Roxanne (born Dolores Rosedale; March 20, 1928) is an American former model and

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. Born in

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, Roxanne is the daughter of Kenneth and Thyra Rosedale. She studied fashion design at the

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and was a member of the Minneapolis Models Guild. She was the beautiful blonde assistant on the

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-hosted original version of the

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''. Roxanne was replaced by

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in August 1955. She gave birth to her daughter Ann in December 1955. Roxanne did not use a surname in her professional work. Roxanne had a

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fashioned after her which was called, naturally, ''The Roxanne Doll''. It was a hard plastic doll which stood 18 inches (46 cm) tall. It had movable legs which allowed the doll to "walk". They were manufactured circa 1953 by the Valentine Company. The blue-eyed doll had a ''Beat the Clock'' tag on the doll's wrist and came with a miniature red camera. Roxanne would give these dolls to the contestants' daughters on ''Beat the Clock''. Roxanne made her dramatic TV debut on April 23, 1952, in the "Double Entry" episode of ''

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''. She also appeared in a small role in

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's ''

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'' (1955). On March 13, 1954, Roxanne married finance executive Tom Roddy in New York. As of February 2015, Roxanne was living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Roxanne (born Dolores Rosedale) - Star of Beat The Clock
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