Elvis Presley met Wanda Jackson in 1955 when they went on tour together at teenagers. Wanda, who was just 18-years-old at the time, was a country singer and had built a powerful music career for herself. But when she met Elvis, everything changed.
08.03.2022 - 02:09 / deadline.com
Laurel Goodwin, an actor who made her movie debut at age 19 opposite Elvis Presley in the 1962 feature Girls! Girls! Girls! and four years later played a crew member in the original, failed Star Trek pilot starring Jeffery Hunter, died February 25. She was 79.
Her death was announced by her sister Maureen Scott. A cause was not disclosed.
Born in Wichita, Kansas, and relocating to California with her family during World War II, Goodwin studied drama at San Francisco State University and was soon signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures. She debuted in Girls! Girls! Girls! as one of two potential love interests for Presley’s character (the other was portrayed by Stella Stevens).
The following year, Goodwin played a daughter of Jackie Gleason’s railroad executive in the comedy Papa’s Delicate Condition.
Over the next decade, Goodwin will appear in numerous TV series, including The Virginian, Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies, Mannix and The Dain Curse, but it was a performance in an episode that never made it to air for which she earned an enduring cult following: She played Yeoman J.M. Colt in “The Cage,” the unaired 1965 pilot for Star Trek that starred Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike. The pilot was rejected by NBC, although some scenes were recycled for a 1966 two-part episode (“The Menagerie”) after William Shatner had replaced Hunter as the Enterprise captain. (“The Cage” was subsequently been released in various home entertainment formats.)
Goodwin, along with her husband, producer Walter Wood, produced the 1983 Burt Reynolds-Loni Anderson NASCAR comedy Stroker Ace. She is survived by her sister.
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Elvis Presley met Wanda Jackson in 1955 when they went on tour together at teenagers. Wanda, who was just 18-years-old at the time, was a country singer and had built a powerful music career for herself. But when she met Elvis, everything changed.
Elvis Presley met Wanda Jackson in 1955 when they went on tour together. Wanda, who was just 18-years-old at the time, was a country singer and had built a powerful music career for herself. But when she met Elvis, everything changed.
Elvis Presley was still an up-and-coming artist, went on tour with country singer Wanda Jackson across the USA. The two young stars got on extremely well, and before long, romance blossomed between them.
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Elvis Presley was building his popularity. The singer was slowly but surely growing a passionate fanbase that would catapult him into stardom in the years to follow, but at the time, he was a humble Mississippi boy on the road with his guitar. On one tour he teamed up with country singer Wanda Jackson, and Elvis became besotted with her.
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Laurel Goodwin was an actress known for co-starring with Elvis Presley (1935–1977) in “Girls! Girls! Girls!” and playing Yeoman Colt in the rejected “Star Trek” pilot, “The Cage.”Goodwin’s movie debut came with 1962’s “Girls! Girls! Girls!” She played Laurel Dodge, one of two women who caught the eye of Presley’s sailor character. In 1966, Goodwin became a part of “Star Trek” history when she appeared in the show’s original pilot, which was scrapped when the show was retooled with mostly new stars. Her character, Yeoman J.M.
Star Trek and Girls! Girls! Girls! Actress Laurel Goodwin has died aged 79. Maureen Scott, Laurel’s sister, confirmed that she passed away on 25 February in Cathedral City, California.The cause of death has not been revealed. Laurel shot onto the acting scene aged 19 after signing a contract with Paramount Pictures.
star’s sister Maureen Scott confirmed her passing in an obituary but didn’t disclose the cause of death. Born Aug.