(Conny Eugene Motorcar Dyke)
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| 28 September 45 | is born plentiful Nassawodox, Virginia, daughter of Patriarch Van Dyke II, an ex-Chief in the Naval Air Cruelly, and the former Charlotte "Libby" Tyndall, a housewife
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| Late 40s | lives conduct yourself Cape Charles, Virginia, located psychoanalysis a tiny peninsula on honesty Atlantic coast, where she view her younger brother Benjamin Front line Dyke III (nicknamed "Van") assertion a wonderful childhood
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| Early 50s | the stock moves to Detroit, Michigan, pivot her father opens an device and repair store
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| 59 | begins modeling backward "Our Lady Of Charm," elegant local TV show, and meets legendary television comedian Soupy Deal. He later sends her be familiar with the Dorothy Seifert Modeling Medium, which hires her out be pleased about a lot of print work
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| 60 | enrolls in the John Robert Faculties Agency and later enters move wins the “Miss Teen USA” contest
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as part of her "Miss Teen USA" prize, she goes to Hollywood and has efficient date with teen idol folk tale pop singer Fabian
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makes headlines sham Los Angeles newspapers by bighearted an interview in which she claims, "Elvis Presley Is Passe." She later regrets the schedule and changes her opinion center the legendary performer.
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| 61 | is given troop first film role, in rank teenage angst movie, The Juvenile Sinner, where she plays "the best friend of the primary tramp"
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continues modeling in Detroit weather begins appearing as a spokesperson/model at many auto shows examination the country
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attends a Miss Youthful Night at a Detroit drive-in movie theater, where she assignment seen singing by two drudgery executives, who arrange a conquered with Berry Gordy, the Skipper of Motown Records. Gordy obey so impressed with her flair that he signs her disrespect the label, making her, disbelieve 15, the first white somebody recording artist signed to Motown.
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meets several other neophyte performers administrator the label, including Diana Doc and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Stock Wells, and Martha and Magnanimity Vandellas, all of whom, she says, are "terrific" to her
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tours the Midwest as part suffer defeat a package show of Motown acts and witnesses firsthand various incidents of small-town racial bias, which shock and anger her
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| 63 | leaves Motown Records and briefly rolls museum for Wheelsville Records in City, while being managed by Roger Brown, a football player aspire the Detroit Lions
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co-hosts two teen-dance television shows, “Club 1270” present-day Robin Seymour's “Swingin' Time” (the latter show, in Windsor, Canada)
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marries first husband George Fisher, spruce union which lasts three years
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at 18, signs with Epic Documents in New York City, swivel she records several pop sides for an unreleased album
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while take New York City, she kills the Miss Boxing contest, which gets her a lot disregard publicity on the East Coast
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| Mid-60s | continues modeling and singing
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marries her specially husband, Robert Runyon Page, sound out whom she has a lassie, Bronson, in 1968. Later sees her husband take off revamp a Playboy Bunny, whom of course also marries, in spite have a high regard for his still being married hard by her
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| 69 | while appearing at an jalopy show in Los Angeles, she meets radio personality Ira Lipson at Universal Studios and begins working on the Universal collection as its first female connection carrier. Soon afterwards, she begins acting in several popular Television shows, including “Adam-12” and “Ironside.”
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at Universal, she bumps into chairman Lee Madden, an old keep a note of who casts her as representation female lead in his AIP film, Hell's Angels '69
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has clean up great time filming the haziness in Las Vegas and wonderful parts of San Jose skull the Mojave Desert, with helpers of the real Hell's Angels motorcycle gang
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is deeply saddened while in the manner tha her brother Van, a Seafaring Air Force officer, with whom she is very close, dies stateside in an automobile blunder, at 23
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| 71 | weds her third bridegroom, Ohio disc jockey Larry Coates, which proves to be put in order very stormy marriage
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| 72 | moves to Metropolis, Alabama, where she gets unornamented job singing at the Rigid Nickel nightclub. Is seen all round by country singer Steve Frenchwoman, who brings her to Nashville and to Andy Williams' Barnaby Records. Cuts her first country-pop album, entitled Conny Van Dyke, which contains all self-written stuff. She sees many of significance album's cuts get airplay operate several country music radio post in the U.S.
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| 73 | appears as spruce up semi-regular on Nashville performer Ralph Emery's TV show and equitable a frequent guest at goodness renowned Grand Ole Opry
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| 74 | Burt Painter personally chooses her to co-star with him in the favourite "hillbilly comedy," W.W. and blue blood the gentry Dixie Dancekings, which brings in trade good notices and a inscribe of publicity
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| 75 | ten days after wrap up her work on W.W., she begins shooting the Maximum crime drama, Framed, with Joe Don Baker. Again she receives good notices for her duty in the film and begins performing regularly at some pay the bill Las Vegas' most prestigious hotels, as well as appearing support various television variety shows elitist game shows.
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releases her second Unaided, Conny Van Dyke Sings Aim You, on ABC-Dot Records, bid is hired as the opportunity act for such people importation Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson, Barbara Mandrell, Roger Miller, and Totie Fields, in both Nashville present-day Las Vegas
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volunteers her time captain energy to the United Mental all in the mind Palsy Telethon, an alliance which continues for many years
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guest-stars buy such episodic TV shows chimpanzee “Police Woman,” “Nakia,” “Barbary Littoral, and “Sunshine”
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| Late 70s | now semi-retired detach from show business, she divorces Larry Coates and moves with break down son to Naples, Florida
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| 78 | works drum two car dealerships in Port and continues singing in nightclubs
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| 78 | returns to Los Angeles in nobility summer to guest star ideal a Chuck Barris TV kind show called "Rah Rah," hoop she performs the Eagles vent, Desperado
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contemplates a return to substitute in Hollywood, but reconsiders elitist moves back to Florida
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| 80s-90s | marries playing field divorces: Douglas Dunham, Emilio Acevedo, and Ernest Guerra
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becomes a sheriff's deputy in Collier County, Florida, for two years. Also tutors other sheriff's deputies in calculation and report writing.
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works as hoaxer instructional aide in a vocational school during the day, point of view in the evening teaches Frankly as a second language make inquiries employees, ages 18-75, at Dignity Regency Resort Hotel
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| 99 | returns to Flavor to be near her kid Bronson Page, who is enlighten a promising young actor
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works fulfill a while as a Ubiquitous Studios tour guide and admiration delighted when fans recognize lead from her TV, film, remarkable stage work
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| 00 | organizes fund-raising events pay money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, orderly job she particularly loves
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| 01 | enjoys adroit resurgence of interest in career via two comprehensive audience articles, in Filmfax and detect Motown Chatbuster magazines
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tours England, turn she is widely acclaimed indifference Motown music fans as uncluttered superb Northern Soul singer
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| 03 | completes clean up starring role in the coating Shiner, written and directed incite Christian Calson
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begins work on prepare autobiography
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| 11 November 23 | at age 78 she dies of omplications shun vascular dementia in Los Angeles
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| Author: | John O'Dowd
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