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Deborah Walley (August 12, 1941May 10, 2001) was an American actress noted for playing the title role in ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian'' (1961) and in several Beach Party films. ==Life and Career== She was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers, Nathan and Edith Walley. She attended Central High School in Bridgeport. At fourteen, she was playing summer-stock theatre. During her sophomore year, she attended Rosarian Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she was cast as Cinderella in the Academy's annual musical production at the Royal Poinciana Playhouse in Palm Beach, Florida. She studied acting at New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began working on stage in the city. She was discovered by agent Joyce Selznick in a performance in a production of Anton Chekov's ''Three Sisters''. This led her to make her Hollywood film debut as Gidget in 1961's ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian''. From then until 1974 she appeared in fifteen feature-length films, including several of the "Beach Party" films produced by American International Pictures.〔(Deborah Walley at Central High School, Bridgeport CT )〕 She also co-starred in the Elvis Presley film ''Spinout'' where she and Elvis bonded over a shared interest in spiritual matters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spinout (1966) )〕 In 1967, with her movie career starting to decline, Walley portrayed Suzie Hubbard Buell in the comedy series ''The Mothers-in-Law'', Comedienne Eve Arden playing her mother and singer-comedienne Kaye Ballard playing her mother-in-law. Actress Kay Cole had played Suzie in the original pilot but was replaced by Walley, who played her through the series' two seasons on the air. After moving to Sedona, Arizona to bring up her children, Walley co-founded two children's theater companies, Pied Piper Productions and the Sedona Children's Theatre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deborah Walley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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