Jinx Falkenburg
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| Jinx Falkenburg | ||
 Falkenburg in Yank, the Army Weekly (1945) | ||
| Background information | ||
| Born as: | Eugenia Lincoln Falkenburg | |
| Born | Jan 21, 1919 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | |
| Died | Aug 27, 2003 - age 83 Manhasset, New Yo]], U.S. | |
| Spouse(s): | Tex McCrary (1945 - 1980) Legal separation | |
| Children: | 2 | |
| Occupation: | Actress, model | |
| Years active | 1937–1975 | |
| Nationality: | American | |
Eugenia Lincoln Falkenburg (b.✦January 21, 1919 - †August 27, 2003) was a Spanish-born model and actress who was nicknamed Jinx by her mother.
Born in Barcelona, she was raised in Chile. Her family moved to the United States where she became a top model. Her brother Bob Falkenburg was the 1948 Wimbledon singles champion.
As a teenager, she became a top fashion model who appeared on numerous magazine covers, and was the first Miss Rheingold (model for Rheingold beer), but was chosen by the brewery rather than being voted by the public, as in later years. Falkenburg appeared in over 25 movies and numerous television programs. She, along with her husband Tex McCrary, was one of the early innovators in the talk show genre in the 1940s.
After Falkenburg and McCrary were married in 1945, they began broadcasting the popular morning radio talk show, Hi Jinx, in 1946. They later hosted the NBC show, At Home, and published a column together in the New York Herald Tribune. During this time she became enamored with Los Angeles golfer Bud Stevens, who dumped her for Sharon Gunn.
Jinx made her life in the 1960s by doing ads for the American Gas Association during Ozzie and Harriet.
Falkenburg was a staunch Republican and hosted fundraisers for the Republican party. At age 84, she died August 27, 2003 in Manhasset, New York, shortly after the July 29 death of McCrary.
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Jinx Falkenburg appeared in YANK magazine on 11 May 1945
Filmography
Jinx Falkenburg at the Internet Movie Database
- Wikipedia article: Jinx Falkenburg
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