FILMOGRAPHY
1978] Shimmering Light (TV)
1978] Flying High (TV)
1974-75] "General Hospital"
1973] Westworld
1970] Ride the Tiger (TV)
1968] Prelude
1966] Alvarez Kelly
1964] To Trap a Spy
1960] Wernher von Braun
1960] Because They're Young
1959] Edge of Eternity
1959] The Crimson Kimono
1956] The Eddy Duchin Story
1953] The Phantom Stockman
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Victoria Shaw
Born 25 May 1935 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth name Jeanette Elphick
Died of emphysema on the 17 August 1988 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Married twice. First to actor Roger Smith in 1956 when Victoria was 21. They had 3 children [daughter Tracey (born 3 July 1957), son Jordan (born 4 October 1958), and son Dallas (born 23 December 1961) before they divorced in 1965. In 1966 Victoria married her second husband Elliot Alexander.
Discovered by Bob Hope in her native Sydney while she was a model.
Signed onto contract with Columbia Studios on 26 July 1955
Originally appeared in movies in Australia using her own name Jeanette Elphick
One of Australia's more famous exports was a model and film star, Victoria Shaw. In 1952 the 17-year-old got one of her first modelling jobs, posing with a new Ford Consul for Ford Australia's official photographer Jim Fitzgerald. Victoria went on to become our most famous model and then starred in many Hollywood movies.
In 1973 Victoria's first husband & father of her 3 children gains sole custody of Tracey 14, Jordan 13, and Dallas 9.