Dawn Richard
Italian postcard, no. 431.
Lovely and sultry brunette Dawn Richard (1936) was an American starlet and pin-up. She is best remembered for her part in the drive-in adolescent horror cult classic I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).
Margaret Dawn Richard was born in 1936 in Los Angeles, California. She's of Osage Indian descent. Her father was a former silent movie stunt pilot. Dawn's family moved to Palm Springs, California, where her father built five motels. As a baby, Dawn was registered with Central Casting and listed as "Baby Dawn Richard" in the Children's Casting Directory for January-March, 1938. Later, she acted in a high school stage production of Meet Me in St. Louis. She made her film debut in an uncredited bit part as a Pharoah's daughter in the big budget biblical epic The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956). Dawn had an especially memorable role in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), as Theresa, mauled to death by the werewolf (Michael Landon) in the school gym.
Among the TV shows Dawn Richard made guest appearances on were episodes of Father Knows Best (1954), Perry Mason (1957), Colt .45 (1957) and Dragnet (1951). She was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1957 issue of Playboy. Moreover, Dawn also posed for such adult publications as Bachelor, Modern Man, Man's Magazine and Vue. Richard married producer David L. Wolper in 1958 and had three children with him prior to divorcing Wolper in 1969. Laster she was married to Spyro Joannides. Dawn now lives in Burbank, California.
Sources: Woody Anders (IMDb), and IMDb.
Dawn Richard
Italian postcard, no. 431.
Lovely and sultry brunette Dawn Richard (1936) was an American starlet and pin-up. She is best remembered for her part in the drive-in adolescent horror cult classic I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).
Margaret Dawn Richard was born in 1936 in Los Angeles, California. She's of Osage Indian descent. Her father was a former silent movie stunt pilot. Dawn's family moved to Palm Springs, California, where her father built five motels. As a baby, Dawn was registered with Central Casting and listed as "Baby Dawn Richard" in the Children's Casting Directory for January-March, 1938. Later, she acted in a high school stage production of Meet Me in St. Louis. She made her film debut in an uncredited bit part as a Pharoah's daughter in the big budget biblical epic The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956). Dawn had an especially memorable role in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), as Theresa, mauled to death by the werewolf (Michael Landon) in the school gym.
Among the TV shows Dawn Richard made guest appearances on were episodes of Father Knows Best (1954), Perry Mason (1957), Colt .45 (1957) and Dragnet (1951). She was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1957 issue of Playboy. Moreover, Dawn also posed for such adult publications as Bachelor, Modern Man, Man's Magazine and Vue. Richard married producer David L. Wolper in 1958 and had three children with him prior to divorcing Wolper in 1969. Laster she was married to Spyro Joannides. Dawn now lives in Burbank, California.
Sources: Woody Anders (IMDb), and IMDb.