Lisa Gaye

Lisa Gaye built a screen career in the 1950s and 1960s as an American actress and dancer. Born in Denver, she moved to Los Angeles as a child and was steered toward performing by her mother, who was an actress. After an early film appearance at age seven, she attended Hollywood's Professional School and, at seventeen, signed a seven-year deal with Universal Studios and trained in its acting program. Her first starring role came in Drums Across the River (1954), and she went on to appear in thirteen films through 1967, including Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957). On television she had a recurring role as Colette Dubois on The Bob Cummings Show and guest spots on series such as Perry Mason, Hawaiian Eye, and Death Valley Days. Her stage work included a childhood role in Merry Wives of Windsor and an adult debut in Darling, I'm Yours in San Francisco. She died in 2016.