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Mary Ann Mobley is a Actor American born on 17 february 1939 at Biloxi (USA)

Mary Ann Mobley

Mary Ann Mobley
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Nationality USA
Birth 17 february 1939 at Biloxi (USA)
Death 9 december 2014 (at 75 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1937 – December 9, 2014) was an American actress, television personality and Miss America 1959.

Biography

Jeunesse
Mary Ann Mobley grandit à Brandon. Durant sa jeunesse, elle chante dans la chorale de son église. Elle intègre l'université du Mississippi grâce à une bourse d'étude et en sort diplômée en 1958. En septembre de la même année, lors de la 32e édition du concours de beauté Miss America, elle est élue « Miss America 1959 ». Mobley est la première Miss Mississippi à remporter le concours.


Carrière d'actrice
Débuts
Elle se rend à New York afin d'étudier l'art dramatique avec Lee Strasberg et parvient à faire carrière dans le show business. Après avoir débuté à Broadway en 1962 dans la comédie musicale Nowhere to Go But Up, elle est recrutée par le studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer et s'établit à Hollywood.


Cinéma
En 1965, le Golden Globe de la révélation féminine de l'année lui est attribué pour son rôle dans le film Get Yourself a College Girl . Elle partage la récompense avec Mia Farrow et Celia Kaye . En 1965, elle tourne dans La Stripteaseuse effarouchée (Girl Happy) et Harum Scarum , deux films mettant en vedette Elvis Presley.


Télévision
À partir des années 1960, Mary Ann Mobley tourne dans de nombreuses séries télévisées, dont Perry Mason, Falcon Crest et Hearts Afire . En 1985, elle reprend le rôle de Maggie McKinney, auparavant interprété par Dixie Carter, pour la dernière saison de la série Arnold et Willy (Diff'rent Strokes). Mobley est régulièrement invitée dans le jeu télévisé Match Game . En 1989, elle coprésente la retransmission télévisée de la soirée Miss America avec son mari Gary Collins.


Autres activités
Mary Ann Mobley se rend au Cambodge et en Somalie, entre autres, pour le compte de World Vision, une ONG humanitaire chrétienne évangélique, qui réalise des documentaires consacrés aux enfants de ces pays.

Mobley est atteinte de la maladie de Crohn, diagnostiquée avant son mariage. Elle siège au conseil d'administration national de la Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. L'actrice est engagée auprès d'organismes de charité, comme l'association March of Dimes et Childhelp, qui lutte contre la maltraitance sur mineur.

Usually with

Sam Katzman
Sam Katzman
(3 films)
Gail Gilmore
Gail Gilmore
(3 films)
Chris Noel
Chris Noel
(3 films)
George Davis
George Davis
(3 films)
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mary Ann Mobley (8 films)

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Actress

For Singles Only, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Saxon, Lara Harris, Mary Ann Mobley, Lana Wood, Milton Berle, Peter Mark Richman
Roles Anne Carr
Rating52% 2.64222.64222.64222.64222.6422
Close friends Anne Carr (Mary Ann Mobley) and Helen Todd (Lana Wood) move into a singles complex where every tenant must be unmarried and under 30.
The King's Pirate
Directed by Don Weis
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Doug McClure, Jill St John, Guy Stockwell, Mary Ann Mobley, Kurt Kasznar, Richard Deacon
Roles Princess Patna
Rating55% 2.7658652.7658652.7658652.7658652.765865
A British naval officer volunteers for a dangerous mission to infiltrate the base of pirates who threaten shipping off Madagascar.
Three on a Couch, 1h49
Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Janet Leigh, Jerry Lewis, James Best, Kathleen Freeman, Mary Ann Mobley, Leslie Parrish
Roles Susan Manning
Rating58% 2.900592.900592.900592.900592.90059
Christopher Pride wants to marry his girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth Acord. However, she is too involved with her patients and she doesn't think that she would be able to leave them to live in Paris for a year. Pride decides to solve her patients' problems after finding out that most of them are merely despondent after having relationships go bad. Therefore, he decides to "date" these women, without Acord's knowledge, and give them back their self-esteem so that they will be less dependent on their doctor.
Harum Scarum, 1h25
Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara, Phillip Reed, Jay Novello
Roles Princess Shalimar
Rating46% 2.3069552.3069552.3069552.3069552.306955
American movie star Johnny Tyrone goes to the Middle East to premiere his new picture. He is seduced by the lovely Aishah, then kidnapped by a man who wants Johnny to help him kill the king.
Young Dillinger, 1h42
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors John Ashley, Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, Mary Ann Mobley, Victor Buono, John Hoyt
Roles Elaine
Rating53% 2.6795352.6795352.6795352.6795352.679535
With help from Elaine, his girlfriend, young John Dillinger breaks into her father's safe. They are caught, but Dillinger takes the rap by himself.
Girl Happy
Girl Happy (1965)
, 1h36
Directed by Boris Sagal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, Gary Crosby, Joby Baker, Nita Talbot
Roles Deena
Rating63% 3.150363.150363.150363.150363.15036
Nightclub singer Rusty Wells (Elvis) and his band have just closed their engagement at the club where they work in Chicago, and are just about ready to leave for their annual spring break trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida—that is, until the club's owner, Big Frank (Harold Stone), extends their stay at his club, foiling the band's plans for some sun and fun in Florida.
Harum Scarum, 1h25
Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara, Phillip Reed, Jay Novello
Roles Princess Shalimar
Rating46% 2.3069552.3069552.3069552.3069552.306955
La star de cinéma américaine Johnny Tyrone va au Moyen-Orient pour la première de son nouveau film. Il est séduite par la belle Aishah, puis enlevée par un homme qui veut que Johnny l'aide à tuer le roi.
Get Yourself a College Girl, 1h27
Directed by Sidney Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Sports films
Actors Mary Ann Mobley, Nancy Sinatra, Chad Everett, Joan O'Brien, Lori Williams, Chris Noel
Roles Teresa 'Terry' Taylor
Rating49% 2.4631752.4631752.4631752.4631752.463175
Terry Taylor (Mary Ann Mobley) is a senior at conservative Wyndham College for Women (fictitious) and, under an assumed name, a successful pop songwriter. After her publisher Gary Underwood (Chad Everett) unknowingly exposes her career, Wyndham's board of trustees—including the college founder's grandson, California State Senator Hubert Morrison (Willard Waterman)—condemns Terry for indecent behavior.