Dawn Shirley Crang net worth is
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Sheree North was born on January 17, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Dawn Shirley Crang. She was an actress, known for Charley Varrick (1973), The Shootist (1976) and Maniac Cop (1988). She was married to Phillip Alan Norman, Dr. Gerhardt Ralph Sommer, John M. "Bud" Freeman and Frederick Arnold Bessire Jr. She died on November 4, 2005 in ...
Full Name | Dawn Shirley Crang |
Net Worth | $250,000 |
Date Of Birth | January 17, 1932 |
Died | 2005-11-04 |
Death Cause | Complications following surgery |
Place Of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Height | 5' 4½" (1.64 m) |
Occupation | Actress, singer, dancer |
Profession | Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew |
Spouse | John "Bud" Freeman |
Children | Dawn, Erica Eve |
Nicknames | Sheree North, North, Sheree |
Star Sign | Capricorn |
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1 | [on what it was like working with John Wayne on The Shootist (1976), after she had turned down a role in Wayne's The Green Berets (1968)] What is this going to be like? Well, Wayne had been through a lot. I found him to be so open to my way of working. He was completely sweet and vulnerable--unlike every macho story you ever heard about him. When we were rehearsing, he'd hold both my hands in one of his. He would never lose contact. Whenever I wanted to find him on the set, I'd sniff for peanut butter. He was always eating peanut butter-and-jelly crackers. And every chance he got, he'd play chess with Ron Howard. He was so different than his image--and I was so pleased to have had that opportunity. |
2 | Of all the actors I've worked with, the three most ego-less, most humane, real people were Robert Ryan, Karl Malden and Tom Selleck. |
3 | [in a 1983 interview] There's still the same reaction when producers hear my name. They remember me as the blond who was to have taken over from Marilyn Monroe. |
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1 | She took over for Shirley Knight in a Los Angeles production of "Dutchman," which coincided with the 1965 Watts riots. The production was controversial and was blamed by conservatives for inciting unrest. It was picketed, ads were blocked from the newspapers and North's car was set on fire. Despite that, the production ran for a year. |
2 | When she was pictured on the cover of the March 21, 1955, issue of "Life" magazine, the headline read, " Sheree North Takes Over From Marilyn Monroe.". |
3 | Had ambitions of becoming a ballerina. During World War II, at the age of ten, danced in several USO shows. From her late teens, danced in nightclubs in Santa Monica. Eventually spotted by a talent scout, she ended up on Broadway doing a lively routine in the musical "Hazel Flagg" (1953), consequently winning a Theatre World Award. This directly led to her being cast for the film Living It Up (1954). |
4 | Began taking dance lessons at the age of six. Moreover, at age 13 she lied about her age so she could become a chorus girl. |
5 | Was discovered in a Santa Monica night club by a famous choreographer who enticed her to New York for a role in a Broadway musical, which in turn began her stage career. |
6 | Appeared in such stage musicals as "Can-Can," "Irma La Douce" and "Bye Bye Birdie.". |
7 | Born in Los Angeles and trained in dance, one of her early jobs was as a chorine at the Greek Theatre. |
8 | As a young woman she sanded floors and parked cars to pay for her ballet lessons. |
9 | Married four times, she had two daughters: Dawn Jeanette Bessire (B. 1949) and Erica Eve Sommer (B. 1959), from different marriages. |
10 | Used as a bargaining chip by Fox against an unreliable Marilyn Monroe, she was found to have Monroe's exact weight and measurements at the time. She later played MM's unbalanced mother in Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980). |
11 | Best-known in later years for her prolific television work, she played Lou Grant's spunky girlfriend on Mary Tyler Moore (1970) and was Kramer's mom on Seinfeld (1989), who was the first to announce his first name to fans: "Cosmo". She also earned Emmy nominations for appearances on Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979). |
12 | Her mother, June Bethel, was a seamstress. |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Then Came Bronson | 1969 | TV Series | Gloria Oresko |
Here Come the Brides | 1968 | TV Series | Felicia |
Mannix | 1968 | TV Series | Rose Anderson |
Madigan | 1968 | | Jonesy |
The Fugitive | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Willy / Marianne Adams |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Sally / Mary |
Code Name: Heraclitus | 1967 | TV Movie | Sally |
Iron Horse | 1966 | TV Series | Alix Henderson |
The Big Valley | 1966 | TV Series | Libby Mathews |
Run for Your Life | 1966 | TV Series | Jeannie Lake |
Destination Inner Space | 1966 | | Dr. Rene Peron |
The Virginian | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Della Saunders / Karen Anders |
The Loner | 1965 | TV Series | Cora Rice |
Burke's Law | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Cleo Delaney / The Maharani of Kooshipoo / Myrtle 'Gigi' String |
Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine | 1964 | TV Series | Guest / Christmas Sketch |
The Greatest Show on Earth | 1964 | TV Series | Gloria |
Ben Casey | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Gloria Cooper / Lisa Adams |
The Great Adventure | 1964 | TV Series | Agnes Lake |
Breaking Point | 1963 | TV Series | Susan Beaumont / Lisa Adams |
The Eleventh Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Peggy Lewis |
Gunsmoke | 1963 | TV Series | Avis Fisher |
The Untouchables | 1963 | TV Series | Claire Simmons |
The Witness | 1961 | TV Series | Blossom Knight |
Mardi Gras | 1958 | | Eadie West |
In Love and War | 1958 | | Lorraine |
No Down Payment | 1957 | | Isabelle Flagg |
Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Suzy |
The Way to the Gold | 1957 | | Henrietta 'Hank' Clifford - waitress |
The Best Things in Life Are Free | 1956 | | Kitty Kane |
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts | 1956 | | Lt. Katy Whitcomb |
How to Be Very, Very Popular | 1955 | | Curly Flagg |
Shower of Stars | 1954 | TV Series | |
Living It Up | 1954 | | Jitterbug Dancer |
The Red Skelton Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Queen Cleopatra |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Bonnie |
Here Come the Girls | 1953 | | Chorine with Elephant (uncredited) |
Tiger Dance | 1951 | Short | |
Excuse My Dust | 1951 | | Six Girl Club Member (uncredited) |
Susan's Plan | 1998 | | Mrs. Beyers |
Seinfeld | 1995-1998 | TV Series | Babs |
Defenseless | 1991 | | Mrs. Bodeck |
Dead on the Money | 1991 | TV Movie | |
Cold Dog Soup | 1990 | | Mrs. Hughes |
The Golden Girls | 1985-1989 | TV Series | Virginia Hollingsworth |
Hunter | 1989 | TV Series | Dorothy Nickens |
Freddy's Nightmares | 1989 | TV Series | Joyce Burton |
Jake Spanner, Private Eye | 1989 | TV Movie | Mrs. Bernstein |
Maniac Cop | 1988 | | Sally Noland |
Murder, She Wrote | 1987 | TV Series | Norma Lewis |
Matlock | 1986 | TV Series | Alice Jenkins |
ABC Afterschool Specials | 1986 | TV Series | Madelyn |
Trapper John, M.D. | 1985 | TV Series | Tilly Whiteside |
Scorned and Swindled | 1984 | TV Movie | Maxine Wagner |
Magnum, P.I. | 1984 | TV Series | Blanche Rafferty |
Legs | 1983 | TV Movie | Ida |
Bay City Blues | 1983 | TV Series | Lynn Holtz |
Gemini | 1982 | TV Movie | |
I'm a Big Girl Now | 1980-1981 | TV Series | Edie McKendrick |
Marilyn: The Untold Story | 1980 | TV Movie | Gladys Baker |
Only Once in a Lifetime | 1979 | | Sally |
A Christmas for Boomer | 1979 | TV Movie | Dorothy |
Archie Bunker's Place | 1979 | TV Series | Dotty Wertz |
Portrait of a Stripper | 1979 | TV Movie | Sally Evers |
Women in White | 1979 | TV Movie | Lisa Gordon |
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill | 1979 | TV Movie | Lettie Norman |
A Real American Hero | 1978 | TV Movie | Carrie Todd |
Rabbit Test | 1978 | | Mystery Lady |
Fantasy Island | 1978 | TV Series | Julie |
Have I Got a Christmas for You | 1977 | TV Movie | Adele Serkin |
Telefon | 1977 | | Marie Wills |
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful | 1977 | TV Movie | Layla Burden |
Westside Medical | 1977 | TV Series | Laurie |
Future Cop | 1977 | TV Series | Claire Hammond |
Baretta | 1977 | TV Series | Amy |
Switch | 1977 | TV Series | Sylvia |
Survival | 1976 | | Sheree |
Family | 1976 | TV Series | Constance Hume |
The Shootist | 1976 | | Serepta |
Most Wanted | 1976 | TV Series | Melissa Dawson |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1976 | TV Series | June Monica |
Big Eddie | 1975 | TV Series | Honey Smith |
Medical Center | 1971-1975 | TV Series | Karen Porter / Sylvia Ronston |
Breakout | 1975 | | Myrna |
A Shadow in the Streets | 1975 | TV Movie | Gina Pulaski |
Mary Tyler Moore | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Charlene Maguire |
Movin' On | 1974 | TV Series | Dinah |
The Whirlwind | 1974 | TV Movie | |
The Wide World of Mystery | 1974 | TV Series | Mrs. Janet Swimmer |
Barnaby Jones | 1974 | TV Series | Roxy Morgan |
Hawaii Five-O | 1974 | TV Series | Doris Brown |
Kojak | 1974 | TV Series | Mrs. Giancana |
Winter Kill | 1974 | TV Movie | Betty |
Hec Ramsey | 1974 | TV Series | Esther Helpinstall |
Key West | 1973 | TV Movie | Brandi |
Maneater | 1973 | TV Movie | Gloria Baron |
The Outfit | 1973 | | Buck's Wife |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1973 | TV Series | Donna Coughlin |
Hawkins | 1973 | TV Series | Debbie Lane |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1973 | TV Series | Mrs. Knight |
Charley Varrick | 1973 | | Jewell Everett |
Kung Fu | 1973 | TV Series | Noreen Gallagher |
Snatched | 1973 | TV Movie | Kim Sutter |
McMillan & Wife | 1973 | TV Series | Dr. Marion Voight |
Trouble Comes to Town | 1973 | TV Movie | Mrs. Murdock |
Jigsaw | 1972 | TV Series | |
Cannon | 1972 | TV Series | Millie Carroll |
Rolling Man | 1972 | TV Movie | Ruby |
Alias Smith and Jones | 1972 | TV Series | Bess Tapscott |
The Organization | 1971 | | Mrs. Morgan |
The Smith Family | 1971 | TV Series | Sheree |
Lawman | 1971 | | Laura Shelby |
Vanished | 1971 | TV Movie | Beverly West |
The Interns | 1971 | TV Series | Beth Calico |
The Most Deadly Game | 1970 | TV Series | Lottie |
The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Mrs. Palmer |
The Gypsy Moths | 1969 | | Waitress |
My Friend Tony | 1969 | TV Series | Vivian |
The Trouble with Girls | 1969 | | Nita Bix |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Mary Tyler Moore | 1974 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The Best Things in Life Are Free | 1956 | performer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Black Bottom", "Birth of the Blues" | |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Marilyn: The Untold Story | 1980 | TV Movie dialogue coach | |
Excuse My Dust | 1951 | body double: Sally Forrest - uncredited | |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | 1987 | Documentary the producers wish to thank: for their cooperation in the making of this film | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Definitive Elvis: The Army Years | 2002 | Video documentary | Herself |
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Television: The First Fifty Years | 1999 | Video documentary | Herself / Interviewee |
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Intimate Portrait | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Biography | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Hollywood Uncensored | 1987 | Documentary | Herself |
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | 1987 | Documentary | Herself |
The Alan Thicke Show | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
Don Siegel: Last of the Independents | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Guest |
Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Talent Scouts | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
Dough Re Mi | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1960 | TV Series | Herself - Dancer |
The 30th Annual Academy Awards | 1958 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
The Bob Hope Show | 1957 | TV Series | Herself - Sketch Actor |
The Juke Box Jury | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
I've Got a Secret | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
The Name's the Same | 1955 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Guest |
What's My Line? | 1955 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1954 | TV Series | Herself |
The Bing Crosby Show | 1954 | TV Movie | Herself - Dancer |
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1980 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Archie Bunker's Place (1979) |
1976 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) |
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