Cindy Garner

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Dorothy Elizabeth Garner (✦December 21, 1926 - †January 2, 2002) was an American actress and model.

Early years

Born in High Point, North Carolina, Garner was the daughter of Douglas and Eula Garner. Before she graduated from High Point High School in 1941, she began working for the High Point Beacon newspaper, where her duties include writing the weekly Personality Parade column. She later operated a switchboard at a hotel.

Career

Garner married a military man and moved to California, where he was stationed. Working as a cigarette girl at Ciro's nightclub, she was discovered by film excecutive Henry Willson. In 1943, she was introduced as a new member of the Goldwyn Girls dancing troupe. She did well enough in a bit part in David O. Selznick's film "Since You Went Away" that she was put under contract with his Vanguard Films in 1944. She signed a long-term contract with Universal-International in 1951, but the studio later ended it. Garner's other films included "One Sunday Afternoon" (1948),[9] "Flame of Araby" (1951), and "Red Ball Express" (1952).

As a result of her modeling, Garner's picture appeared on magazines distributed nationally, including "Pic", "Hit", Yank, "Esquire", "Modern Romance", and "Modern Screen". She also was featured in pictures accompanying a "Popular Photography" article, Pin-ups or Trip-ups, in 1945.

Garner was also active in visiting veterans' hospitals and making personal appearances on bond tours.[

Later years

After Universal-International terminated Garner's contract and she and her husband separated, she had a nervous breakdown. She and her daughter moved to separate sites in North Carolina. Garner went to her mother's home, and the daughter lived with a relative. Garner never recovered from her mental health problems despite stays in hospitals and treatments that included electroshock therapy and a lobotomy.

Personal life

In the mid-1940s, Garner's marriage to her serviceman husband ended. She then married Elmo Marshall, and they had one child.

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• Cindy Garner appeared in YANK magazine on 6 April 1945

Filmography

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) (uncredited) .... Secretary Red Ball Express (1952) .... Kitty Walsh Meet Danny Wilson (1952) (uncredited) .... Stewardess Week-End with Father (1951) (uncredited) .... Dorothy - Brad's Secretary Flame of Araby (1951) (uncredited) .... Elaine ... aka Flame of the Desert (USA)

Till the End of Time (1946) (uncredited) .... Nurse You Came Along (1945) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Gertrude Nelson Since You Went Away (1944) (uncredited) .... Sugar Show Business (1944) (uncredited) .... Showgirl

External links

Cindy Garner at the Internet Movie Database

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