Marilyn Maxwell

Born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell on August 3, 1921. She died on March 20th, 1972. Her parents tried to get her in show business at a young age, and she was trained as a dancer as early as age 3. Miss Maxwell's show business career began when she was a child under the tutelage of her piano-teacher mother, Mrs. Harry E. Maxwell of Clarinda. Maxwell started her professional entertaining career as a radio singer while still a teenager before signing with MGM in 1942 as a contract player. On television, Maxwell appeared twice as a singer in the second season (1955–1956) of NBC's The Jimmy Durante Show. On May 16, 1957, she guest starred on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.