1. Wendy Barrie's father, Francis Charles John Graigoe Jenkin KC, was an employee of the Great Western Railway, who then joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1902.
17 Facts About Wendy Barrie
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Wendy Barrie received her education at a convent school in England and a finishing school in Switzerland.
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In 1932, Wendy Barrie made her screen debut in the film Threads, which was based upon a play.
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Wendy Barrie went on to make a number of motion pictures for London Films under the Korda brothers, Alexander and Zoltan, the best known of which is 1933's The Private Life of Henry VIII, in which she portrayed Jane Seymour.
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Wendy Barrie was a member of the cast of The Jack Haley Show on NBC and CBS.
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Wendy Barrie was an assistant on the Star for a Night program on the Blue Network, and she was one of the quizmasters on Detect and Collect on CBS and ABC.
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In 1956, she had a disc jockey program, the Wendy Barrie Show, on WMGM in New York City.
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Wendy Barrie hosted a widely syndicated radio interview show into the mid-1960s.
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From November 17,1948, to February 9,1949, Wendy Barrie hosted Picture This on NBC.
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The Wendy Barrie Show debuted in November 1948 on ABC, then ran on DuMont and NBC, ending its run in September 1950.
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The 15-minute NBC program had Wendy Barrie interviewing celebrities and talking about fashions.
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Wendy Barrie was hostess of the short-lived Stars in Khaki and Blue, a "prime-time talent show for members of the Armed Forces," which debuted on NBC September 13,1952, and ended September 27,1952.
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Wendy Barrie has appeared on network television on panel shows and as a guest star in the early 1950s, and as a spokesperson for commercial products, including a stint as the original Revlon saleswoman on The $64,000 Question during its first months on air.
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On January 11,1954, a new The Wendy Barrie Show premiered from the studios of WHIO-TV in Dayton, simulcast on Taft Broadcasting's WKRC-TV in Cincinnati and WTVN-TV in Columbus.
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Wendy Barrie was reportedly engaged to and had a daughter named Carolyn with the infamous gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, and at one time was married to textile manufacturer David L Meyer.
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Wendy Barrie died in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1978, aged 65, following a stroke that had left her debilitated for several years.
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Wendy Barrie was buried in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.