Surviving Elvis Co-Stars

[STEVE MORSE]

That was a great scene in Change of Habit !

[Mountain Mist]

No.43
Nancy Kovack - 84

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Nancy Kovack was born on 11th March, 1935, in Flint, Michigan.

By the age of 20, she had won eight beauty contests.

Her showbiz career began in 1958 in the television series The Verdict is Yours.

She appeared in many films & on television until 1976.

After her marriage to Zubin Mehta, in 1969, she became known professionally as Nancy Mehta.

In 1966, she played the part of the wicked Nellie Bly in Frankie & Johnny:

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OMGosh Nancy was stunning.

[Mountain Mist]

Update for No.3
Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden is 88 today !

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Barbara is ageing well, goodness, 88.

[Colin B]

No.20 - Update for Joan Staley - 3rd December, 2019:

Sadly, Joan Staley died on 24th November, 2019, aged 79.

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[Colin B]

No.45
Teri Garr - 75

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Teri is 75 today !

Happy Birthday, Teri !

It's stretching things a tad to say that Teri Garr was a 'co-star' of Elvis, but she did appear in several of his films, albeit in minor roles:

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Viva Las Vegas [above]

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Roustabout [above]

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[John]

No.45
Teri Garr - 75

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Teri is 75 today !

Happy Birthday, Teri !

It's stretching things a tad to say that Teri Garr was a 'co-star' of Elvis, but she did appear in several of his films, albeit in minor roles:

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There's a bit about her in the Making Of VLV book.

[Mountain Mist]

Teri did say that Elvis asked for her to be included in the movies.

I thought I would refresh my memory, here is what happened, in Teri's words:

But the great thing was we danced on all these different numbers that were in 'Viva Las Vegas' and then at that time, Elvis was making about three movies a year or whatever the heck he was making. And each time, they would have dancers in it, they would call us up and Elvis would send his Memphis Mafia guys to pick us up and they would come and watch the girls audition and they would tell the ones that he wanted picked. Elvis would like her, Elvis picked her before etc. So we all got hired again. I mean, not that we didn't deserve to get hired. We were also very good but it was a little bit of a little boost in the right direction. So, which was very nice. And he was comfortable and he was loyal to his friends. Obviously, he was loyal to the guys that he brought from Memphis and so it was very nice to be in his inner circle.

I was gonna tell this one about during the time, this is about me. You know more about me. But during the time I was doing dancing in all these movies, I was also trying to be an actress. All the time I was trying to be an actress and I was starting to do a little bit of commercials. So I'd done a few commercials and they would play on TV and Elvis recognized me, i know because Jimmy Kingsley told me. Elvis said, 'That's our Teri Garr'. He saw me on some commercial and says 'our Teri Garr'. I was so thrilled that Elvis remembered me. I don't know.

Nice comment on how Elvis was so friendly with everyone:

And here we were, you have to study at least ten years to even get a job cause you have to come to an audition and dance and do fouete turns and all this. You were a skilled person. And then you get the job and you're treated like garbage. You know, just bad. So, I must say Elvis was in touch with that immediately and he wanted to be with us. I mean, he would be like our friend. It was interesting. Even while he liked the girls, he liked us for us.

HOW IS THIS?

Q : When was the last time you saw him?

A : Well, it would have been then. It would have been in Mobile when I was doing 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', as I told this before, and Steven Spielberg was directing it and one day he was talking about his favorite movies. His favorite movie was 'Viva Las Vegas'. And I was in 'Viva Las Vegas'. He said, 'You were not'. I said, 'Oh, yes, yes I was. It was my first movie'. It was very funny.

Q : He put you at ease, didn't he?

A : Yes, he did. He put everyone at ease. I mean, well, that was his mission.

That's what he tried to do, God bless him. I don't know why. because I worked with a lot of stars even, you know, they don't care. Just they're mean. But he did.

https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interv ... garr.shtml

[Colin B]

No.46
Annette Day - 74

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The 17-year-old Annette Day was working on a market stall in the Portobello Road when she was spotted by a US film producer.

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Although she had no acting experience, he had her whisked off to the US to co-star with Elvis in Double Trouble [1966/7]

It was her only acting role ever !

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There's more about Annette here:

- BBC Article from 2002 on Annette Day

[STEVE MORSE]

I don't recall seeing that market stall picture before - it's really nice.

The BBC article in the link you provided, Colin, calls her 'Mrs. Day' (possible) and the film, 'Double Take' (Kissin Cousins ? ) Also, wasn't Jocelyn Lane English, too ? (re. opening sentence in the article)

[TonyS]

I'd like to know the story behind Teri Garr's autograph on this picture, and who titled it as Teri Garr in Easy Come, Easy Go?

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Neither of those two ladies are Teri.
One is Elaine Beckett and the other is Pat Priest.

Here's Elaine's story from the great EIN website :

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_E ... sy-Go.html

As far as I'm aware Teri wasn't in ECEG.

[Colin B]

I don't recall seeing that market stall picture before - it's really nice.

The BBC article in the link you provided, Colin, calls her 'Mrs. Day' (possible) and the film, 'Double Take' (Kissin Cousins ? ) Also, wasn't Jocelyn Lane English, too ? (re. opening sentence in the article)

The market stall pic is rare, but it's been around for a bit.

I reckon they meant Ms Day & 'Double Trouble' in the article !

Perhaps she was the first 'English actress' to be flown over from the UK for an Elvis role.

Other English girls like Jocelyn Lane & Angela Lansbury were living in the US at the time they co-starred with him.

[Colin B]

I'd like to know the story behind Teri Garr's autograph on this picture, and who titled it as Teri Garr in Easy Come, Easy Go?

Neither of those two ladies are Teri.
One is Elaine Beckett and the other is Pat Priest.

Here's Elaine's story from the great EIN website :

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_E ... sy-Go.html

As far as I'm aware Teri wasn't in ECEG.

I reckon someone thought it was her & offered the photo for her to sign !

She then signed it, not realising it was a photo & a film she wasn't in !

I accepted it in good faith, & added it to my post, as she wasn't always credited with her little roles !

[John]

I don't recall seeing that market stall picture before - it's really nice.

The BBC article in the link you provided, Colin, calls her 'Mrs. Day' (possible) and the film, 'Double Take' (Kissin Cousins ? ) Also, wasn't Jocelyn Lane English, too ? (re. opening sentence in the article)

The market stall pic is rare, but it's been around for a bit.

I reckon they meant Ms Day & 'Double Trouble' in the article !

Perhaps she was the first 'English actress' to be flown over from the UK for an Elvis role.

What about Suzanna Leigh? Was she already in the States?

[Colin B]

Perhaps she was the first 'English actress' to be flown over from the UK for an Elvis role.

What about Suzanna Leigh?
Was she already in the States?

Not sure.

Her role in Paradise, Hawaiian Style did come before Annette's in Double Trouble.

But was she 'flown over' specially ?

[TonyS]

I'd like to know the story behind Teri Garr's autograph on this picture, and who titled it as Teri Garr in Easy Come, Easy Go?

Neither of those two ladies are Teri.
One is Elaine Beckett and the other is Pat Priest.

Here's Elaine's story from the great EIN website :

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_E ... sy-Go.html

As far as I'm aware Teri wasn't in ECEG.

I reckon someone thought it was her & offered the photo for her to sign !

She then signed it, not realising it was a photo & a film she wasn't in !

I accepted it in good faith, & added it to my post, as she wasn't always credited with her little roles !

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