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Wende Wagner

Acting
Known For

55 Years Old

From Wikipedia. Born to a U.S. Navy commander and swimming and diving coach father (John H. Wagner) and a mother (Rudy Arnold Wagner) who was a champion skier, Wagner grew up on Coronado Island in California and lived in nearly all the Continental United States with her family's various naval postings.[citation needed] While living in Coronado, California, with her family, Billy Wilder, then filming Some Like It Hot, saw Wagner swimming and offered her a screen test. Her parents forbade it until she completed her senior year at Coronado High School. Some Like It Hot was filmed at the Hotel del Coronado as well as on the Coronado beaches. After graduating, she visited Wilder and did a screen test, but turned down a role in The Apartment. Wagner travelled the world as a fashion model, then made her television debut in an episode of Wagon Train in 1959. While living in the Bahamas she became an underwater stunt double in the series Sea Hunt and The Aquanauts.She also doubled for Joanne Dru in underwater sequences in the 1960 film September Storm. Wagner appeared on What's My Line in December 1960 as a "Stunt skindiver for television films". She married fellow underwater expert Courtney Brown whom she had met while working on the shows. In addition to her scuba diving and swimming she was also a surfer. After having a daughter named Tiffany, she divorced Brown and became contracted to 20th Century Fox. Her film career included roles in Rio Conchos (1964), Out of Sight (1966), Destination Inner Space (1966), A Covenant with Death (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969). She married and divorced actor James Mitchum. Wagner was also friends with Sharon Tate with the two sharing an apartment for a while. In 1965, she appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Anona Gilbert in "The Case of the Feather Cloak." Wagner also made guest appearances in other television shows including Flipper, Lassie, Mannix, and The Rookies. During 1966-67, she had a regular role as Lenore "Casey" Case, the secretary to Britt Reid on The Green Hornet. Wagner lived in Malibu but lost her home and belongings in a fire. She was active with the Malibu Historical Society.

Born

Connecticut, U.S.A. on 6th December 1941

Died

26th February 1997

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Perry Mason Image
Perry Mason
Anona Gilbert
Mannix Image
Mannix
Miss Ellis
It Takes a Thief Image
It Takes a Thief
Linda
The Green Hornet Image
The Green Hornet
Leonore "Casey" Case
Rosemary's Baby Image
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Girl Friend
Guns of the Magnificent Seven Image
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Tina
Rio Conchos Image
Rio Conchos
Sally
The Bait Image
The Bait
2nd Victim
A Covenant with Death Image
A Covenant with Death
Rafaela
The Green Hornet Image
The Green Hornet
Lenore Case
Destination Inner Space Image
Destination Inner Space
Sandra Welles
Out of Sight Image
Out of Sight
Scuba
Fury of the Dragon Image
Fury of the Dragon
Lenore Case
The Green Hornet Image
The Green Hornet
Leonore "Casey" Case