Tandra Quinn obit

Tandra Quinn(1931-2016)

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Tandra Quinn was born on March 27, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Mesa of Lost Women (1953), The Neanderthal Man (1953) and Problem Girls (1953). She was married to Herbert Smithson. She died on October 21, 2016 in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA.

 

Trivia

Interested in mining, she moved to Arizona, then to Texas to work for a gold mining associate.

Of part Romanian ancestry.

Unsuccessfully auditioned for 'National Velvet' (losing to Elizabeth Taylor ) and 'Captain from Castile' (losing to Jean Peters).

Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "I Talked with a Zombie" (McFarland & Co., 2008).

In August 1933 was chosen the "Perfect Baby of America" at a Los Angeles baby show.

In 1933 was almost fatally burned in a heater accident at her parents' home.

Enrolled in the Grace Bowman School of Drama and Dance at the age of ten and screen tested at 20th Century Fox two years later.

As of 2007, she was living in Denton, TX.

 

Actress

Beverly Garland, Doris Merrick, Wally Rose, Robert Shayne, and Joyce Terry in The Neanderthal Man (1953)

The Neanderthal Man

4.4

Celia - Housekeeper (as Jeanette Quinn)

1953

 

Jackie Coogan, Paula Hill, and Tandra Quinn in Mesa of Lost Women (1953)

Mesa of Lost Women

2.7

Tarantella

1953

 

Problem Girls (1953)

Problem Girls

5.3

Judith

1953

 

Jack Arnold, Ray Buffum, Albert J. Cohen, Glenda Farrell, Patricia Hardy, Joyce Holden, and Harvey Lembeck in Girls in the Night (1953)

Girls in the Night

6.5

Rose--Beauty Contest Contestant (uncredited)

1953

 

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Week-End at the Waldorf

6.6

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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