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Wende Wagner is a Actor American born on 6 december 1941 at New London (USA)

Wende Wagner

Wende Wagner
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 december 1941 at New London (USA)
Death 26 february 1997 (at 55 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Wende Wagner, also known as Wendy Wagner (December 6, 1941 – February 26, 1997) was an actress best known for her roles in The Green Hornet and Rio Conchos.

Biography

Born to a career U.S. Navy officer and swimming and diving coach father (John H. Wagner) and a mother (Rudy Arnold Wagner) who was a champion skier, Wagner lived in nearly all the Continental United States with her family's various naval postings.

While living in Coronado, California, with her family, Billy Wilder then filming Some Like It Hot 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.

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 and The Aquanauts. She also 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.

In addition to her scuba diving and swimming she was also a surfer.

After having a daughter named 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. Wagner was also friends with Sharon Tate with the two sharing an apartment for a while.

In 1965, she appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Anona Gilbert in "The Case of the Feather Cloak." Wagner also appeared in several other television shows such as Flipper, and Lassie, and Mannix, and had a regular role as Lenore "Casey" Case, the secretary of the titular hero's private identity, on The Green Hornet, .

Wagner lived in Malibu but lost her home and belongings in a fire. She was active with the Malibu Historical Society.

Wagner died of cancer in 1997.

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Filmography of Wende Wagner (7 films)

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Actress

Guns of the Magnificent Seven, 1h45
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Reni Santoni, Frank Silvera, George Rigaud
Roles Tina
Rating56% 2.8453252.8453252.8453252.8453252.845325
Un jeune révolutionnaire mexicain va voir Chris : son chef Quintero a été fait prisonnier par les troupes du dictateur Porfirio Díaz. Il demande l'aide de Chris qui aussitôt se met en quête de six autres mercenaires …
Rosemary's Baby, 2h16
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Pregnancy films, Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Demons in film, Witches in film, Erotic thriller films
Actors Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy
Roles Rosemary's Girl Friend #2
Rating79% 3.9985453.9985453.9985453.9985453.998545
In 1965, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), a bright but somewhat naive young housewife, and Guy (John Cassavetes), her husband and a struggling actor, move into the Bramford, an antiquated New York City apartment building. The couple learns from the building's manager, Mr. Nicklas (Elisha Cook, Jr.), that their new residence was previously inhabited by Mrs. Gardenia, an elderly woman who had seemingly gone senile. Guy also discovers a dresser concealing a simple closet which contains nothing except a vacuum cleaner and a few other household items. Their friend Hutch (Maurice Evans) tries to dissuade them from taking the apartment, informing them of some of the Bramford's rather unseemly history but, undeterred, Rosemary and Guy move into the building.
A Covenant with Death, 1h37
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado, Gene Hackman, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell
Roles Rafaela
Rating59% 2.9976652.9976652.9976652.9976652.997665
A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for.
Destination Inner Space, 1h23
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Scott Brady, Gary Merrill, Sheree North, Wende Wagner, Mike Road, John Howard
Roles Sandra Welles
Rating45% 2.272522.272522.272522.272522.27252
The story centers on a group of researchers working in an underwater laboratory. After an encounter with an Unidentified Submerged Object (USO—an undersea flying saucer), the base is attacked by a monster that may be the vanguard for invading aliens. The researchers and the base's military staff must deal with the creature and destroy the USO.
Out of Sight, 1h27
Directed by Lennie Weinrib
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Spy, Musical
Themes Spy films, Musical films
Actors Karen Jensen, Robert Pine, Deanna Lund, Wende Wagner, Maggie Thrett, Billy Curtis
Roles Scuba
Rating49% 2.499912.499912.499912.499912.49991
Homer (Jonathan Daly) is a butler to secret agent John Stamp. Overhearing a plot to disrupt a concert, Sandra Carter (Karen Jensen) contacts Stamp to seek his assistance but with his boss away, Homer steps into the role of superspy to save Rock and Roll from the criminal organisation known as F.L.U.S.H..FLUSH sends three femme fatale assassins after Sandra and Homer: Scuba (Wende Wagner), Tuff Bod (Deanna Lund) and Wipe Out (Maggie Thrett).
Rio Conchos, 1h47
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Stuart Whitman, Richard Boone, Edmond O'Brien, Anthony Franciosa, Vito Scotti, Wende Wagner
Roles Sally
Rating65% 3.29553.29553.29553.29553.2955
An ex-Confederate Army officer (Richard Boone) named Jim Lassiter, who has been out for revenge against Apache Indians who massacred his family, recovers a stolen U.S. Army repeating rifle from some Apaches he has killed; as the Apache have proven formidable with lesser weaponry, there is cause for concern should they become equipped with such superior firepower.