Wende Wagner
Biography
Wende Wagner was an American actress and underwater stunt double who was offered a screen test by director Billy Wilder after he spotted her swimming near Coronado. Born in New London and raised on Coronado Island in California, she worked as a fashion model before making her television debut in a 1959 episode of Wagon Train. She later became an underwater stunt double on Sea Hunt and The Aquanauts, then signed with 20th Century Fox. Her film credits included Rio Conchos (1964), Destination Inner Space (1966), A Covenant with Death (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968), and Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969). On television, she played the secretary to Britt Reid in The Green Hornet from 1966 to 1967, appeared as a defendant on Perry Mason in 1965, and made guest appearances on Flipper, Lassie, Mannix, and The Rookies. She died in 1997.
55years old at death
- Born New London
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years1964 to 1969
Every film, newest first
- 1969Guns of the Magnificent SevenIMDb rating 5.8
- 1968Rosemary's BabyIMDb rating 8.0
- 1967A Covenant with DeathIMDb rating 6.0
- 1966Destination Inner SpaceIMDb rating 4.5
- 1964Rio ConchosIMDb rating 6.5
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Own stunts
Before her screen career, Wagner worked as an underwater stunt double on the television series Sea Hunt and The Aquanauts while living in the Bahamas.
A change of course
Wagner worked as a fashion model and traveled the world before her first television role, which came in 1959 on an episode of Wagon Train.
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Worked with
Wende Wagner shares two films with Sidney Blackmer, 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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