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Wende Wagner, also known as Wendy Wagner, (December 6, 1941February 26, 1997) was an American actress known for her roles in The Green Hornet and Rio Conchos.
While living in Coronado, California with her family, Billy Wilder, then filming Some Like It Hot (1959), saw Wagner swimming and offered her a screen test. Her parents forbade it until she completed her senior year at Coronado High School. Some Like It Hot was filmed at the Hotel del Coronado as well as on the Coronado beaches. After graduating, she visited Wilder and did a screen test, but turned down a role in The Apartment (1960).
Wagner travelled the world as a fashion model, then made her television debut in an episode of Wagon Train in 1959. While living in the Bahamas, she became an underwater stunt double in the series Sea Hunt Sea Hunt Principal Cast Crew Trivia Lloyd Bridges Zale Parry Argonaut Scuba Guy Diving Bill Jones Tors Ziv United Artists Television TV Series Authorized Official and The Aquanauts. She doubled for Joanne Dru in underwater sequences in the 1960 film September Storm. Wagner appeared on What's My Line in December 1960 as a "Stunt skindiver for television films."
She married fellow underwater expert Courtney Brown, whom she had met while working on the shows. After giving birth to their daughter Tiffany, she divorced Brown and became contracted to 20th Century Fox. Her film career included roles in Rio Conchos (1964), Out of Sight (1966), Destination Inner Space (1966), A Covenant with Death (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969). She married and divorced actor James Mitchum, son of Robert Mitchum. Wagner was also friends with Sharon Tate, and the two shared an apartment for a while. Profile, geocities.com (page 3)]. Accessed June 20, 2024.
In 1965, she appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Anona Gilbert in "The Case of the Feather Cloak". Wagner also made guest appearances in other television shows including Flipper, Lassie, Mannix, and The Rookies. During 1966–67, she had a regular role as Lenore "Casey" Case, the secretary to Britt Reid, on The Green Hornet.Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. , pg. 417.
Wagner lived in Malibu, California but lost her home and belongings in a fire. She was active with the Malibu Historical Society.
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