1. Shelby Grant was raised in Wagoner, Oklahoma, and completed high school at Wagoner High School.
11 Facts About Shelby Grant
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Shelby Grant enrolled at Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she studied drama and speech.
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Shelby Grant appeared in local television commercials for Tulsa-based KTUL-TV after college.
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Shelby Grant initially worked as a teacher of special education and deaf students at Hollywood High School while trying to enter the entertainment industry.
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Shelby Grant "drew Shelby Grant out of a hat," according to an interview she gave to columnist Hedda Hopper.
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Shelby Grant debuted on television in a 1963 episode of Bonanza.
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Shelby Grant soon became a contracted actor with 20th Century Fox.
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Shelby Grant married her husband, actor Chad Everett, in a ceremony held on May 22,1966, in Tucson, Arizona.
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Shelby Grant appeared in her husband's television series Medical Center, in which he portrayed Dr Joe Gannon from 1969 to 1976.
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Shelby Grant largely left acting to focus on philanthropy during her later life.
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Shelby Grant died of a brain aneurysm in Westlake Village, California, on June 25,2011, at the age of 74.