Sharon Elizabeth Hugueny (February , â€" July , ) was an American
actress who had a brief film and television career during the s,
appearing in TV episodes and four feature films. The last gave her a
co-starring role alongside Peter Fonda in as one of the title
characters in The Young Lovers. Other than a single TV guest shot, she
had been away from the cameras for nearly a decade, when an attempted
return to filmmaking was cut short by a crippling automobile accident
in .A native of Los Angeles, Hugueny, born on a leap day, became
interested in the arts, particularly acting, in her early teens. She
took language and ballet classes, had written a play at age , and a
year later, in , was attending San Fernando Valley State College as a
student in drama. Having co-starred in a staging of Madge Miller's
Land of the Dragon, she was seen in Blue Denim, James Leo Herlihy's
play about teen pregnancy, by Solly Baiano, the head of Warner Bros.
talent department. With her parents' permission, Baiano arranged a
meeting with producer-director Delmer Daves, then in the midst of
preparing Parrish, a big-budget vehicle for Troy Donahue. Describing
her as "a lovely little Madonna with black hair and deep blue eyes",
Daves concluded that she presented the desired appearance and
personality to be one of Donahue's romantic conquests in the film, and
introduced her to studio head Jack L. Warner, who saw to it that a
contract-signing ceremony was ready for February , , her th birthday.
was a very busy year for Warner Bros., which had a large roster of
contract performers appearing in an assembly-line-style mass
production of TV episodes and theatrical features. In the eight-year
period between and , Warner Bros. Television provided the ABC network
with shows, including eight western and four detective series.
Hugueny was enrolled in the studio's school to continue her education
and immediately was put to work, appearing over the next two years in
installments of six Warners' series as well as playing supporting
roles in two features. During this period, her career was sidelined by
a brief marriage to Warners contractee Robert Evans and a move with
him to New York City.
actress who had a brief film and television career during the s,
appearing in TV episodes and four feature films. The last gave her a
co-starring role alongside Peter Fonda in as one of the title
characters in The Young Lovers. Other than a single TV guest shot, she
had been away from the cameras for nearly a decade, when an attempted
return to filmmaking was cut short by a crippling automobile accident
in .A native of Los Angeles, Hugueny, born on a leap day, became
interested in the arts, particularly acting, in her early teens. She
took language and ballet classes, had written a play at age , and a
year later, in , was attending San Fernando Valley State College as a
student in drama. Having co-starred in a staging of Madge Miller's
Land of the Dragon, she was seen in Blue Denim, James Leo Herlihy's
play about teen pregnancy, by Solly Baiano, the head of Warner Bros.
talent department. With her parents' permission, Baiano arranged a
meeting with producer-director Delmer Daves, then in the midst of
preparing Parrish, a big-budget vehicle for Troy Donahue. Describing
her as "a lovely little Madonna with black hair and deep blue eyes",
Daves concluded that she presented the desired appearance and
personality to be one of Donahue's romantic conquests in the film, and
introduced her to studio head Jack L. Warner, who saw to it that a
contract-signing ceremony was ready for February , , her th birthday.
was a very busy year for Warner Bros., which had a large roster of
contract performers appearing in an assembly-line-style mass
production of TV episodes and theatrical features. In the eight-year
period between and , Warner Bros. Television provided the ABC network
with shows, including eight western and four detective series.
Hugueny was enrolled in the studio's school to continue her education
and immediately was put to work, appearing over the next two years in
installments of six Warners' series as well as playing supporting
roles in two features. During this period, her career was sidelined by
a brief marriage to Warners contractee Robert Evans and a move with
him to New York City.
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