Cause of death emphysema Role Actress Name Victoria Shaw | Years active 1953-1978 Occupation Actress | |
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Full Name Jeanette Ann Lavina Mary Elizabeth Elphick Books Coping with Sexual Harassment and Gender Bias Children Tracey Smith, Jordan Smith, Dallas Smith Movies Similar People Roger Smith, James Shigeta, Glenn Corbett, George Sidney, Janice Rule | ||
Victoria Shaw (25 May 1935 – 17 August 1988) was an Australian-born American actress.
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Biography
Shaw was born Jeanette Ann Lavina Mary Elizabeth Elphick in Sydney. She studied modelling with June Dally-Watkins before making her Australian screen debut opposite Chips Rafferty in The Phantom Stockman (1953). Bob Hope spotted her while touring Australia and urged her to try her luck in Hollywood, where in 1955, she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures.
She played opposite Tyrone Power in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956). Her subsequent films included The Crimson Kimono and Edge of Eternity (both 1959), Because They're Young and I Aim at the Stars (both 1960), and Westworld (1973). She also made appearances in TV shows including guest-starring in 1964 as Barbara Talbot in the first-season episode 12, "Soldiers Sometimes Kill", and in 1966 as Pati Conboy "the Danzig Lady" in the second-season episode 29, "Siren Voices" of 12 O-Clock High. She also appeared in ABC's General Hospital, and Charlie's Angels and NBC's Ironside with Raymond Burr.
Personal life
Shaw was married to fellow actor Roger Smith from 1956 to 1965. After their divorce, Smith had joint custody of their three children, Tracey Leone (born 1957), Jordan F. (born 1958), and Dallas E. (born 1961). She married producer Elliott Alexander in 1966. They subsequently divorced, as well.
Death
Shaw died in 1988 in Sydney at the age of 53 from emphysema.
