From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 Tatlocks 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 shortlived 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 Murphys 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Wanda Hendrix licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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