Terry Huntingdon | |
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 Huntingdon as Miss California USA 1959 | |
| Born | Terry Lynn Huntingdon Mount Shasta, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UCLA |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | Paige Crowly Alexandra Tydings |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss California USA 1959, Miss USA 1959 |
| Major competition(s) | Miss USA 1959 (Winner), Miss Universe 1959 (2nd runner-up) |
Terry Lynn Huntingdon is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1959.
Huntingdon comes from a family of five-generation Californians. [2] She attended Mt. Shasta High School, where she was a majorette [3] and went from there to the University of California, Los Angeles, [4] where she majored in dance. [5]
One of Huntingdon's first beauty pageant titles was Miss Mount Shasta in 1954–1955. [6]
After winning the Miss California USA crown, Huntingdon went on to become California's first representative to achieve the title of Miss USA. [7] She was the first Miss USA to win the title at a pageant held in her home state. [8]
She was second runner-up in the Miss Universe 1959 pageant.[ citation needed ]
Huntingdon made occasional television and film appearances. In her first television role in 1959 she appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Kitty Wynne in "The Case of the Bartered Bikini." She was a contestant on the television quiz show You Bet Your Life , hosted by Groucho Marx, in 1960. She also appeared as Hecuba in the Three Stooges feature film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules .
Huntingdon was involved in a paternity suit in 1963 when attorney Arthur Crowley denied being the father of her daughter, who was then a year old. [9] In 1965, California's 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed the Superior Court's verdict, which went in Crowley's favor, and ordered a new trial. [10] In 1966, the California Supreme Court reversed the verdict in which Crowley was absolved, and it ordered a new trial. [11]
After leaving acting, Huntingdon worked in a variety of jobs including being a production manager for a women's clothing business, modeling, working in the office of U.S. Senator Alan Cranston, [2] and being a photographer for the Office of Economic Opportunity in the early 1970s. [2]
In 1980, she was appointed to the board of Women's National Bank. [12]
On April 19, 1975, [13] Huntingdon married former U.S. Senator Joseph Tydings of Maryland, [14] with whom she had one daughter, actress Alexandra Tydings. [15] They divorced in 1988.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Miss USA 1959 | Herself | Winner - Contestant/Representing California State. |
| 1959 | Miss Universe 1959 | Herself | 2nd Runner-up - Contestant/Representing USA. |
| 1959 | Perry Mason | Kitty Wynne | Episode: "The Case of the Bartered Bikini" |
| 1960 | The Untouchables | Flo Ingalls | Episode: "The Waxey Gordon Story" |
| 1960 | The Law and Mr. Jones | Model | Episode: "No sale" |
| 1961 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet | Joyce | Episode: "The Chaperone" |
| 1962 | The Three Stooges Meet Hercules | Hecuba | Film debut |
| 1962 | Five Finger Exercise | Helen |
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