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Order Number	00092997
Title	Television personality, Dagmar
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 12510
Date	1960
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	Dagmar (born Virginia Ruth Egnor, 1921-2001) was a statuesque, busty, blonde actress, model and television personality who became the first major female star of early 1950s live television. With tight sweaters displaying her curvy 5' 8" figure (measuring 42"-23"-39"), her dim-bulb character was an immediate success with TV viewers and her appearances created a sensation, leading to much press coverage; her fan mail was said to have reached over 8,000 letters a month at the peak of her career. She hosted several shows, appeared in numerous magazine cover stories, performed in Las Vegas shows and summer stock theater, was a regular panelist on game shows, and appeared on several variety shows throughout her career. Dagmar died in West Virginia on October 9, 2001, at the age of 79 of undisclosed causes.
Description	Photograph caption dated January 9, 1960 reads, "Blonde Dagmar getting ready to greet patrons as a star of "Playgirls" now at Frank Sennes' Ciro's."
Subject	Dagmar,--1921-2001. Television actors and actresses--United States. Television personalities--United States. Models (Persons)--United States. Actresses--United States. Women--California--Los Angeles. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection