Biographies: Yvette Duguay - Actor

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An American actress, born in Marseille, France, as Audreyl Lee Pearlman. She began acting at the age of 6 months, when she appeared in an advertisement for baby powder, and continued her career until adulthood. She proved to be one of the few child stars of the time to maintain a successful career. Her parents immigrated to the United States when she was an infant, and the family settled in New Jersey before moving to Hollywood when she was two years old. She appeared on Broadway when she was seven, and made her film debut in The Chocolate Soldier (1941). She graduated from Hollywood High School and signed a contract with Universal in 1951 for $1,250/week. She participated in entertaining American soldiers during the Korean War. She appeared in her first television work in Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952), and her last appearance was in the series Cheyenne (1960), then she retired from the profession. She was married three times and had three children. Among her works are The Cimarron Kid (1952), Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) and The Shanghai Story (1954). She died of bladder cancer in Marina del Rey, California, USA on October 14, 1986, at age 54.

• 30 November 2023
• Shaimaa Saied