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Mari Blanchard

Mari Blanchard

Acting
13 Apr 1923
10 May 1970
Long Beach, California, USA

Biography

Petite, attractive Mari Blanchard rarely managed to get the lucky breaks. The daughter of an oil tycoon and a psychotherapist, she suffered from severe poliomyelitis from the age of nine, which denied her a hoped-for dancing career. For several years, she worked hard to rehabilitate her limbs from paralysis, swimming and later even performing on the trapeze at Cole Brothers Circus. At the urging of her parents, she then attended the University of Southern California, where she studied internatio...

Also Known As

Mary E. Blanchard

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