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Cynthia's father was Jack
Culpepper, a vaudeville performer, who was previously married to Ginger
Rogers, before meeting Cynthia's mother, Dawn. Read more about the
Culpeppers at The Culpepper Family History
Site (although they copied this page, and didn't even link to me!
shame, shame!) Oh, well...
TV audiences got to know Cynthia
Pepper, briefly, as Margie,
a short-lived TV series (1961 - 62) about a teenager in the Roaring
Twenties. Before that she had made guest appearances on a few shows, and
was a regular in the first season of My Three Sons (1960).
Her first big movie role, however, was
as Corporal Midge Riley in
Kissin' Cousins. She's the one who captivates Jodie, the blonde
"country" Elvis in the movie, by giving him a good judo throw (I'm not
sure I understand the logic there...) and Elvis retaliates by singing
"Tender Feeling" to her (that usually whoops 'em!). The melody is based
on the folk song, "Shenandoah", and it's one of the (very) few decent
tunes in the film.
Cynthia has in recent years made
occasional appearances at Elvis gatherings and autograph shows. Read
more about Cynthia at her Official Site!
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