The actress was born Marilyn Watts in Santa Monica, California, 17 years before she put her foot on the bottom step of the show biz ladder, dancing in the back row of the chorus in "Earl Carroll's Revue" at the famed showman's theater-restaurant in Hollywood. Modeling for photographers led to wider exposure and ultimately to TV roles and bit parts in low-budget movies. As a Universal-International contract player, she was in most every type of B picture that the studio made. She gave up acting in the early '60s to concentrate on marriage and motherhood during 17 tumultuous years as the wife of actor 'Richard Long .
Playboy Playmate of the Month October 1958 (with Pat Sheehan ).
Mother of actress Valerie Long , Carey Long and Gregory Long.
Sister-in-law of Marshall Thompson and Barbara Long.
Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).
1955 Deb Star.
Former showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theater in Hollywood.
A man without any sense of humor whatsoever. Just very frightened--not,loose at all. Uptight. .
