Wanda Hendrix

Wanda Hendrix

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Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress.

Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract. She made her first film, Confidential Agent, in 1945 and for the first few years of her career was consistently cast in "B" pictures. By the late 1940s, she was being included in more prestigious films, such as Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She starred with Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes.

In 1949, Audie Murphy saw Hendrix on the cover of a magazine and asked to meet her. They were married on February 8, 1949, but the marriage was short-lived; they divorced on April 14, 1950. Hendrix later said that Murphy had wanted her to give up her career, but more significantly, he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from his service in World War II and during "flashback" episodes he would turn on her, once holding her at gunpoint. In her later years, Hendrix spoke of Murphy's condition with empathy.

Hendrix resumed her career but found it difficult to obtain good roles. On June 26, 1954, she married wealthy sportsman James Langford Stack, Jr., the brother of actor Robert Stack, and retired from acting, but made occasional appearances in television series such as My Three Sons and Wagon Train and Bewitched. The couple divorced on November 3, 1958. She married Italian financier and oil company executive Steven LaMonte on June 7, 1969. They divorced on November 17, 1980.

She died in Burbank, California from double pneumonia at the age of 52, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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Nov 3, 1928
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Movie Credits

The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait
1973
One Minute Before Death
One Minute Before Death
1972
Mystic Mountain Massacre
Mystic Mountain Massacre
1971
Stage to Thunder Rock
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool
1963
Boy Who Caught a Crook
Boy Who Caught a Crook
1961
The Black Dakotas
The Black Dakotas
1954
Highway Dragnet
Highway Dragnet
1954
Sea of Lost Ships
Sea of Lost Ships
1953
The Last Posse
The Last Posse
1953
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
1953
South of Algiers
South of Algiers
1953
Montana Territory
Montana Territory
1952
My Outlaw Brother
My Outlaw Brother
1951
The Highwayman
The Highwayman
1951
Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp
1950
The Admiral Was a Lady
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
Sierra
Sierra
1950
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
1950
Prince of Foxes
Prince of Foxes
1949
Song of Surrender
Song of Surrender
1949
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
My Own True Love
My Own True Love
1948
Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
Welcome Stranger
Welcome Stranger
1947
Nora Prentiss
Nora Prentiss
1947
Confidential Agent
Confidential Agent
1945

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