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Threatt, Elizabeth

LC control no.no2003103047
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Personal name headingThreatt, Elizabeth
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Variant(s)Threatt, Elizabeth Coyet, 1926-1993
Birth date1926-04-12
Death date1993-11-22
Place of birthKershaw (S.C.)
Place of deathConcord (N.C.)
Profession or occupationActors Models (Persons)
Found inThe big sky [VR] c1985: title frame (Elizabeth Threatt)
The big sky, 1952 lobby cards (Elizabeth Threatt)
IMDb, 27 November 2018 (Elizabeth Threatt; born Elizabeth Coyet Threatt on April 12, 1926 in Kershaw, South Carolina; died November 22, 1993 in Concord, North Carolina; American actress who made an impression in her only film; the daughter of an English father and a Cherokee mother, Threatt grew up in South Carolina; at 19, she went to New York and began a successful modeling career; in 1952, director Howard Hawks saw her photograph and cast her as the Blackfoot princess Teal Eye in his acclaimed frontier film The Big Sky (1952); although she was a notable part of this successful film, Threatt left the picture business and never acted again)
Associated languageeng