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Martha Vickers
American television and film actress (1925-1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martha Vickers (May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress.
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Born | Martha Vitivker (1925-05-28)May 28, 1925 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | November 2, 1971(1971-11-02) (aged 46) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park |
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Years active | 1943–1960 |
Spouses | A. C. Lyles
(m. 1948; div. 1948)Manuel Rojas
(m. 1954; div. 1965) |
Children | 3. |
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She played minor roles in many movies during the early 1940s. She played the drug-addicted younger sister of Lauren Bacall's character in The Big Sleep (1946). She also starred in a musical, The Time, the Place and the Girl (also 1946). She also starred in Love and Learn and That Way with Women (both 1947).
Vickers died of esophageal cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles on November 2, 1971 at the age of 46.[1]