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Faith Domergue

Faith Domergue
Domergue in 1946
Born(1924-06-16)June 16, 1924 or (1925-06-16)June 16, 1925[a]
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died(1999-04-04)April 4, 1999 (age 73–74)
OccupationActress
Years active1941–1974
Spouses
(m. 1946; div. 1947)
(m. 1947; div. 1958)
Paolo Cossa
(m. 1966; died 1992)
Children2

Faith Marie Domergue[citation needed] (/dˈmɛərɡ/;[7] June 16, 1924, or 1925 – April 4, 1999) was an American film and television actress. Discovered at age 16 by media and aircraft mogul Howard Hughes, she was signed to a contract with Hughes's RKO Radio Pictures and cast as the lead in the studio's thriller Vendetta, which had a troubled four-year production before finally being released in 1950.

Domergue appeared in science-fiction and horror pictures, such as Cult of the Cobra, This Island Earth, It Came from Beneath the Sea, and The Atomic Man, all released in 1955, earning her a reputation as an early "scream queen". Domergue's later career consisted of B movies, television guest roles, and European productions.

  1. ^ "Obituaries: Faith Domergue; Film Star Contracted by Howard Hughes". Los Angeles Times. April 17, 1999.
  2. ^ Raw, Laurence (2012). Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960. McFarland. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-786-44474-8.
  3. ^ Hollywood Femmes Fatales and Ladies of Film Noir. Vol. 3. Lulu Com. 2011. ISBN 978-1-257-77212-4.
  4. ^ "Faith Domergue". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Vallance, Tom (May 11, 1999). "Obituary: Faith Domergue". The Independent.
  6. ^ Willis, John A.; Blum, Daniel C. (1990). Screen World (Vol. 41). Vol. 41. Crown Publishers. p. 225. ISBN 9780517578414. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Say How: D". National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Retrieved February 27, 2019.


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