- Arlene Howell
Pageant titleholder bio
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caption= Arlene Howell Miss USA 1958
title=Miss Louisiana USA 1958
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 1958 (winner)
location=Delhi, Louisiana USA
birthname=Arlene Howell
birth = birth date and age|1935|10|25
alias=Eurlyne HowellArlene Howell (born
October 25 ,1935 ), "a.k.a. Eurlyne Howell", was an American television actress who held theMiss USA 1958 title.Howell became the first of three
Miss Louisiana USA titleholders to win theMiss USA crown when she won the Miss USA 1958 pageant held inLong Beach, California in July 1958. That same week she competed in theMiss Universe pageant and placed 3rd runner-up.Her most well-known recurring acting roles were as Cindy Lou Brown opposite Jack Kelly in "Maverick" and as secretary Melody Lee Mercer in the 1959 detective series "
Bourbon Street Beat " withAndrew Duggan ,Richard Long , andVan Williams . In addition to the oft-discussed "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres " "Maverick" episode, Howell also appeared in the series' installment "Island in the Swamp" withJames Garner andEdgar Buchanan as well as in "77 Sunset Strip ", "Bronco", "Alcoa Premiere" (in "Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois?"), and as "Flora" in an unusually memorable episode of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. " in 1966, in which Gomer paired her off with a dumbfounded Sergeant Carter (Frank Sutton ) [ [http://www.tv.com/gomer-pyle-u.s.m.c./segeant-carter-dates-a-pyle/episode/41636/summary.html Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: Segeant Carter Dates a Pyle - TV.com ] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397929/ Arlene Howell] in the
Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.missusa.com Miss USA official website]
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