| 26 May 36 | is born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father, Thore Kardell, is a Swedish orchestra leader.
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| 53 | is on the Stockholm stage
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| 54 | goes to the States and is put under contract with Universal-International at age 18
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| July 55 | meets James Dean at a Palm Springs party and zips around with him in his new white Porsche
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| 5 September 55 | as West Coasters sweltered in 100-degree-plus heat, movie starlets strolled through a shower of artificial snow that’s guaranteed not to melt—even on Hollywood’s sun-baked ground. But it doesn’t provide any relief from the heat as Dani Crayne, Mayra Hansen, Jane Howard, Gia Scala, Lili Kardell, Karen Kadler, and Leigh Snowden quickly learned; the gals are photographed walking through the “snow” in shorts.
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| 30 September 55 | it’s the saddest day in her life when Dean is killed, when his sports car crashes. She claims they were like brother and sister.
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| 59 | marries insurance broker Peter Paxton
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| November 60 | becomes an American citizen when sworn in at the Federal Building in Los Angeles. She files for divorce immediately after being married for just one year. The divorce is granted.
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| ? | meets actor Troy Donahue while swimming in the pool of her agent and friend, Harold Gefsky, Troy’s neighbor. She’s one year his senior.
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she and Troy can’t keep their engagement a secret any longer. His favorite dish has become leg of lamb á la Swedish.
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| December 60 | accompanies Troy to Monterey for location filming for Susan Slade
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| January 61 | when Troy gets time off from the studio, they head to Palm Springs and to the golf courses, where he proposes
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| June 61 | is on the cover of Modern Man
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| July 61 | is the girl Troy Donahue will marry this summer
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| April 87 | as Lili Kardell, she dies at age 50 in New York City
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Sources:
Photoplay, Movie Life, Syracuse Herald Journal, www.Ancestry.com |
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