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- Day, Lorayne
- Raddatz, LoRaye
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1922-01-16
Death Date
- 1992-10-05
Birth Place
- Casper (Wyo.)
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Sources
- found: Shay, D. The Park Avenue hillbillies and West End cowboys, p2001:container (Laurie Anders, vocals)
- found: The marshal's daughter, 2005:title frame (Laurie Anders)
- found: IMDb, viewed August 3, 2017personal page (Laurie Anders (1922-1992); actress, soundtrack; birth name Lorayne Day; singer, dancer, trick roper, ventriloquist, martial-arts (jujitsu) expert and deadpan-comedienne Laurie Anders was born and raised on a ranch in Casper, Wyoming. She worked as a stenographer and secretary to the president of a steamfitters and plumbers union there, then started singing with a country-and-western combo in Wyoming. Coming to Hollywood in the 1940s, she worked as a cigarette girl at Ciro's until being discovered by Ken Murray, who signed her to appear in his "Ken Murray's Blackouts" revue in Los Angeles and New York. She was later featured regularly in Murray's television show wearing a cowgirl costume and looking unsmilingly at the camera while repeating her line about the "wide open spaces." By 1951, it was put into a song, "I Like the Wide Open Spaces", with Arthur Godfrey. It sold 500,000 copies. After starring in 1953's "The Marshal's Daughter", she retired. After her 1974 marriage to publicist Leslie Raddatz, she took the name LoRaye Raddatz; date of birth, 16 January 1922, Casper Wyoming; date of death, 5 October 1992, Tarzana, California, USA) - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026032/
- found: Wikipedia, viewed August 3, 2017(Laurie Anders; Laurie Anders (January 16, 1922 -- October 5, 1992) was an American actress and singer, best known for her work with television personality Ken Murray) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Anders
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Change Notes
- 2013-05-08: new
- 2017-08-05: revised
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