Blonde American actress, also known as Karen Anthony. Her parents were Marie (née Jordan, 1897-1977) and James Winterton Beard (1897-1988); she had one sister, Eleanor Jane (Beard) Peacock (1921-2004). The 10 May 1918 edition of the Macon Beacon announced, "A daughter was born on Sunday last to Mr. and Mrs[.] J. W. Beard." The birth date given above assumes that "Sunday last" refers to the 5th before.
In 1935, Marie, claiming to be 18 (a year older than reality), married service station worker Robert C. Miller (1912-1977), but the union didn't last. In 1940, she married noted music teacher, director, and arranger Gerry Dolin (1913-1992), with whom she had three children: Karen Noel Dolin (b. 1941), Gerald Leon Dolin (1945-2014), and Lynn Marie Dolin (b. 1948); Karen and Lynn would go on entertainment careers of their own as singers.
Some filmographies regarding her appearance in "Swiss Miss" misspell her surname "Barbe."
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