Victoria Paige Meyerink

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Victoria Paige Meyerink
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Years active
  • 1963–1985 (actress)
  • 1983–2003 (producer)
Known for The Danny Kaye Show
ParentJeanne Baird
Awards Young Artist Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award
Montreal World Film Festival Excellence in Producing Award

Victoria Paige Meyerink is a producer and former child actress. [1] At the age of four, Meyerink became Danny Kaye's co-star on the CBS variety series The Danny Kaye Show and, in 2006, was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role on the series. [2]

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Biography

The daughter of actress Jeanne Baird, Meyerink became a model when she was two and a half years old. Although she received a season-long contract to perform on The Danny Kaye Show, she left the program after the laughter of the audience began to upset her. [3]

She went on to co-star with Anne Francis in Brainstorm , with Clint Walker in The Night of the Grizzly and with Elvis Presley in Speedway , in which her character longs to marry Elvis’ character, prompting Elvis to sing “Your Time Hasn’t Come Yet, Baby.” On television she guest-starred on such notable shows as Green Acres , My Three Sons and Family Affair .

Filmography

Actress – Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 Brainstorm Julie
1966 The Night of the Grizzly Gypsy Cole
1968 Speedway Ellie Esterlake
1970 Breakout MarianTV movie
1971 The Andromeda Strain UnknownUncredited
1972 Gidget Gets Married JanieTV movie
1976 Time Travelers BettyTV movie
1976 Joy Ride: An Auto Theft VickyEducational Short
1977 Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready LaurenTV movie
Actress – Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1963 The Littlest Hobo Unknown(unknown episodes)
1964–1967 The Danny Kaye Show Herself(unknown episodes)
1967 Tarzan Mandy"Jungle Dragnet"
1968 The Name of the Game Nancy Farrell"Nightmare"
1970 Green Acres Lori Baker"Oliver Goes Broke"
"A Royal Love Story"
"Jealousy"
"The Coming-Out Party"
"The City Kids"
1971 My Three Sons Margaret Spencer"The Love God"
1970–1971 Family Affair Cindy, Girl, Angela Clayton"Grandpa, Sir"
"The Inheritance"
"Buffy's Fair Lady"
1971 Adam-12 Denise"Log 125: A Safe Job"
1978 ABC Afterschool Special Melissa Harrington"It Isn't Easy Being a Teenage Millionaire"
1985 Our Time Herself"Episode No. 1.7"
Producer
YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 The Graduates of Malibu High ProducerAlso known as Young Warriors
1987NightforceProducer
1991 Primadonnas: Rebels Without a Clue ProducerAlso known as Social Suicide
2003 Finding Home Producer

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References

  1. Brown, Maressa (March 23, 2006). "Variety – Meyerink gets life kudos". Variety.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  2. "27th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  3. Hopper, Hedda (April 13, 1965). "Victoria Next Big Child Star?". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. p. Part IV -- p. 15. Retrieved January 7, 2019 via Newspapers.com.