Monique van Vooren

Monique van Vooren
Born (1925-03-25) March 25, 1925
Brussels, Belgium
Other names Monique Vooren
Occupation actor, dancer, writer, skater
Years active 1950-2012
Spouse(s) Gerard W. Purcell (m. 1958–2002) (his death)[1][2]
Children Eric Purcell (b. 1963)

Monique Jacobson van Vooren (born March 25, 1927) is a Belgian-born American musical theatre, film and television actress and dancer, who first arrived in the United States on November 3, 1949. She has written several books, including Night Sanctuary and The happy cooker.

Early years

Van Vooren was a champion skater and a beauty queen in Belgium. She studied philosophy and languages, learning to speak English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Flemish. "I can also read Greek and Latin," she said.[3] Her initial visit to the United States was in 1950, when she was an exchange student[4] studying law at New York University on a Fulbright Scholarship.[5]

Stage

On Broadway, van Vooren played in John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953–54) Man on the Moon (1975).[6] In the 1960s, van Vooren starred in summer stock theatre productions in the United States.[5]

Writing

In 1983, Signet published Night Sanctuary, written by van Vooren.[7] She described the book as being about "'the dark side' of people."[8]

Recording

Van Vooren recorded an album, Mink in HiFi for RCA Victor.[5] In 1956, she signed a contract with Request Records.[9]

Family

She was married to Jerry Purcell; the couple has a son, Eric (born 1953).

In 1983, van Vooren was found guilty of lying before a federal grand jury and "ordered to get psychiatric help and perform 500 hours of community service as part of a suspended sentence."[10] The sentence resulted from an investigation of "whether she had pocketed her dead mother's Social Security payments."[10]

Age

Van Vooren was born in 1927. She first arrived in the United States, according to the New York Passenger List Manifest #35 of In-Bound Passengers (Aliens) aboard the Queen Elizabeth from Cherbourg, France to New York City (October 29–November 3, 1949); her age was 22, per Ancestry.com. On October 19, 1950, she crossed from Mexico into El Paso, Texas; her age is listed as 22, but she was 23, her date of birth was erroneously captured online as October 25, rather than March 25.[11]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/20/classified/paid-notice-deaths-purcell-gerard-w.html
  2. ↑ http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19580613.2.46
  3. ↑ "Beauty Hinders Acting Career -- Monique Van Vooren". Standard-Speaker. December 16, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved October 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Bob (February 16, 1957). "Blonde Belgian Singer Cocks Practiced Eye at U.S. Women". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. p. 4. Retrieved October 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 3 "Monique Van Vooren To Star In Canal Fulton Production". The Daily Times. July 19, 1963. p. 7. Retrieved October 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Monique Van Vooren". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Night Sanctuary". Amazon.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Kleiner, Dick (April 10, 1982). "Monique Van Vooren turns to writing". The Index-Journal. p. 26. Retrieved October 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Music as Written" (PDF). Billboard. May 12, 1956. p. 14. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Monique Van Vooren Sentenced". The Dispatch. September 24, 1983. p. 2. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Border Crossings: From Mexico to the U.S., 1895–1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
    Original data:
    • Lists of Aliens Arriving at Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Laredo, Presidio, Rio Grande City and Roma, Texas, May 1903 - June 1909, and at Aros Ranch, Douglas, Lochiel, Naco and Nogales, Arizona, July 1906–December 1910, NARA microfilm publication A3365, 5 rolls.
    Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
    • Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Columbus, New Mexico, 1917–1954, NARA microfilm publication A3370, 7 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
    • Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Naco, Arizona, May 24, 1908–ca. December 1952, NARA microfilm publication A3372, 18 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
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