1. Harriet Nelson appeared on the vaudeville stage when she was three years old and made her debut on Broadway in her teens.
13 Facts About Harriet Nelson
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Harriet Nelson frequented the Cotton Club, began smoking at age thirteen.
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Harriet Nelson wed the comedian, Roy Sedley, in 1930.
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Harriet Nelson left high school before graduating and joined the Corps de Ballet at the Capitol Theater, later dancing in the Harry Carroll Revue and working as a straight woman for comedians Ken Murray and Bert Lahr.
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Harriet Nelson was very much in demand during the World War II years for leading roles in escapist musicals, comedies, and mysteries.
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In Ozzie Nelson's book, he wrote that Harriet was quite popular during her short time at RKO, and that he and she wanted her to continue her solo film career.
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Harriet Nelson had the talent to go on and be a big star, but she made that decision to be Ozzie's wife.
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In 1973, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson appeared in the sitcom Ozzie's Girls.
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Harriet Nelson wed the comedian Roy Sedley, in 1930.
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Harriet Nelson's grandchildren include actress Tracy Nelson and musicians Matthew and Gunnar Nelson.
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In 1978, Harriet Nelson moved full-time to the Laguna Beach, California, beach home the family had built in 1954.
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Harriet Nelson died of congestive heart failure on October 2,1994.
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Harriet Nelson is interred with her husband and younger son Ricky in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles.