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Elyse Knox

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death: March 16, 2012 (94)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Frank Knox and Annie Reid
Wife of Private
Mother of Private; Private and Private

Occupation: "B movie actress"
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About Elyse Knox

NOTE: other sources deny she is the daughter of Knox. Lots of confusing info on the internet but I'm leaving this as is as the more 'beleivable' sites I've perused seem to say Knox was her father.

14 December 17 is born in Hartford, Connecticut. Her father will become Naval Secretary under President Franklin Roosevelt. ? attends art school ? starts modeling ? catches the attention of 20th Century-Fox when she models as a bride in a Vivian Donner fashion newsreel 42 stars with Turhan Bey in The Mummy’s Tomb. She will later have only fond memories of him. c. 43 dates actor John Payne. He will marry actress Gloria DeHaven in 1944. 22 October 43 is on the cover of Yank, the Army Weekly 26 August 44 marries sports announcer Tom Harmon, the former all-star football player at the University of Michigan, in a chapel on the campus of the University of Michigan 20 October 44 is on the cover of Yank, the Army Weekly 25 June 45 her daughter Sharon Kristin is born. She will become an actress. March 46 attends Marguerite Chapman’s birthday party with husband Tom Harmon. Actresses Jeff Donnell and Evelyn Keyes also attend. 48 her daughter Kelly Jean is born. She will become an actress. 2 September 51 her son, Thomas Mark, is born in Burbank, California. He will become an actor. 15 March 87/90 becomes the widow of Harmon 16 Marach 12 dies at age 94 in her Los Angeles home. In addition to her children, she is survived by nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Sources: Ladies of the Western by Michael G. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers, www.IMDb.com Recommended Books: Links: Filmography JSR Pages: Elyse Knox

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Elyse Knox's Timeline

1917
December 14, 1917
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2012
March 16, 2012
Age 94
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
March 16, 2012
Age 94