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Juliet Prowse
Acting

Juliet Prowse
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-09-25,Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Gender
Female
Biography
Juliet Anne Prowse was a dancer, whose four-decade career included stage, television and film. She was raised in South Africa, where her family emigrated after World War II. Known for her attractive legs, she was described after her death as having "... arguably the best legs since Betty Grable." In her early twenties, she was dancing at a club in Paris when she was spotted by a talent agent and eventually signed to play the role of Claudine in the Walter Lang film Can-Can. It was during the filming of Can-Can in 1959 that she captured the international spotlight. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the set of the film and after Prowse performed a rather saucy can-can for the Russian leader, he proclaimed her dance immoral. The publicity brought Prowse considerable attention in the United States. Prowse met Frank Sinatra on the set of Can-Can. Time magazine did not rate the movie highly, but declared Prowse the best thing in it: "In fact, the only thing really worth seeing is Juliet Prowse, a young South African hoofer who puts some twinkle in the stub-toed choreography. And the only thing really worth hearing is the crack that Frank flips back at Juliet when she whips a redoubtable hip in his direction. "Don't point", he gasps. "It's rude." She would go on to appear with Sinatra and other notable guests such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peter Lawford, Hermione Gingold, the Hi-Lo's, Red Norvo, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra on the 1959 Frank Sinatra Show. She at times would sing in the chorus with other guests or Sinatra would sing to her. Sinatra invited Prowse to join him in Las Vegas, even though she was living with the actor Nico Minardos at the time. Sinatra and Prowse announced their engagement in 1962. Soon afterwards they broke up, reportedly because Prowse wanted to concentrate on her career. Prowse later admitted, "I was as much flattered as I was in love. He (Sinatra) was a complex person, and after a few drinks he could be very difficult." Prowse co-starred alongside Elvis Presley in G.I. Blues. During shooting of the film, they had a short and intense fling. "Elvis and I had an affair. ... We had a sexual attraction like two healthy young people, but he was already a victim of his fans. We always met in his room and never went out." Prowse also made a brief cameo appearance in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer documentary film, Elvis: That's the Way. She starred with Denny Scott Miller on her own NBC sitcom in the 1965-1966 season: Mona McCluskey, which was produced by George Burns. The series was based on the idea that the couple, Mike and Mona McCluskey, would live on his military salary, rather than her lucrative earnings as an actress. In the late 1980s, she was mauled by an 80-pound leopard – twice. Once, while filming a scene for Circus of the Stars in 1987 and later that same year rehearsing a promotional stunt on The Tonight Show, when the same leopard attacked her. The later attack was more serious, requiring upwards of twenty stitches to reattach her ear.

Filmography

6.5

G.I. Blues
1960-11-23

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

6.364

Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1965-09-01

The Second Time Around

6.231

The Second Time Around
1961-12-22

Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits

0

Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003-01-01

The Right Approach

7

The Right Approach
1961-05-17

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

8

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977-10-23

5.667

Spree
1967-06-21

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

5.5

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007-11-12

Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only

8.5

Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
2001-01-01

7.333

Dingaka
1964-10-28

Night of 100 Stars II

8

Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10

The Fiercest Heart

5.667

The Fiercest Heart
1961-04-30

6.686

Can-Can
1960-03-09

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra

0

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
1959-12-13

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll

10

Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007-11-12

That's Dancing!

7.075

That's Dancing!
1985-01-18

7

Second Chance
1972-02-08

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies

0

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960-02-15

Run for Your Wife

6.389

Run for Your Wife
1965-04-29

Musical Comedy Tonight II

7

Musical Comedy Tonight II
1981-02-11

Elvis Through the Years

0

Elvis Through the Years
2007-08-14

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976-10-29

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

8.1

Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970-11-11

Murder, She Wrote

7.534

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

The Muppet Show

8

The Muppet Show
1976-09-05

7.556

Password
1961-10-02

5.333

Glitter
1984-09-13

The Hollywood Palace

5

The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04

9

The Big Show
1980-03-04

Adventures in Paradise

6.143

Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05

7

Mona McCluskey
1965-09-16

The Steve Allen Show

6.167

The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

5.4

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973-09-14

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

7

Dinah!
1974-10-21

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Name of the Game

7

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20

The Danny Thomas Hour

6.5

The Danny Thomas Hour
1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show

7.713

The Carol Burnett Show
1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show

7.713

The Carol Burnett Show
1967-09-11

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.5

Vicki!
1992-08-31

The Danny Kaye Show

7

The Danny Kaye Show
1963-09-25

6.479

Fantasy Island
1978-01-28