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Dancer 'Rowena'?

posted 14 years ago by bzb-1
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I saw this movie years ago but have largely forgotten it. Today I saw a rerun of Groucho Marx's 1958 game show "You Bet Your Life" with a tall, gangly, blonde young woman named Rowena (something; she gave both her German-sounding maiden name and her newly married name, both unintelligible) was a contestant. Anyway, Rowena danced a ridiculous arms-and-elbows shimmy for Groucho and he invited Irwin Allen to come out from backstage and promise her a featured role in "The Big Circus"! She was trembling, and Allen vowed to have a contract for her at 6:30 the following morning. Her name doesn't appear in the credits listed with IMDB -- anyone know more about her?

BZB

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[–] ckcelite 7 years ago

I just watched that same episode!www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRs_VaQM3s I was also interested to see if "Crazy Legs" Roweena made it big. She looked so exhilarated when Mr. Allen came out to offer her a contract. It's interesting, when Groucho asks "How will your husband feel about all of this" she shrugs her shoulders. I wonder what ever became of her?