Trudy Wroe (May 25, 1931 – November 10, 2007)[1] was an American actress.

Trudy Wroe
Mark Stevens and Wroe as Lorelei Kilbourne in Big Town (1954)
Born	May 25, 1931 (1931-05-25) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	November 10, 2007 (2007-11-11) (aged 76)
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Don Durant ​ ​ (m. 1959; died 2005)​
Children	2

Early years

Born in Los Angeles, Wroe majored in art at Manual Arts High School,[2] as she planned a career as a commercial artist.[3]

Career

In the early 1950s, Wroe worked as a model for the Mary Webb Davis agency.[4] She was selected for designations including Queen of the Exhibition of West Coast Advertising Art,[5] Queen of Holiday on Wings,[6] Fireworks Queen,[7] and Queen of the National Los Angeles Home Show.[8]

Also in the early 1950s, Wroe teamed with Tommy Irish[9] to make television commercials for Paper Mate pens.[10] By 1954, they had appeared in more than 5,000 radio and TV commercials for the company and had been signed to a five-year contract to continue their work.[11] They were named "outstanding personalities in television commercials" in 1953 and received more than 300 letters a week from fans.[9]

On television, Wroe portrayed Lorelei Kilbourne on Big Town (1954).[12] She survived two months of competition from more than 100 actresses[4] to become the fourth woman to play that role.[13]

Wroe worked as a chorus girl in Las Vegas,[14] and in 1954, she was a contract actress with Columbia Pictures.[10] She retired from acting after her 1959 marriage.[1]

Personal life

In 1959, Wroe married actor Don Durant. They had two children and were still married when he died in 2005.[1]

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