1. Sheree North made her film debut as an uncredited extra in Excuse My Dust.
27 Facts About Sheree North
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Sheree North was then spotted by a choreographer performing at the Macayo Club in Santa Monica, and was cast as a chorus girl in the film Here Come the Girls, starring Bob Hope.
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Sheree North made her Broadway debut in the musical Hazel Flagg, for which she won a Theatre World Award.
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Sheree North reprised her role in the film version, Living It Up, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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In 1954, Sheree North signed a four-year contract with 20th Century-Fox.
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In March 1954, Sheree North had a brush with scandal when she was revealed to have once danced in a bikini in an 8 mm erotic film.
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Media attention surrounding Monroe's suspension, and North's hiring resulted in North appearing on the cover of Life with the cover line "Sheree North Takes Over from Marilyn Monroe".
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Sheree North's follow-up was The Best Things in Life Are Free, a lavish musical in which her singing voice was dubbed by Eileen Wilson.
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Sheree North received fourth billing under Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, and Ernest Borgnine.
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Sheree North was offered the lead role in a film called The Girl Upstairs, in which she would have parodied Monroe's on-screen persona.
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When Sheree North's agent suggested she decline the film, Fox put her on suspension for two months.
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When her suspension was lifted one month later, Sheree North agreed to appear in The Way to the Gold, but only on the assurance that Elvis Presley would be her co-star.
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Sheree North next starred in No Down Payment, a melodrama about the lives of multiple families living in a California subdivision.
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Sheree North guest-starred on episodes of The Untouchables and Gunsmoke.
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Sheree North joined the cast of I Can Get It for You Wholesale in 1962, which featured Elliott Gould and introduced Barbra Streisand.
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Sheree North later guest-starred on a series of popular television series, including Ben Casey, Burke's Law, The Virginian, The Big Valley, The Iron Horse, and The Fugitive.
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Sheree North co-starred with Elvis Presley in one of his final films, The Trouble with Girls.
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Sheree North appeared on Broadway doing a lively routine in the musical Hazel Flagg, and won a Theatre World Award.
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Sheree North appeared in productions of Irma La Douce, Bye Bye Birdie, and Can-Can.
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Sheree North displayed a talent for comic timing on many of the situation comedies of the era.
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Sheree North had supporting roles in two Charles Bronson movies, Breakout with Robert Duvall, and Telefon.
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Sheree North appeared in the crime drama The Organization with Sidney Poitier, and in The Outfit with Duvall, Joe Don Baker, and Karen Black.
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Sheree North played Lou Grant's girlfriend in several episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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Sheree North co-starred with Sheldon Leonard in the short-lived CBS sitcom Big Eddie in 1975.
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Sheree North later appeared in two episodes of The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux's sister Virginia.
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At the time of her death, Sheree North was married to her fourth husband, Emmy Award-winning title designer Phillip "Phill" Norman.
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On November 4,2005, aged 73, Sheree North died of complications following surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.