Melinda Byron obit

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Actress. Born Charline Newman, she was raised in Los Angeles and began her career in entertainment at an early age on radio. In 1947, at the age of eleven, she made her motion picture debut in the film "The Long Night" and followed this with a string of wide range movies which include "Kiss the Blood off My Hands" (1948), "Henry, the Rainmaker" (1949), "The Red Pony" (1949) and "Her First Romance" (1951). She made the transition from teenager to adult and had TV credits in the programs "The Lone Ranger," "Death Valley Days" and "The Donna Reed Show." She may perhaps be remembered by movie audiences for playing 'Betty Palmer' in the film "Teenage Thunder" (1957). Her other pictures include the Elvis Presley film "Loving You" (1957) and the Gary Cooper film "Ten North Frederick" (1958). She retired from acting during the 1960s to raise her family.

Melinda Byron was born on October 20, 1936 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Teenage Thunder (1957), Rescue 8 (1958) and Henry, the Rainmaker (1949). She was married to Faust F. Rossi. She died on May 30, 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Actress

The Donna Reed Show (1958)

The Donna Reed Show

7.4

TV Series

Ellen SchillerBetsy

1959–1960

2 episodes

 

Death Valley Days (1952)

Death Valley Days

7.5

TV Series

Mary Lou

1960

1 episode

 

Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

Zane Grey Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Paula Cartwright

1960

1 episode

 

Lang Jeffries in Rescue 8 (1958)

Rescue 8

7.7

TV Series

Stella Blanchard

1958

1 episode

 

Behind Closed Doors (1958)

Behind Closed Doors

7.0

TV Series

Janet Kellogg

1958

1 episode

 

Lee Aaker, James Brown, and Rin Tin Tin II in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

7.0

TV Series

April Lawrence

1958

1 episode

 

Ten North Frederick (1958)

Ten North Frederick

6.7

Hope (uncredited)

1958

 

Teenage Thunder (1957)

Teenage Thunder

5.6

Betty Palmer

1957

 

Elvis Presley, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, and Lizabeth Scott in Loving You (1957)

Loving You

6.4

Bit Part (uncredited)

1957

 

Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in The Lone Ranger (1949)

The Lone Ranger

7.7

TV Series

Sally Walker

1957

1 episode

 

Allen Martin Jr. and Margaret O'Brien in Her First Romance (1951)

Her First Romance

5.3

Girl (uncredited)

1951

 

Robert Mitchum, Myrna Loy, and Peter Miles in The Red Pony (1949)

The Red Pony

6.3

Jinx Ingals (as Patty King)

1949

 

Walter Catlett, Mary Stuart, William Tracy, and Raymond Walburn in Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)

Henry, the Rainmaker

6.3

Marilyn Loper

1949

 

Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, and Robert Newton in Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

6.8

Girl Child (uncredited)

1948

 

Henry Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes in The Long Night (1947)

The Long Night

6.5

Peggy (as Patty King)

1947