Veda Ann Borg
Veda Ann Borg
Yes, that was her real name. Born in Massachussetts, Veda Ann Borg established herself as a model in New York in the early 1930s. Though she'd never had any previous acting experience, Veda was given a secret screen test by Paramount in 1936 and signed on the spot. After a few years of nondescript roles, Veda was nearly killed in a serious automobile accident in 1939. Her face completely reconstructed by plastic surgery, Veda emerged from the bandages with a harder, more distinctive countenance than before--one that proved ideal for the many brassy chorus girls, gun molls and "kept women" that she would portray over the next twenty years. Usually laboring away in B pictures, Veda began picking up some impressive "A" credits in the 1950s, notably as Vivian Blaine's showgirl pal in the mammoth musical Guys and Dolls (1955). Her last appearance was as an bedraggled Indian woman in the John Wayne-directed The Alamo (1960). For eleven years, Veda Ann Borg was the wife of director Andrew V. McLaglen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Veda Ann Borg:
- Marked Trails with Hoot Gibson , Bob Steele , George Morrell
- Fog Island with George Zucco , Lionel Atwill , Jerome Cowan
- San Quentin with Pat O'Brien , Humphrey Bogart , Ann Sheridan , Barton MacLane , Joseph Sawyer , Marc Lawrence , William Pawley , Al Hill , Max Wagner , Ralph Byrd , Frank Faylen , Saul Gorss , Raymond Hatton , John Ince , Edward Sr. Peil , Bob Wilke
- The Wings of Eagles with John Wayne , Dan Dailey , Maureen O'Hara , Ward Bond , Ken Curtis , Edmund Lowe , Kenneth Tobey , Sig Rumann , Henry O'Neill , James Flavin , Fred Graham , Sam Harris , Cliff Lyons , Mae Marsh , May McAvoy , Alberto Morin , Chuck Roberson , William Tracy , Harlan Warde
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