Myrna Hansen
Biography
Myrna Hansen is an American actress and model who won the Miss USA title in 1953 as Miss Illinois and finished as runner-up at that year's Miss Universe contest. Her prizes included a contract with Universal Pictures, which renewed her deal for another seven years. On screen she played Constance de Voulois, part of a trio of spies in The Purple Mask (1955), then Jack Kelly's fiancée in Cult of the Cobra (1955), followed by a showgirl in Party Girl (1958), which starred Robert Taylor and Cyd Charisse. Goodbye Charlie (1964) and Black Caesar (1973) brought her last movie parts. Television work ran from an early guest appearance on George Burns and Gracie Allen's show in 1955 to episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Straightaway and Green Acres, and she also modeled for Coppertone in 1959.
92years old
Turns 93 on August 5in 268 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years1955 to 1973
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First role
Myrna Hansen's eight-minute television debut on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show in December 1955 gave her more screen time than all 15 of her movies combined.
Behind the award
Hansen's Miss USA crown brought her a Universal Pictures contract, a Hillman Minx convertible, and a diamond wrist watch valued at $2,500.
A first
Hansen, who was from Chicago, won the Miss Illinois USA crown and then turned into the first person representing Illinois to take the Miss USA title.
A change of course
Before competing in the 1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen had mailed her tuition to study animal husbandry in Colorado, hoping to become a veterinarian.
A first
The Chicago Press Photographers Association named Hansen Miss Photoflash of 1953, and that win put her in the Miss USA contest.
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Worked with
Myrna Hansen shares two films with William Reynolds, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Edward DmytrykDirector, 1 film, 1957
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King VidorDirector, 1 film, 1955
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