Roxanne (model)
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Roxanne was a model and actress. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. She was the blonde assistant on the Bud Collyer
-hosted original version of the Goodson-Todman Productions game show Beat the Clock
. Roxanne was replaced by Beverly Bentley in August 1955. She gave birth to her daughter Ann in December 1955. Roxanne did not use a surname in her professional work.
Roxanne had a doll
fashioned after her which was called, naturally, The Roxanne Doll. It was a hard plastic doll which stood 18 inches tall. It had movable legs which allowed the doll to "walk". They were manufactured circa 1953 by the Valentine Company. The blue-eyed doll had a Beat the Clock tag on the doll's wrist and came with a miniature red camera. Roxanne would give these dolls to the contestants' daughters on Beat the Clock.
As of May 2011, Roxanne is alive and well, living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Roxanne is often confused with actresses Roxanne Arlen and Roxanne Sweeney.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. She was the blonde assistant on the Bud Collyer
Bud Collyer
Bud Collyer was an American radio actor/announcer who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars...
-hosted original version of the Goodson-Todman Productions game show Beat the Clock
Beat the Clock
Beat the Clock is a Goodson-Todman game show which has aired on American television in several versions since 1950.The original show, hosted by Bud Collyer, ran on CBS from 1950–1958 and ABC from 1958–1961. The show was revived in syndication as The New Beat the Clock from 1969–1974, with Jack Narz...
. Roxanne was replaced by Beverly Bentley in August 1955. She gave birth to her daughter Ann in December 1955. Roxanne did not use a surname in her professional work.
Roxanne had a doll
Doll
A doll is a model of a human being, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have traditionally been used in magic and religious rituals throughout the world, and traditional dolls made of materials like clay and wood are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The earliest documented dolls...
fashioned after her which was called, naturally, The Roxanne Doll. It was a hard plastic doll which stood 18 inches tall. It had movable legs which allowed the doll to "walk". They were manufactured circa 1953 by the Valentine Company. The blue-eyed doll had a Beat the Clock tag on the doll's wrist and came with a miniature red camera. Roxanne would give these dolls to the contestants' daughters on Beat the Clock.
As of May 2011, Roxanne is alive and well, living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Roxanne is often confused with actresses Roxanne Arlen and Roxanne Sweeney.