The Resume

(August 28, 1924-October 30, 2004)
Born in Long Beach, California
Appeared in the films 'Top of the Town' (1937), 'What's Cookin'?' (1942), 'Girls' Town' (1942), 'Give Out, Sisters' (1942), 'Get Hep to Love' (1942), 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' (1942), 'Follow the Boys' (1944), 'This Is the Life' (1944), 'Babes on Swing Street' (1944), 'Here Come the Co-Eds' (1945), 'On Stage Everybody' (1945), 'Shamrock Hill' (1949), and 'All Ashore' (1953)
Recurring role as secretary Jenny Sherman in Hawaii Five-O (1969-76)

Why she might be annoying:

She joined the family vaudeville act, the Merry Dancing Ryans, at age three.
She and frequent costar Donald O'Connor were dubbed 'the Mickey and Judy of B pictures.'
She noted about her roles in those films, 'I was nineteen forever. In the meantime, I married, had a baby, and divorced.'
She was married three times and divorced twice.

Why she might not be annoying:

She appeared on the debut episodes of both The Ed Sullivan Show and Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater.
She and her third husband adopted a part-Chinese, part-Hawaiian, part-Caucasian son.
Her son James 'Spike' Cross died in an auto accident (1987).
After retiring from the screen, she taught tap dancing to Vegas showgirls.
At her 80th birthday party, she performed a song and dance routine for her former Universal Studio colleagues.
Her ashes were scattered at the famed Hollywood sign.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• All My Babies Have Different Daddies
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 91]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [August] (Ranked: 8281924)
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Hawaii Five-O [1968-80]
• I Adopted a Child
• I Am Vaudeville [M-Z]
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 80)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Have Adopted and Biological Children
• I Outlived My Child
• I was Cremated
• Profiles 56751-57000 (Ranked: 56827)
• Tap Dancers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying