Nancy Valentine later had more success in American television, performing in over thirty different series.
32 Facts About Nancy Valentine
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Nancy Valentine was the middle child of five for Richard and Bertha Valentine.
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Nancy Valentine's father had his own sign painting business in Queens.
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Nancy Valentine's mother said in 1952 that she was born at Smithtown, New York and attended school in East Rockaway, New York.
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Nancy Valentine herself told columnist Earl Wilson she was from Smithtown and had been raised as a Baptist.
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Nancy Valentine's mother said she was never interested in school; instead she had brief jobs working as a store stock clerk and as a nightclub cigarette and camera girl, before becoming a model.
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Nancy Valentine started as a Conover model but didn't get many assignments until she switched to the Powers agency.
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Nancy Valentine first came to public notice in June 1945 at age 17, in newspaper photos distributed through International News Service.
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Nancy Valentine was reportedly earning $750 a week modeling in New York.
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Nancy Valentine had just turned eighteen when a candid photo appeared in newspapers, showing her in a New York nightclub with Orson Welles, who was then married to Rita Hayworth.
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Nancy Valentine was signed to a personal contract by Mervyn LeRoy in May 1946.
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Nancy Valentine advised her to turn down a contract offer from Lou Schrieber at 20th Century Fox, a decision she soon regretted.
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Nancy Valentine continued doing highly-paid modeling jobs, but the money now went to the studio, not her.
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Nancy Valentine received a new contract from Vanguard Films in July 1947, but Erskine Johnson reported in April 1948 that "Nancy Valentine just checked out of an acting contract at Selznick's".
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Nancy Valentine then appeared in a succession of uncredited bit parts for various studios, culminating in three MGM films: Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend, and Million Dollar Mermaid.
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Five months later Nancy Valentine announced her engagement to Howard Darrin Jr, but broke it off within a few weeks.
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Sheilah Graham reported in early January 1949 on Nancy Valentine's forthcoming trip to India to see Narayan.
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Nancy Valentine again visited Narayan, arriving in India on November 16,1951, after telling columnists they had been secretly married in Cooch Behar in 1949 "by two traveling priests".
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However, while Nancy Valentine was sailing to New York, American newspapers reported the Indian government was now refusing to recognize the marriage.
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The Star Tribune reported in March 1952 that "sources in India" said the ceremony she underwent in 1949 was a "betrothal ritual" not a wedding, and that Nancy Valentine herself was now uncertain as to her marital status.
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Nancy Valentine announced during May 1953 she was leaving acting to enter the Self-Realization Fellowship convent in Los Angeles, following what she later described as a "nervous breakdown".
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Nancy Valentine recounted details of her modeling, encounters with celebrities and the film industry, and her trips to India.
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Nancy Valentine remained at Self-Realization Fellowship for several years as a novitiate.
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Nancy Valentine left before taking final vows, but credited meditation with restoring her mental equilibrium.
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Nancy Valentine married Frederick Tillinghast III during July 1956, after obtaining an annulment of her marriage to Naranyan.
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Nancy Valentine asked only for $100 monthly child support and $1 token alimony, which was granted on January 29,1958, in Santa Monica Superior Court.
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Nancy Valentine's performing work ceased while in the convent, but resumed in 1956 with a supporting role in the anthology series Fireside Theatre.
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Nancy Valentine then took over as occasional co-host for Tom Duggan's nightly live talk show on KCOP-TV starting in April 1958.
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Nancy Valentine had a much better received role in Tess of the Storm Country the following year, and played uncredited bits in Portrait of a Mobster and Too Late Blues during 1961.
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From 1959 through 1961 Nancy Valentine was active on television, playing guest star and supporting roles on episodes of series such as Tales of Wells Fargo, The Texan, Man with a Camera, 77 Sunset Strip, Lawman, The Real McCoys, Hawaiian Eye, Thriller, and Surfside 6.
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Nancy Valentine married actor-director Everett Chambers in October 1961, at the Self-Realization Fellowship Center in Santa Barbara, California.
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Nancy Valentine died at her home in Malibu, California on July 31,2017.