Margo Moore (April 29, 1931 – December 16, 2000) was an American actress and fashion model.

Life

Born Marguerite Guarnerius (also reported as Guarnery) in

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to a violin-making family, she grew up in

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. At the age of 13, she was afflicted with polio and spent two years in a hip-to-shoulder cast. She attended

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in Bloomington. In the mid-1950s, she married Joseph Warner; a son resulted from the marriage, which ended after only a few years. In 1982, she married

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officer Joseph "Joe" Arthur Knedlhans, which lasted until her death from breast cancer.

Career

She began her career as a model with the Ford Modeling Agency (now known as

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) and appeared on the covers of ''Vogue'' and ''Mademoiselle'' She also appeared in a number of television commercials and was a 'Toni Girl' on Arthur Godfrey's 'Talent Scouts' Signed to

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, her film debut was ''

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'', released in 1959 starring Fabian,

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, and

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. Other film appearances included ''Wake Me When It's Over'' in 1960 with

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, and

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, and 1961's fictionalized biography ''

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'' starring

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, and

Frank Gorshin Frank John Gorshin Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He made many guest appearances on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and ''Tonight Starring Steve Allen''. As an actor, he played the Riddler on the ...

. Moore also guest-starred on the American television dramas ''

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'' in "The Case of the Capering Camera" in 1964 and '' Run for Your Life'' episode "The Rape of Lucrece" starring

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in 1968. She was a lifetime member of both the

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and

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was a performers' union that represented a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording ar ...

After her film career ended, Moore turned to business pursuits. She owned a San Francisco portrait photography studio in the 1970s and in the mid-1980s she returned to New York City to run The Chocolate Garden, a candy shop at 79th Street and Third Avenue. While in New York, she was also corporate events manager for ''Working Women'' magazine. In 2000, just months before she died, Moore and her husband moved to rural

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and opened The Toy Robot and Pig Museum in Stoudtburg Village, Lancaster County.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Margo Female models from Illinois 1931 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American women