Irish McCalla

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Filmography:
"Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Anna (1 episode, 1963)
- Bob Wire (1963) TV episode .... Anna
Hands of a Stranger (1962) .... Holly
... aka The Answer
Five Bold Women (1960) .... 'Big Pearl' Jackson
Five Gates to Hell (1959) .... Sister Magdalena
The Beat Generation (1959) .... Marie Baron
... aka This Rebel Age (USA: reissue title)
She Demons (1958) .... Jerrie Turner
"Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" .... Sheena (25 episodes, 1955-1956)
- The Rival Queen (1956) TV episode .... Sheena
- The Renegades (1956) TV episode .... Sheena
- The Lash (1955) TV episode .... Sheena
- Forbidden Cargo (1955) TV episode .... Sheena
- Devil's Mountain (1955) TV episode .... Sheena
(20 more)
River Goddesses (1952)
Disneyland '59 (1959) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Kodak Presents Disneyland '59
"The Steve Allen Show" .... Herself - Queen of the Jungle (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #2.45 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Queen of the Jungle

Date of Birth:
25 December 1929, Pawnee City, Nebraska, USA
Date of Death:
1 February 2002, Tucson, Arizona, USA (brain tumor and stroke complications)

Overcame a brain tumor in 1969 and again when it returned in 1981. President of McCalla Enterprises, Inc. Member of Woman Artists of the American West. Her art work is displayed in the Western White House, Los Angeles Museum of Arts and Sciences, and the Cowgirl Hall of Fame. She was once a "Varga Girl" model. Has painted more than 1,000 paintings, eight collector plates and numerous limited edition lithographs.

The statuesque pin-up star whose measurements were 39-24-38, began appearing in girlie magazines; a photographer recommended her for the role of leopardskin-suited Sheena in the jungle series.

Personal Quotes:
"I couldn't act, but I could swing through the trees." (on playing the role of Sheena)

( The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) http://www.imdb.com/ )
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564695/

 

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