Darlene Tompkins

Darlene Tompkins
Born	November 16, 1940 (1940-11-16) (age 71) Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Actress

Darlene Tompkins (born November 16, 1940) is an American actress.

Biography

She was born in Chicago, Illinois.^[1] Her birth surname was 'Perfect', but her parents were divorced when she reached the age of five and she took the surname of her step father. Her family performed in plays and vaudeville, and she had an early goal to be a Hollywood actress. At the age of twelve she was mauled by a dog which left her very self-conscious. To help overcome her shyness, she was entered into a beauty contest by her mother. Her subsequent beauty pageant victories attracted some attention and she appeared in commercials.^[2]

Her first acting role was in Beyond the Time Barrier (1960). She then co-starred opposite Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii (1961). She had a role in My Six Loves (1963) and played parts in several television shows.^[3]

Her career was interrupted by a marriage and the birth of two sons. She tried to resume acting again when the marriage ended in the mid-1970s, but by then she was in her thirties and had difficulty landing roles.^[3] She has since worked as a stand-in and stuntwoman. Darlene has remarried.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Darlene Tompkins". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/516/Darlene+Tompkins/. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
2. ^ Weaver, Tom (2002). Science fiction confidential: interviews with 23 monster stars and film makers. McFarland. p. 296. ISBN 0786411759. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in dream girls: a galaxy of B-movie starlets of the sixties. McFarland. pp. 172–180. ISBN 0786415754. 

External links

• Darlene Tompkins at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Tompkins, Darlene
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	November 16, 1940
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death