Friday, July 24, 2015

#64 Triple Feature: Debra Paget / Lisa Gaye / Teala Loring

Now here’s a real stage family. And in addition to the three sisters, we also have a brother (the makeup artist Ruell Shayne) and a mom-and-dad vaudeville act. As for the sisters, Debra was the glamorous one, Lisa was the steady one, and Teala was the obscure one. 


Debra Paget


Embarrassing Real Name:  Debralee Griffin

Cheesy Pageant Titles

  • Azalea Queen
  • Miss Sonic Boom
  • Most Glamorous Chassis
  • Chinchilla Queen

Embarrassing Movies
  • Demetrius and the Gladiators
  • From the Earth to the Moon
  • Tales of Terror
  • The Haunted Palace
  • Mother Is a Freshman

Embarrassing Taglines
  • The storming, slashing, sweeping saga of history's fabulous pirate queen!
  • BOLD AND BAWDY AS THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI! LUSTY AND GUSTY AS ITS FIERY WOMEN! ROUSING AS THE TIMES THAT INSPIRED IT!
  • See the Stampede of 3000 Angry Buffalo!!!

Embarrassing Characters
  • Taura
  • Kalua
  • Shila, Cleopatra's Daughter
  • Seetha the Sheeva dancer
  • Sonseeahray
  • Appearing Day

Number of Marriages:  3

Shortest Marriage:  4 months
 

Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends
  • Howard Hughes
  • Elvis

Whiffs of Scandal:  
  • Mom was a burlesque queen
  • Her “Egyptian dance,” from Princess of the Nile was extremely racy for the mid-50s (YouTube)

Interesting Tidbits

  • Maintained a 26-room mansion for 13 relatives
  • Had a strawberry-pink Cadillac covered with rhinestones
  • Had her own private zoo, with a peacock, chimpanzee, and gibbon
  • Became a born-again Christian (click here for her “prophecy”)

Screen Credits:  45

Where can I learn more?



Lisa Gaye



Embarrassing Real Name: Lezlie Griffin

Embarrassing Movies

  • Valley of Mystery
  • Night of Evil
  • Face of Terror
  • Castle of Evil *
* - author has seen

Embarrassing Taglines
  • Rock 'n' Roll vs. the Squares
  • A wilderness of danger! An empire of savage hate!
  • So terrifying! We have reserved your coffin ... if you drop dead while watching

Embarrassing Characters
  • Ahza
  • Natula
  • Princess Suvi
  • Sunset
  • Soft Snow
  • June Fitzdingle

Interesting Tidbits
  • Was in Rock Around the Clock
  • Did tons of TV
  • There is another actress out there with the same name (but born in 1990)

Screen Credits:  87

Where can I learn more?



Teala Loring


Embarrassing Real Name:  Marcia Griffin

Embarrassing Movies

  • Delinquent Daughters *
  • Black Market Babies
  • Return of the Ape Man
* - author has seen

Embarrassing Taglines
  • The queen of the tropics finds a new jungle man!
  • YOUTH RUNNING WILD! UN-HEEDED...UN- CHECKED!
  • YOU'LL BE FROZEN TO YOUR SEAT IN TERROR!

Embarrassing Characters
  • Girl
  • Cigarette Girl
  • Thin Girl
  • Young Hit-and-Run Victim
  • Erato

Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends:  Rudy Vallee

Interesting Tidbits:  Was in a number of westerns, but was terrified of horses

Screen Credits:  16

Where can I learn more?


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