Judy Tyler
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| Judy Tyler | |
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 As Peggy Van Alden in Jailhouse Rock (1957) |
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| Born | October 9, 1932 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | July 4, 1957 (aged 24) near Rock River, Wyoming, U.S. |
Judy Tyler (October 9, 1932 – July 4, 1957) was an American actress.[1]
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[edit] Early life and career
Born Judith Mae Hess in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she came from a show business family and was encouraged to study dance and acting. Her acting career began as a teenager with regular appearances on Howdy Doody as Princess Summerfall Winterspring from 1950 to 1953.
Like her mother, she became a chorus girl but then went on to star in a major role in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Pipe Dream. Life did a story on rising Broadway talent with Tyler on the magazine's cover as one of the up-and-coming stars. She lived with her parents in Teaneck, New Jersey when appearing on Howdy Doody and Broadway.[2]
Offered an opportunity in Hollywood, Tyler appeared in the film Bop Girl Goes Calypso then starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (1957).
[edit] Death
After completing filming of the Presley movie, she and her second husband, Greg Lafayette, took a vacation. While driving through Wyoming, they were involved in an automobile accident on U.S. Route 287, just north of Rock River, Wyoming, that claimed both their lives.[2]
Tyler's cremated remains are in the Private Family Room of her husband in the mausoleum in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
[edit] References
- ^ Obituary Variety, July 10, 1957, page 127.
- ^ a b "JUDY TYLER DIES AS CARS COLLIDE; Actress and Husband Killed by Crash in Wyoming-- Was on 'Howdy Doody'", The New York Times, July 5, 1957. Accessed August 8, 2008.
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