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Show Marie Windsor, Area's Own Star, Given Her Own 'Star9 ' MARYSVALE - In recognition of her work in 74 motion pictures and numerous TV appearances, Marie Windsor, native of Marysvale, was honored with her own star in Hollywood's Walk of Fame, just across the street from the spot where the first film shot in Hollywood, "The Squaw Man," was made in a large barn and adjoining orchard. Among the films in which Miss Windsor has starred have been "The Killing,." for which she won the Look magazine award as best supporting actress, and among her other credits are "The City that Never Sleeps," "The Bounty Hunter" and "Lovely But Deadly." In addition to her work on the screen, she has been a member of the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 30 years, she has served on the Screen Actors Guild board for 20 years, and has been an executive officer of the Guild for three of those years. She is one of the creators and chairwoman of the Screen Actors Guild Film Society, which has 2000 members. Miss Windsor is the recipient of the Bronze Halo Award for "Outstanding Contribution to the Motion Picture Industry," presented by the Motion Picture Council in February, 1982, and received the Golden Mask Award from the Hollywood Appreciation Society in May, 1982. Her charity affiliations are numerous as well. She is a founding member of WAIF and the Thalians, has worked for many years with the John Tracy Clinic and the Fahionettes charity for cancer patients at the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. A graduate of Marysvale High School, she attended Brigham Young University in Provo and determined to become an actress, she made her way to Hollywood, staying at the then famous Hollywood Studio Club for aspiring actresses, and studied acting with veteran star Maria Ouspenskaya. She was given her first screen role in "All American Co-Ed" with Frances Langford, John Hall, Wallace Beery, Jr. and Alan Hale Jr. She has since gone on to make 73 additional Alms, and on teleivison she has been seen In episodes of "Fantasy Island," "Simon and Simon," "Charlie's Angels," "The Incredible Hulk" and "Barnaby Jones." Film star Marie Windsor is obviously pleased to have her own sar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Joining in for the unveiling are.'top row from left, Hollywood mayor Johnny Grant, Hollywood Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson, Marie's mother, Etta Ilertelsen, Marysvale, bottom row front left are Walk of Fame chairman William Hertz, Miss Windsor, her husband Jack Hupp, Charlton j lest on and veteran Tournament of Hoses announcer Bill Welsh who is president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Miss Windsor is married to Jack Hupp, former All-American basketball star and recently president of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce. They ive , with their teen-age son Richard to a hillside home in Beverly Hills, where Miss Windsor Indulges In her hobby of ceramic making with two kilns, and joins In frequent doubles tennis matches with her husband. Her mother, Etta Bertelsen, still resides in the old family home In Marysvale, and was on hand to witness her daughter receiving her star on the Walk of Fame, followed by a reception held at the Hollywood Brown Derby. |