- Shirley MacLaine, Around The World in 80 Days, 1955. Showman Mike Todd’s Jules Verne extravaganza required a princess – Aouda. Candidates included Toronto’s Suzanne Alexander and Marla English (both from The Bob Cummings Show), Donna Reed (who passed) and Jacquelyne. Park, later into Gun Girl. Plus The Pajama Game find whofelt totally miscast in her third movie. And she was! But she was also the hottest newgirl in town. And suddenly everywhere – from Hitchcock to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Birth year: 1931Death year: 1975Other name: Casting Calls: 1