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Full Name
  
Disputed

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Laura Devon


Years active
  
1959–1967

Children
  
Kevin Jarre

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Born
  
May 23, 1931 (
1931-05-23
)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Died
  
July 19, 2007, Beverly Hills, California, United States

Spouse
  
Maurice Jarre (m. 1967–1984), Brian Kelly (m. 1962–1966)

Parents
  
Merrill Devon, Velma Prather

Movies and TV shows
  
Red Line 7000, Gunn, Goodbye Charlie, The Richard Boone Sh


Occupation
  
Actress, singer, model


Similar
  
Charlene Holt , Maurice Jarre , Kevin Jarre

Laura Devon (May 23, 1931 – July 19, 2007) was an American actress, singer and model.

Contents

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Early life

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Laura Devon was born May 23, 1931 in Chicago. Her birth name has been given as either Mary Lou Briley or Mary Laura Briley. Her father was identified in the press as Merrill Devon, an automotive engineer, and her mother as Velma Prather.

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She attended school in Chicago and Grosse Pointe. She entered Wayne State University, majoring in journalism and political science, where she learned how to act in school theater productions.

In 1954, she gave birth to her only child, Kevin, who became a noted screenwriter. After performing in amateur theatricals and light opera, her first professional part was a lead in a production of The Boy Friend at the Vanguard Playhouse in Detroit.

In 1962, she married Brian Kelly, son of Justice Harry F. Kelly, then a member of the Michigan Supreme Court and a former Michigan governor. Kelly was a fellow actor and, a month after their wedding, he and Devon appeared together on stage in Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic at the Laguna Beach Summer Theater. Two years later, he was to become well known for his role as Porter Ricks on the TV series Flipper. They divorced in January 1966.

Screen career and filmography

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In 1961, Laura Devon was discovered by Bob Goldstein of 20th Century Fox while she was singing at the London Chop Shop in Detroit. She tells the story of her coming to Hollywood in this way:

Devon appeared in five feature-length commercial films.

During a seven-year period (1960-1967), Laura Devon had featured roles in numerous popular TV shows. A 1962 appearance in Route 66 was her first significant part. Following that, she appeared in: Insight, The New Breed, The Twilight Zone, Stoney Burke, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Rawhide (an episode entitled "Canliss", as Dean Martin's gunfighter character's wife in 1964), Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Rogues, Bonanza, I Spy, The Fugitive, T.H.E. Cat, The Big Valley, Coronet Blue, and The Invaders. She had a recurring role on four episodes of Dr. Kildare and she was a member of the repertory cast that rotated major and supporting roles on the critically acclaimed series The Richard Boone Show.

Marriage

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In 1967, she married film composer Maurice Jarre and retired from acting. The couple had one child. Devon and Jarre divorced in 1984.

Singing career

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Laura Devon released only one professional recording, a single: "I Like the Look" (A side)/"Dreamsville" (B side). Both songs were composed by Henry Mancini and were featured in the film Gunn, Devon's last film. She can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1975 film Mr. Sycamore, performing the song "Time Goes By", written by her then husband, Maurice Jarre, and lyricist Paul Francis Webster.

Later life and death

Laura Devon died of heart failure in Beverly Hills on July 19, 2007, aged 76.

Filmography

Actress
1967
Coronet Blue (TV Series) as
Ava Lou Springer
- Where You from and What You Done? (1967) - Ava Lou Springer
1967
Gunn as
Edie
1967
The Invaders (TV Series) as
Susan Carver
- The Betrayed (1967) - Susan Carver
1967
A Covenant with Death as
Rosemary Berquist
1966
The Big Valley (TV Series) as
Sabrina
- The Velvet Trap (1966) - Sabrina
1966
T.H.E. Cat (TV Series) as
Jerrie Loren
- Payment Overdue (1966) - Jerrie Loren
1966
Chamber of Horrors as
Marie Champlain
1966
The Fugitive (TV Series) as
Penelope Dufour
- The Chinese Sunset (1966) - Penelope Dufour
1965
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) as
Sister Benjamin
- Going Home (1965) - Sister Benjamin
- The Tent Dwellers (1965) - Sister Benjamin
- A Gift of Love (1965) - Sister Benjamin
- Fathers and Daughters (1965) - Sister Benjamin
1965
I Spy (TV Series) as
Tatia
- Tatia (1965) - Tatia
1965
Red Line 7000 as
Julie
1965
The Rogues (TV Series) as
Barbara Cayasta
- Bow to a Master (1965) - Barbara Cayasta
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) as
Laura Maisen
- Clash of Cymbals (1964) - Laura Maisen
1964
Goodbye Charlie as
Rusty Sartori
1964
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Augusta Canliss
- Canliss (1964) - Augusta Canliss
1963
The Richard Boone Show (TV Series) as
Jessie / Santha / Elise Faubert / ...
- A Need of Valor (1964) - Santha
- All the Blood of Yesterday (1964) - Elise Faubert
- The Arena: Part 2 (1964) - Jessie
- The Arena: Part 1 (1964) - Jessie
- Run, Pony, Run (1964) - (credit only)
- Occupational Hazard (1964) - (credit only)
- A Tough Man to Kill (1964) - (credit only)
- Death Before Dishonor (1964) - Betty Haist
- First Sermon (1964) - Girl At Party
- Welcome Home, Dan (1964) - (credit only)
- The Hooligan (1964) - Saloon Girl #1
- The Mafia Man (1964) - Diane Jensen
- Where's the Million Dollars? (1963) - Barbara Slate
- Which Are the Nuts? And Which Are the Bolts? (1963) - (credit only)
- Big Mitch (1963) - (credit only)
- Don't Call Me Dirty Names (1963) - Joanie
- Captain Al Sanchez (1963) - Dolores Delgado
- The Fling (1963) - Florinda Kirty
- Vote No on 11! (1963) - Daphne
- Sorofino's Treasure (1963) - Dorotea
- The Stranger (1963) - Donna Braley
- Where Do You Hide an Egg? (1963) - Hooker #1
- Wall to Wall War (1963) - (credit only)
- All the Comforts of Home (1963) - (credit only)
- Statement of Fact (1963) - (credit only)
1963
The Lieutenant (TV Series) as
Lane Bishop
- A Very Private Affair (1963) - Lane Bishop
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as
Kitty Norris
- Death and the Joyful Woman (1963) - Kitty Norris
1963
Stoney Burke (TV Series) as
Stacy Morgan
- Forget No More (1963) - Stacy Morgan
1963
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Ellwyn Glover
- Jess-Belle (1963) - Ellwyn Glover
1963
The Gallant Men (TV Series) as
Lt. Diane Kirkland
- Boast Not of Tomorrow (1963) - Lt. Diane Kirkland
1962
Route 66 (TV Series) as
Beth Chance / Toika Gustafson
- A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis (1963) - Beth Chance
- One Tiger to a Hill (1962) - Toika Gustafson
1962
Wide Country (TV Series) as
Valerie Moore
- My Candle Burns at Both Ends (1962) - Valerie Moore
1962
The New Breed (TV Series) as
Ann Fetterson
- Walk This Street Lightly (1962) - Ann Fetterson
1960
Insight (TV Series) as
Karen Gilbert
- Fisher of Men (1960) - Karen Gilbert
Soundtrack
1975
Mr. Sycamore (performer: "Time Goes By")

References

Laura Devon Wikipedia


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