Debra Paget

Actress
Soundtrack

Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.

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The Haunted Palace (1963)

An acting career was always in the cards for Debra Paget (nee Debralee Griffin) and her siblings, coming from a show biz family and being the offspring of a "stage mother" anxious to get her kids into the movies. Paget's sister Teala Loring got her movie breaks in the 1940s, Lisa Gaye was a film and TV star in the 50s and 60s, and even brother Frank Griffin (acting as 'Ruell Shayne') landed some film jobs. Paget got a 20th Century-Fox contract at age 14 and her first role in the film noir Cry of the City (1948), her first of nearly 20 movies at the studio, mostly Westerns, swashbucklers and period musicals. Every inch (all five-foot-two of her) the Hollywood star, Paget retired from the screen after marrying a Chinese millionaire in 1962.

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

The Ten Commandments

7.9

Lilia

1956

Love Me Tender

6.2

Cathy Reno

1956

Broken Arrow

7.1

Sonseeahray

1950

From the Earth to the Moon

5.1

Virginia Nicholl

1958

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Actress

Burke's Law
7.3
TV Series
- Helen Harper
- Juliet
- 1963–1965
The Haunted Palace
6.7
- Ann Ward
- 1963
Tales of Terror
6.8
- Helene (segment "The Case of M. Valdemar")
- 1962
Rawhide
7.9
TV Series
- Azuela
- Laura
- 1960–1962
Tales of Wells Fargo
7.9
TV Series
- Kate Timmons
- 1961
I masnadieri
5.6
- Esmeralda - zingara
- 1961
Most Dangerous Man Alive
5.4
- Linda Marlow
- 1961
Daughter of Cleopatra
4.8
- Shila - Cleopatra's Daughter
- 1960
Journey to the Lost City
6.4
- Seetha
- 1960
Why Must I Die?
5.6
- Dottie Manson
- 1960
The Millionaire
7.8
TV Series
- Mara Robinson
- 1960
Johnny Ringo
6.9
TV Series
- Agnes St. John
- 1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
7.2
TV Series
- Eve Barnes
- 1959
The Man and the Challenge
8.4
TV Series
- Liza Dantes
- 1959
Riverboat
7.3
TV Series
- Lela Russell
- 1959

Soundtrack

Riverboat
7.3
TV Series
- performer: "Erie Canal"
- 1959
The Ten Commandments
7.9
- performer: "Lilia's Song" (uncredited)
- 1956
Stars and Stripes Forever
7.1
- performer: "The Washington Post", "Father's Got 'em!", "Caro nome", "When It's Springtime in New York", "The Bowery", "I'm Afraid" (uncredited)
- 1952
Belles on Their Toes
6.5
- performer: "Lazy", "Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight)", "The Japanese Sandman", "Beans, Beans, Beans", "Doin' the Raccoon", "Sweet Georgia Brown"
- 1952

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Alternative name
- D. Paget
Height
- 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Born
- August 19, 1933
- Denver, Colorado, USA
Spouses
Children
- Gregory Teh-chi Kung
Parents
Relatives
Other works
(9/22/52) Radio: Appeared on "The Lux Radio Theater" in a production of "I'll Never Forget You".
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Trivia
Never auditioned for The Ten Commandments (1956). The part of Lilia was the last of the lead roles to cast. Cecil B. DeMille instinctively asked her one day to report to Paramount to start work. He had followed her career and felt that "the hand of God" was on her.

Quotes
There's a difference in the morality [of today]. I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul language, watch a lot of violence or see something immoral. I prefer stories with sensitivity and family values; films that strive to lift you up to a higher place in life. Those types of films are few and far between today. As a result, I seldom go to the movies.