Alix Talton (born Alice Talton, June 7, 1920[citation needed] – April 7, 1992) was an American actress. Today's audiences probably know her best as the catty career woman in the Bill Haley musical Rock Around the Clock (1956).
Alix Talton | |
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.jpg) Alix Talton in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | |
| Born | Alice Talton June 7, 1920 |
| Died | April 7, 1992 (aged 71) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1941–1975 |
| Spouse(s) | Lew Kerner (1944–1949) (divorced) (1 child) George Cahan (1950–1991) (his death) (1 child)[1] |
| Children | 2[2] |
Biography edit
A former Miss Georgia,[2] Talton signed a movie contract with Warner Bros. in 1941. She played incidental, uncredited bits until being featured as one of the "Navy Blues Sextet" (six singing chorus girls originally featured in the Warner military comedy Navy Blues). Her one appearance with the Sextet was in the Phil Silvers-Jimmy Durante comedy You're in the Army Now (1941), in which she received screen billing for the first time, as Alice Talton.
Her stay at Warners was short, because she felt that she lacked training as an actress. She left Hollywood to work in stage plays, and only when she felt confident in her abilities did she return to motion pictures. She returned in a Republic Pictures western in 1949 (as Alice Talton), and went on to a busy freelance career as a character actress.
She appeared in the films Ranger of Cherokee Strip, In a Lonely Place, The Great Jewel Robber, Fourteen Hours, Sally and Saint Anne, Tangier Incident, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!, The Deadly Mantis, Romanoff and Juliet and The Devil's Brigade, among others.
From 1953 to 1955, Talton portrayed both Myrna Cobb and Myrna Shepard, next door neighbors in the television version of My Favorite Husband.[3]
She appeared in Perry Mason as Eva Elliot in The Case of the Long-Legged Models. The show originally aired on May 17, 1958.
Talton was married to George Cahan.[4]
She died of lung cancer on April 7, 1992, in Burbank, California, at age 71.[2]
Partial filmography edit
- Dive Bomber (1941) as Girl at Newsstand (uncredited)
- International Squadron (1941) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Passage from Hong Kong (1941) as Tourist (uncredited)
- You're in the Army Now (1941) as Navy Blues Sextette Member
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) as Chorine (uncredited)
- Hers to Hold (1943) as Hazel (uncredited)
- Ranger of Cherokee Strip (1949) as Mary Bluebird
- In a Lonely Place (1950) as Frances 'Fran' Randolph (uncredited)
- The Great Jewel Robber (1950) as Brenda Hall
- Fourteen Hours (1951) as Miss Kelly, Secretary (uncredited)
- Sally and Saint Anne (1952) as Jeanne (uncredited)
- Tangier Incident (1953) as Olga
- The Story of Three Loves (1953) as Rose (segment "Equilibrium") (uncredited)
- Rock Around the Clock (1956) as Corinne Talbot
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) as Helen Parnell
- Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) as Debbie Farmer
- The Deadly Mantis (1957) as Marge Blaine
- Romanoff and Juliet (1961) as Beulah
- Carnival of Crime (1962) as Lynn Voray
- The Devil's Brigade (1968) as Miss Arnold
References edit
- ^ "Alix Talton - The Private Life and Times of Alix Talton. Alix Talton Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com.
- ^ a b c "Alix Talton; Actress Often Portrayed 'Other Woman'". Articles.latimes.com. 1992-04-10. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 729. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ "Actress Wins Parole Board Promise to Free Brother". The Shreveport Journal. Louisiana, Shreveport. April 6, 1954. p. 4. Retrieved September 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
- Alix Talton at IMDb