Wendy Barrie

Birth Name:

Marguerite Wendy Jenkin

Birth Place:

Hong Kong, China

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Was active in various charities and would speak at philanthropic functions free of charge
At one time, she was engaged to marry gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Briefly worked in a beauty parlor after graduating from her finishing school in Switzerland
Producer Alexander Korda discovered her while eating lunch at the Savoy Grill
Started to pursue an acting career in her teems, starting out in English theater
Became one of the first movie personalities to star in television advertisements when she started doing commercials on "The $64,000 Question" television quiz show
Her best received performances were in 1933's "The Private Lives of Henry VIII," 1937's "Dead End" and 1939's "The Houds of the Baskervilles․"
Hosted several television talk shows during the late 1940s and early 1950s, including one of the first in the genre, "The Wendy Barrie Show․"
J․M․ Barrie, the author of "Peter Pan," was her godfather
Though she was born in Hong Kong to British parents, she became a naturalized American citizen in 1942

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