Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was an American film and television actress as well as the winner of both the
Miss California
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and
Miss America
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pageants of 1946.
During the latter half of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, she performed in nearly two dozen American, Italian, and French films, including ''
Touchez pas au grisbi
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'' opposite
Jean Gabin
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(1954). Buford also appears in several television series originally broadcast in the 1950s, such as ''
The Millionaire'', ''
Highway Patrol
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'', ''
Schlitz Playhouse
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'', ''
The Ford Television Theatre
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'', and ''
Orient Express
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