Gene Summers

Deborah Gene "Genie" Summers was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on February 11, 1928. She started taking ballet lessons at age 4. She was given a modeling contract after being discovered by Bob Hope while he was on tour. After this, she was put under contract by MGM, and had bit parts in "The Merry Widow," "Million Dollar Mermaid," and "Skirts Ahoy...