Tedi Thurman
Actor, Film actor
1923 – 2012
Who was Tedi Thurman?
Theodora "Tedi" Thurman was a fashion model and actress who found fame in the 1950s as Miss Monitor on NBC's Monitor, a 40-hour weekend radio show developed by Pat Weaver.
Born in Midville, Georgia, the daughter of a banker, Thurman originally planned to become a painter, studying at the Corcoran Institute in Washington, D. C.. Her career plans changed, and she went to New York for modeling. Her first shoot wound up as a Vogue cover, bringing with it many other modeling jobs and some work on television soap operas. Columnist Alice Hughes described her appearance:
She's 5-feet-7, weight 115, sea-blue eyes, long loosely combed red hair and a 33-21-33 figure. Ingredients like hers can turn the morning dew into a monsoon.
She had film offers, but only one role, in the z-grade 1954 Ed Wood movie, Jail Bait. In 1954, Leopold Stokowski needed an accomplished jaw harpist for a performance of Charles Ives' symphony, New England Holidays. Thurman was one of the 22 who auditioned, but she lost the gig to two professional musicians.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1923
Midville - Also known as
- Dorothy Ruth Thurman
- Miss Monitor
- Theodora "Tedi" Thurman
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Fire Island
- Died
- Sep 17, 2012
Palm Springs
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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