Yvette Dugay

Yvette Dugay
Yvette Dugay
Born Audrey L. Pearlman
June 24, 1932
Died October 14, 1986 (aged 54)
Los Angeles, California
Other names Yvette Duguay
Occupation Actress
Parent(s) Mr. and Mrs. William Pearlman

Yvette Dugay (born Audrey L. Pearlman; June 24, 1932 – October 14, 1986) was an American actress. Her name was often spelled as Yvette Duguay.

Early years

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Pearlman,[1] she began acting at the age of six months and continued her career well into adulthood, proving to be one of the few child stars of the time to maintain a successful career. Though Duguay’s family originated in Marseilles, France as wine merchants, she was recorded to have been born in Paterson, New Jersey.[1][2][note 1][3] [note 2][4] Her family decided to move out to Hollywood when Duguay was only the age of two,[note 3][1] and she lived out the rest of her life there.

Dugay was a graduate of Hollywood High School.[1]

Career

Director Arthur Lubin once described Dugay as "a rare actress with a bottomless well of emotion."[1] Her filmography spans 40 years. She started her career when she was only six months old, modeling for baby talcum powder.[4] She made her Broadway debut at age seven in a play starring Walter Huston. Duguay began spelling her name Dugay around the age of 12, about the time that she landed the role of a young Maria Montez in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944). She was typecast as being able to play exotic-looking characters from an early age.

Universal-International signed Duguay in July 1951 when she was 19 years old,[4] earning her a weekly salary of $1,250.[note 4][5] She portrayed a Native American squaw, Starfire, in the western film Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) that starred future President of the United States Ronald Reagan. It turned out Cattle Queen would be one of her most recognizable roles, but Duguay also portrayed a Native American character, Minnehaha, in another western genre film, Hiawatha (1952), in which she starred opposite Vince Edwards.

Some other credits include the film noir The People Against O'Hara (1951), opposite Spencer Tracy and James Arness,The Cimarron Kid (1952), Francis Covers the Big Town (1953), and The Domino Kid (1957).

Her last role was playing the Lone Woman in 1960 on a western television series titled Cheyenne.

Personal life

Duguay's first husband was Hal Paiss, with whom she had three children, son William C. Paiss, daughter Madeline J. Paiss, and son Matthew D. Paiss. She divorced Paiss in June 1966.

She married John F. Sheeley in Los Angeles in June 1967 and divorced him in October 1972. She married her third husband, Robert C. Anderson, who would survive her, on August 27, 1983.

Duguay died in Los Angeles on October 14, 1986, aged 54, from undisclosed causes.

Notes

  1. ↑ Dugay's page on the Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen website says that she was "born in Marseilles, France" and "brought to Paterson, New Jersey, during infancy".
  2. ↑ Similarly, an International News Service article published in 1951 says, "Yvette was born in Marseilles, France. Her parents ... brought their child to Paterson, N.J., when she was a baby."
  3. ↑ An article in the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle says, "Yvette's parents brought her to Hollywood at the ripe old age of eight ..."
  4. ↑ A newspaper article published on July 3, 1951, says that Dugay's salary was "$250 weekly".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cutterman, Leon (September 21, 1951). "Hollywood Discovers a New Screen Star". Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. Wisconsin, Milwaukee. JTA. p. 6. Retrieved August 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Candidly Hollywood". The Ottawa Journal. Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. August 13, 1951. p. 7. Retrieved August 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Yvette Dugay". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "In Hollywood". The Courier-Gazette. Texas, McKinney. International News Service. May 15, 1951. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "OK Contracts". The Daily Times. Ohio, New Philadelphia. July 3, 1951. p. 7. Retrieved August 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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