Terry Huntingdon

Terry Lynn Huntingdon (born May 8, 1940) is an American beauty queen who won Miss USA 1959. She later became a film and TV actress.

Terry Huntingdon
Born
Terry Lynn Huntingdon

(1940-05-08) May 8, 1940
Mount Shasta, California, U.S.
Alma materUCLA
TitleMiss California USA 1959, Miss USA 1959
Spouse(s)Joseph Tydings (1975-2018)[1]
ChildrenPaige Crowly
Alexandra Tydings
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		Miss USA 1959 (Winner), Miss Universe 1959 (2nd runner-up)

Early years

Huntingdon comes from a family of five-generation Californians.[2] She attended Mt. Shasta High School, where she was a majorette[3] and went from there to the University of California, Los Angeles,[4] where she majored in dance.[5]

Beauty contests

One of Huntingdon's first beauty pageant titles was Miss Mount Shasta in 1954–1955.[6]

After winning the Miss California USA crown, Huntingdon went on to become California's first representative to achieve the title of Miss USA.[7] She is also the first Miss USA to win in her home state.[8]

She was then second runner-up in the Miss Universe 1959 pageant.

Acting

Huntingdon made occasional television and film appearances. In her first television role in 1959 she appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Kitty Wynne in "The Case of the Bartered Bikini." She was a contestant on the television quiz show You Bet Your Life in 1960, hosted by Groucho Marx. She also appeared as Hecuba in the Three Stooges feature film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules.

Paternity suit

Huntingdon was involved in a paternity suit in 1963 as attorney Arthur Crowley denied being the father of Huntingdon's then-year-old daughter.[9] [10] In 1965, California's 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed the Superior Court's verdict, which went in Crowley's favor, and ordered a new trial.[11] In 1966, the California Supreme Court reversed the verdict in which Crowley was absolved, and it ordered a new trial.[12]

Other activities

After leaving acting, Huntingdon worked in a variety of jobs including being a production manager for a women's clothing business, modeling, working in the office of U.S. Senator Alan Cranston,[2] and being a photographer for the Office of Economic Opportunity in the early 1970s.[2]

In 1980, she was appointed to the board of Women's National Bank.[13]

Personal life

On April 19, 1975,[14] Huntingdon married U.S. Senator Joseph Tydings of Maryland,[15] with whom she had a daughter, actress Alexandra Tydings, on December 15, 1972.

Filmography
Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1959 Miss USA 1959 Herself Winner - Contestant/Representing California State.
1959 Miss Universe 1959 Herself 2nd Runner-up - Contestant/Representing USA.
1959 Perry Mason Kitty Wynne Episode: "The Case of the Bartered Bikini"
1960 The Untouchables Flo Ingalls Episode: "The Waxey Gordon Story"
1960 The Law and Mr. Jones Model Episode: "No sale"
1961 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Joyce Episode: "The Chaperone"
1962 The Three Stooges Meet Hercules Hecuba Film debut
1962 Five Finger Exercise Helen

Published works
  • "California Girl: Miss USA 1959"

References
  1. https://www.baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-md-ob-joseph-tydings-20181008-story.html
  2. Dickman, Sharon (April 15, 1976). "She's A Congenial Asset To The Campaign". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. p. 13. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "(photo caption)". Herald and News. Oregon, Klamath Falls. October 31, 1957. p. 11. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Golden Stater". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. July 20, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "California Coed Chosen as Miss USA". The Courier-News. New Jersey, Bridgewater. Associated Press. July 23, 1959. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Darlene Enloe 16 Named Fair Queen". Herald and News. Oregon, Klamath Falls. August 21, 1955. p. 8. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "California Girl Steps Up As Beauty Winner". The Press Democrat. California, Santa Rosa. United Press International. July 23, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. https://www.chron.com/life/style/fashion/slideshow/Miss-USA-winners-through-the-years-130479/photo-3010300.php
  9. "Attorney Denies He's Child's Father". The Bristol Daily Courier. Pennsylvania, Bristol. United Press International. April 17, 1963. p. 37. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "The Bristol Daily Courier from Bristol, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1963 · Page 37".
  11. "Beauty Granted New Paternity Suit Trial". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. June 29, 1965. p. 40. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "(untitled brief)". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. May 26, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "House for Sale". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. April 24, 1980. p. 93. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Tydings Of Marriage". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Ohio, Cincinnati. April 22, 1975. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "From Maryland, with flair: blond, blue-eyed model Emlen Tydings". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. August 8, 1982. p. 62. Retrieved August 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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