23 Facts About Jinx Falkenburg

Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg was an American actress and model.

Jinx Falkenburg married journalist and publicist Tex McCrary in 1945.

Jinx Falkenburg was born to American parents in Barcelona, Spain; her father Eugene "Genie" Lincoln Jinx Falkenburg was an engineer for Westinghouse.

All the Jinx Falkenburg offspring became known for their tennis abilities; younger brother Bob won the men's singles championship at Wimbledon in 1948.

Jinx Falkenburg attended Hollywood High School but left in 1935 at the age of 16 to pursue a career in acting and modeling.

Jinx Falkenburg appeared on over 200 magazine covers and in some 1,500 commercial advertisements in the 1930s and 1940s.

Jinx Falkenburg was considered to be one of the most beautiful women of that era, known for her All-American-Girl athletic good looks.

Jinx Falkenburg met John Reagan "Tex" McCrary when he came to photograph and interview her for a military publication after she opened in Hold On to Your Hats.

Jinx Falkenburg was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Forces.

Jinx Falkenburg's technique was to ask questions until she understood the answer and so, presumably, did all the housewives at home listening to her.

Jinx Falkenburg flew in with comedian Bob Hope and songwriter Irving Berlin to do highly publicized Christmas shows for airmen and occupation soldiers.

McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg's popularity grew, and at one point in the early 1950s they hosted two radio programs and a daily television show and wrote a column for the New York Herald Tribune.

Armed with tape recorder and microphone, Jinx Falkenburg often did interviews outside the studio.

Jinx Falkenburg covered many major stories of the day, including the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London and the wedding of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier of Monaco.

Jinx Falkenburg was on assignment and appeared on camera in the historic finger-poking televised "kitchen debate" in Moscow between Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

At the behest of John Hay Whitney, finance chairman for the Republican Party, Jinx Falkenburg became head of the women's division of the finance committee in 1954.

Jinx Falkenburg continued to serve on the finance committee and remained a lifelong Republican, occasionally lending her name to the party's causes.

Jinx Falkenburg informally retired from broadcasting in 1958 and continued to live in Manhasset.

Jinx Falkenburg became vice-president of Marian Bialac Cosmetics, a company owned by Whitney.

Jinx Falkenburg took up golf at the age of 40 and within a short time had a 12 handicap.

In 1980, McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg separated but never divorced and remained friends.

Jinx Falkenburg was involved in charitable work and was on the board of the North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, which her husband was instrumental in getting built.

Jinx Falkenburg died on August 27,2003, at the age of 84 at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset.