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Remembering Raquel<br />
By: Beverly Washburn / Hollywood Memories<br />
Sadly, it seems so many of my previous columns<br />
have been about some wonderful people whom<br />
we’ve lost recently.<br />
Although I wasn’t close friends<br />
with Raquel Welch, I had the<br />
good fortune of being with her in<br />
1964 when we were both Deb Stars<br />
together. It was called The Deb<br />
Star Ball.<br />
It’s no longer around, but it was<br />
a yearly event that lasted around<br />
15 years.<br />
It was televised each year at<br />
the Hollywood Palladium. I was<br />
on it with Raquel, Mary Ann<br />
Mobley (a former Miss America)<br />
Barbara Perkins (later known<br />
for her roles in Peyton Place and<br />
Valley of The Dolls), along with<br />
Donna Loren, the popular singer and actress of the 60s.<br />
The rest of the lovely ladies are listed in the photo. The host of the<br />
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show was George Goebel.<br />
It wasn’t a beauty contest or even a contest at all. Instead, it was<br />
a lucky few actresses who were chosen by the Hollywood Make-up<br />
Artists & Hair Stylists Guild as<br />
the likeliest candidates for motion<br />
picture and television stardom.<br />
It goes without saying that I<br />
was flattered and honored to have<br />
been one of the chosen ones. Each<br />
of the ladies had a Sponsor (mine<br />
was Jack Benny) and an Escort<br />
chosen by the Guild. I was<br />
fortunate to have Bill Bixby as<br />
mine.<br />
They would escort us on stage<br />
and hand us a large bouquet of<br />
red roses. We were then asked one<br />
question by George - a funny and<br />
adorable man.<br />
Raquel wasn’t famous yet<br />
and this was one of her first<br />
appearances other than the many<br />
beauty contests that she won. She certainly was the most beautiful of<br />
our group.<br />
I remember her as being very sweet and pleasant to be around. I was<br />
very fond of her. I’m deeply saddened to hear of her passing and am<br />
grateful to have known her.<br />
Until next time, remember... To have joy, one must share it.<br />
Beverly Washburn graced the silver screen as a child actress and<br />
is the author of Reel Tears. You can contact Beverly at: bjradell@<br />
hotmail.com.<br />
A Remarkable Life<br />
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BEHIND THE VILLAGE PUB in ANTHEM<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
How do you go from child TV star to doctor and then fierce advocate<br />
and spokesperson for future child performers?<br />
That what Jeannie Russell (pictured with publisher Dan and<br />
Beverly) who played Margaret on the Dennis the Menace TV show did,<br />
Her story is remarkable and an inspiration for everyone.<br />
Find out by watching her Vegas Voice/Hollywood Memories YouTube<br />
segment. Our interview is also on our sister website: vegasvoicetv.net.
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