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| Born | Faith Marie Domergue June 16, 1924 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | April 4, 1999 (aged 74) Santa Barbara, California |
| Spouse(s) | Teddy Stauffer (1946-1947) Hugo Fregonese (1947-1958) John Anthony (1961-1961) Paolo Cossa (1966-1996) |
Faith Domergue (June 16, 1924 - April 4, 1999) was a film actress. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. Hugo Fregonese ( April 8, 1908 Mendoza – January 17, 1987) was an Argentine Film director who worked both in John "Jack" Anthony (born 19 January 1988 is a Collingwood Magpies footballer in the Australian Football League. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) She was of Irish descent and took the name Domergue after her adoptive parents, who eventually moved to California. There she was discovered by a Hollywood agent.
Domergue (pronounced "Dah-mure") was signed by Warner Bros. while still in high school. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Aviation pioneer Howard Hughes met her at a party on board his yacht when she was 15 and bought her contract for RKO. Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist He provided her adoptive parents with a house and began a relationship with the young Domergue. Their romance ended when Domergue learned of Hughes's infidelities. In her book on their relationship, she recalled how the tycoon's behavior was becoming bizarre and unstable as early as January 1943. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
After an unsuccessful, long-delayed premiere in the film Vendetta (1950), Domergue left Hughes. Initially signed with RKO, she later freelanced in a number of films, including film noir Where Danger Lives (as a femme fatale opposite Robert Mitchum), westerns (Santa Fe Passage) and in 1955, two sci-fi/monster films (It Came from Beneath the Sea and This Island Earth). Where Danger Lives is a 1950 thriller directed by John Farrow. A femme fatale (plural femmes fatales) is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire often leading them into Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film Santa Fe Passage is a United States -produced Western Movie directed by William Witney, released in 1955 It Came from Beneath the Sea is an American Black and white Science fiction film produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer This Island Earth is a 1955 Science fiction Film directed by Joseph M Domergue later made films in England and Italy, and a last sci-fi foray in the Russian film Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet, in 1965. She also made sporadic guest appearances in several television series. By the late 1960s, Domergue found herself isolated from major film roles, and her last acting appearances were mainly in low-budget 'B' horror movies. Ironically, today she is best known for her sci-fi acting roles, a genre that never appealed to her. Married four times, she had two children by her second husband, Hugo Fregonese. Hugo Fregonese ( April 8, 1908 Mendoza – January 17, 1987) was an Argentine Film director who worked both in Domergue died of cancer in 1999, at the age of 74.
In the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic film The Aviator, Domergue was played by Kelli Garner. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Kelli Brianne Garner (born April 11 1984 is an American actress
Bibliography
- Parla, Paul; Charles P. Mitchell (2000). "Faith Domergue: This Island Faith", Screen Sirens Scream! Interviews with 20 Actresses from Science Fiction, Horror, Film Noir and Mystery Movies, 1930s to 1960s. Jefferson, N. C. and London: McFarland, pp. 57-78. ISBN 0-7864-0701-8.