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Photograph caption dated March 10, 1958 reads "Pretty Marlene Willis, 15, proudly displays her recording which has been selected as 'pick-of-the-week' by a number of radio disc jockeys. North Hollywood songstress has a natural voice and has been singing professionally since she was 6 years old." Miss Willis is also an actress.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Willis, Marlene,--1942-1982 Teenage girls--California--Los Angeles Singers--United States Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Sound recordings--California--Los Angeles Phonographs North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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