
Wanda Hendrix
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Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress.
Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida, Hendrix was performing in her local amateur theater when she was seen by a talent agent who signed her to a Hollywood contract. She made her first film, Confidential Agent, in 1945 and for the first few years of her career was consistently cast in "B" pictures. By the late 1940s, she was being included in more prestigious films, such as Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). She starred with Tyrone Power in Prince of Foxes.
In 1949, Audie Murphy saw Hendrix on the cover of a magazine and asked to meet her. They were married on February 8, 1949, but the marriage was short-lived; they divorced on April 14, 1950. Hendrix later said that Murphy had wanted her to give up her career, but more significantly, he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from his service in World War II and during "flashback" episodes he would turn on her, once holding her at gunpoint. In her later years, Hendrix spoke of Murphy's condition with empathy.
Hendrix resumed her career but found it difficult to obtain good roles. On June 26, 1954, she married wealthy sportsman James Langford Stack, Jr., the brother of actor Robert Stack, and retired from acting, but made occasional appearances in television series such as My Three Sons and Wagon Train and Bewitched. The couple divorced on November 3, 1958. She married Italian financier and oil company executive Steven LaMonte on June 7, 1969. They divorced on November 17, 1980.
She died in Burbank, California from double pneumonia at the age of 52, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Known For




Credits
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The Oval Portrait 1973Lisa Buckingham★ 4
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Genevieve Howard★ 2.5
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Sarah Swope★ 6
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Bewitched 1964★ 7.9
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Johnny Cool 1963Miss Connolly★ 5.3
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Laura★ 5
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My Three Sons 1960★ 6.5
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Lock-Up 1959★ 6.2
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Bat Masterson 1958Daphne Kaye★ 6.1
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Telephone Time 1956★ 6.3
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Climax! 1954Maggie★ 3.3
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The Black Dakotas 1954Ruth Lawrence★ 5.1
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Highway Dragnet 1954Susan Willis★ 6
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Sea of Lost Ships 1953Pat Kirby★ NR
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The Last Posse 1953Deborah★ 6
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A Tale of Two Cities 1953Lucie Manette★ NR
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South of Algiers 1953Anne Burnet★ 6
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Montana Territory 1952Clair Enoch★ NR
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Norma Bailey★ 7.3
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My Outlaw Brother 1951Senorita Carmel Alvarado★ 5.5
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The Highwayman 1951Bess Forsythe★ NR
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Lux Video Theatre 1950Sumatra★ 6.3
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Saddle Tramp 1950Della★ 6.3
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Jean Madison★ 6.1
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Sierra 1950Riley Martin★ 5.3
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Your Show of Shows 1950★ 6.3
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Baronessa Giulia de Greffi★ 5.5
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★ 5.6
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Prince of Foxes 1949Camilla Verano★ 6
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Song of Surrender 1949Abigail Hunt★ NR
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Nancy "Nan" Tatlock★ 5.9
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My Own True Love 1948Sheila Heath★ 5.5
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Ride the Pink Horse 1947Pila★ 7.2
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Variety Girl 1947Variety Girl★ 6.1
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Hollywood Wonderland 1947Tour Guide (uncredited)★ 6.7
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Welcome Stranger 1947Emily Walters★ 6.6
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Nora Prentiss 1947Bonita Talbot★ 6.1
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Confidential Agent 1945Else★ 5.6