1960: Bat Masters (an episode)
• 1961: The Lesson (episode role)
• 1961: The Second Man (an episode)
• 1961: Boy Who Caught a Crook
• 1963: The Epidemic (episode role)
• 1963: The Lloyd Bridges Show (an episode)
• 1963: Revenge of Johnny Cool (Johnny Cool)
• 1964: Stage to Thunder Rock (Stage to Thunder Rock)
• 1969: The Fountain of Youth
• 1969: My Three Sons ( My Three Sons , a series)
• 1971: TV or Not TV (episode role)
• 1971: In Love with a Witch ( Bewitched , an episode)
• 1972: One Minute Before Death

Web links

• Wanda Hendrix in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Wanda Hendrix on Glamor Girls of the Silver Screen (English)
• Wanda Hendrix on the Audie Murphy Memorial Web site (English)
• Wanda Hendrix on Find A Grave (English)
• Wanda Hendrix in the German dubbing index

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IMDB biography for Audie Murphy , July 2, 2010
2. ↑ Audie Murphy suffered from PTSD , July 2, 2010