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Wende Wagner Biography, Filmography, Trivia
Birth : 6 December 1941, New London, Connecticut, USA
Death : 26 February 1997, Santa Monica, California, USA (cancer)
Height : 5' 6"
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Beautiful, vibrant-looking 60s actress Wende Wagner (her real name) was born in Connecticut in 1941. Of French, German and Native American heritage, her exotic looks would later serve her well on TV and in motion pictures. She inherited her athletic genes from her parents; her father was a former Olympic swimming/diving coach turned Naval Commander and her mother was a champion downhill skier. The sweet-looking beauty entered the entertainment arena as a model and made her TV debut in 1959 on the _"Wagon Train" (1957)_ (qv) western series. Very much a free spirit, she was more interested in surfing and traveling around the world than a career. She combined both passions when she earned work as an underwater female stunt double for 'Lloyd Bridges' (qv) on his hit series _"Sea Hunt" (1958)_ (qv) as well as the TV series _"The Aquanauts" (1960)_ (qv), which took her to ideal tropical settings. She also stunted for such movies as _September Storm (1960)_ (qv) co-starring 'Joanne Dru' (qv) and 'Mark Stevens (I)' (qv). On that movie set, she met and subsequently married fellow stunt diver 'Courtney Brown (I)' (qv) (he was Mr. Stevens' double in that film), who coached her in underwater shooting. They had a daughter, Tiffany. During this time, they based their lives in the Bahamas where most of their shooting occurred. They divorced, however, after a short time and she returned to Hollywood where she won the role of an Apache girl in the movie _Rio Conchos (1964)_ (qv) with 'Richard Boone (I)' (qv), 'Anthony Franciosa (I)' (qv) and 'Stuart Whitman' (qv). A few years later, she married actor 'James Mitchum' (qv), 'Robert Mitchum' (qv)'s eldest son, but they too split. Wende's career continued in the 60s with a couple of movies and a role in the _"The Green Hornet" (1966)_ (qv) TV adventure series but she eventually dropped out of sight. Little was heard from her until reports of her death from cancer in 1997.
Biography written by: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net
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- A Covenant with Death (1967) [Rafaela Montemayor] <9>
- Destination Inner Space (1966) [Sandra Welles] <4>
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) [Tina] <11>
- Out of Sight (1966) [Scuba] <5>
- Rio Conchos (1964) [Sally (Apache girl)] <5>
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) (as Wendy Wagner) [Tiger, Rosemary's girlfriend] <17>
- The Bait (1973) (TV) <14>
- The Green Hornet (1974) (archive footage) [Lenore Case]
- "Flipper" (1964) {Flipper's Monster (#1.30)} [Ella Bailey] <5>
- "It Takes a Thief" (1968) {Get Me to the Revolution on Time (#2.5)} [Linda] <6>
- "Lassie" (1954) {New Horizon (#15.11)}
- "Mannix" (1967) {Skid Marks on a Dry Run (#1.2)} [Miss Ellis]
- "Perry Mason" (1957) {The Case of the Feather Cloak (#8.19)} [Anona Gilbert]
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Ace in the Hole (#1.20)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Alias 'The Scarf' (#1.22)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Bad Bet on a 459-Silent (#1.19)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Beautiful Dreamer: Part 1 (#1.7)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Beautiful Dreamer: Part 2 (#1.8)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Corpse of the Year: Part 1 (#1.17)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Corpse of the Year: Part 2 (#1.18)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Crime Wave (#1.4)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Deadline for Death (#1.12)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Eat, Drink, and Be Dead (#1.6)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Freeway to Death (#1.14)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Give 'Em Enough Rope (#1.2)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Hornet, Save Thyself (#1.23)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Invasion from Outer Space: Part 1 (#1.24)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Invasion from Outer Space: Part 2 (#1.25)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {May the Best Man Lose (#1.15)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Programmed for Death (#1.3)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Seek, Stalk, and Destroy (#1.16)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {The Frog Is a Deadly Weapon (#1.5)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {The Hornet and the Firefly (#1.26)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {The Hunters and the Hunted (#1.11)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {The Preying Mantis (#1.10)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {The Ray Is for Killing (#1.9)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {The Secret of the Sally Bell (#1.13)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {The Silent Gun (#1.1)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Green Hornet" (1966) {Trouble for Prince Charming (#1.21)} [Lenore 'Casey' Case] <3>
- "The Rookies" (1972) {Prayers Unanswered, Prayers Unheard (#2.10)} (as Wendy Wagner) [Gay]
- "Wagon Train" (1957) {The Luke Grant Story (#3.34)} [Fay]
- "What's My Line?" (1950) {(1960-12-18)} (as Wendy Wagner) [Herself - Contestant]
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- 'Courtney Brown (I)' (qv) (1960 - ?) (divorced); 1 child
- 'James Mitchum' (qv) (? - 18 December 1978) (divorced); 1 child
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- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1990, Vol. 4, Iss. 2, pg. 36-37, by: staff, "Comic Strips: Casey Case - Wende Wagner"
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- Was a very close friend of actress 'Sharon Tate (I)' (qv), whose husband 'Roman Polanski' (qv) directed Wende's performance in _Rosemary's Baby (1968)_ (qv).
- Measurements: 36-22-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Ex-sister-in-law of 'Christopher Mitchum' (qv) and 'Trini Mitchum' (qv).
- Ex-daughter-in-law of 'Robert Mitchum' (qv) and 'Dorothy Mitchum' (qv).
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