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Acquanetta

LC control no.n 78069247
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAcquanetta
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Variant(s)Burnuacquanetta, 1921-2004
Ross, Acquanetta, 1921-2004
Venezuelan Volcano, 1921-2004
Acquanetta, Burnu, 1921-2004
Burning Fire, Deep Water, 1921-2004
Acquinetta, 1921-2004
Aquanetta, 1921-2004
Davenport, Mildred, 1921-2004
Birth date1921-07-17
Death date2004-08-16
Place of birthCheyenne (Wyo.)
Place of deathAhwatukee (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Profession or occupationActresses
Actors
Found inHer The audible silence, 1974.
AzPhBJB files, Nov. 5, 2008 (Acquanetta; alternate names: Venezuelan Volcano; Burnu Acquanetta; Burning Fire, Deep Water; Acquinetta; Acquanetta Ross; b. July 17, 1921, Wyoming; d. Aug. 16, 2004; model, film actress; Arapaho/Cherokee Indian parentage)
Grapefruit Moon Gallery website, May 21, 2012 (Aquanetta; portrait of Henry Clive painting Aquanetta)
IMDb, viewed May 25, 2016 (Acquanetta; Aquanetta was a B-rated movie actress (born Mildred Davenport) in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1921; she was nicknamed the "Venezualan Volcano" by Universal Studios; she starred in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946); she also had small parts in Arabian Nights (1942), Jungle Woman (1944), Dead Man's Eyes (1944), Lost Continent (1951) and The Legend of Grizzly Adams (1990); in the 1950s, she moved to Phoenix and married the owner of a local Phoenix car dealership; she achieved local celebrity status with numerous ads for their dealership; she also had her own TV program, "Acqua's Corner", that accompanied the Friday Night Movies; Acquanetta also authored a book in 1974 called "The Audible Silence;" she passed away of Alzheimer's complications in Ahwatukee, Arizona on August 16, 2004)
Associated languageeng