(Doris Bernice Jensen)
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| 23 October 22 | is born in Staplehurst, Nebraska. Her Danish parents are strict Lutherans.Recent photo coleen gray biography examples Recent photo coleen gray biography examplesLee van cleef biographyColeen gray photosPreston foster biographyJohn payne biography
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| c. 29 | moves with her family to a farm in Hutchinson, Minnesota
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attends Hamline University
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| ? | falls in love with choir mate Bert Parker; they speak of marriage
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| ? | ends up engaged to a Gilbert Lawson, whom she met while waitressing at Glacier National Park
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| Early 40s | becomes the fiancée of Bert Parker, the boy she dates at Hamline University, about the same time he is drafted.
Lawson joins the Air Force.
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| 43 | receives a summa cum laude Bachelor of Arts degree in music and literature
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| June 43 | follows her fiancé to the West Coast
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| follows her fiancé to Southern California, where his unit is stationed, after receiving her B.A.
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| ? | breaks up with her fiancé and moves to Los Angeles
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| ? | works at the YWCA in Los Angeles
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| ? | attends acting classes with Carl Heinz Roth, onetime assistant to Max Reinhardt
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