Martha Vickers

 Martha Vickers (May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971)

She played minor roles in several films during the early 1940s, and by the end of the decade she had progressed to featured supporting roles, including the role of Carmen Sternwood, the nymphomaniac younger sister of Lauren Bacall's character in The Big Sleep (1946). She was again noticed in two films, The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946) and The Man I Love (1947), which led to her leading role in That Way With Women (1947). During the 1950s, Vickers' film career stalled, however she continued to act in television, such as the role of Sheila Hayes in the 1959 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Jaded Joker." Her final two performances in 1960 were on The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. Vickers was married three times, once to Mickey Rooney, all of her marriages ended in divorce. She died of esophageal cancer at age 46, and is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.