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  1. May 6, 2005 #1
    bitzman

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    There is a great picture in some British sports car magazine (maybe Classic Car) of Shelby at about age 40-something leaning against a sports car (maybe Maserati) with an extremely attractive lady. I think her name was Jan Harrison. Turns out that she was an actress. I looked up her credits and she was in a movie called "Ft. Bowie" and the most frequent guest star on Lloyd Bridge's show, Sea Hunt. She was also married to Shelby in 1960 and they went to Tijuana on their honeymoon. I was wondering if anybody knows what happened to her (I guess I could look in one of those books called "Whatever happened to...) or if anybody else on the forum is interested enough in biographical threads to post any info on previous spouses of CS...

    I think that most car forum readers are interested only in the cars, but after you know all the details about the cars, the next thing is the people....

    I used to watch Sea Hunt, where she frequently guest starred, but don't think at that time I remembered female actresses like I did later after I noticed there was this other race called women...


    Sea Hunt used to be my favorite program. On the site it even mentions she was Shelby's wife. I wish they had that great picture of her and Shelby leaning on a Maserati but instead they have some movie still. I think she is the wife he doesn't count in his grand total because he married and divorced her in Mexico.

    If anyone has a glossy of her standing with Shelby the Maserati Edgar owned, or any shots of Shelby as a race driver '54-'60 please send me an e-mail. Thanks,
    Photojournalistpro@hotmail.com


     
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  2. Jul 25, 2008 #2
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    Re: More on Shelby's movie star wife way back when

    IMdb lists several acting credits for Jan Harrison.

    Filmography


    "Flipper" (1 episode)
    The Misanthrope (26 December 1964) - Joanna

    "The Lloyd Bridges Show" (1 episode)
    Afternoon of the Champion (28 May 1963) - Actress

    "Bonanza" (1 episode)
    ... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
    The Gamble (1 April 1962) - Joyce

    "Ben Casey" (1 episode)
    A Story to Be Softly Told (22 January 1962) - Actress

    "Rawhide" (1 episode)
    Incident of the New Start (3 March 1961) - Charity Wade

    "Death Valley Days" (1 episode)
    ... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
    Deadline at Austin (29 January 1961) - Ruth Woodruff

    "Have Gun - Will Travel" (1 episode)
    Out at the Old Ball Park (1 October 1960) - Mrs. Cassell

    "Shotgun Slade" (1 episode)
    The Smell of Money (1 January 1960) - Delilah Carr

    "Johnny Staccato" (1 episode)
    ... aka Staccato (USA: short title)
    A Piece of Paradise (10 December 1959) - Gracie

    "Bat Masterson" (2 episodes)
    Bat Plays a Dead Man's Hand (3 December 1959) - Belle Sims
    Run for Your Money (2 March 1961) - Lori Adams

    "Not for Hire" (2 episodes)
    The Hunting License (30 October 1959) - Actress
    The Joker (10 June 1960) - Rita

    "The D.A.'s Man" (1 episode)
    Shakedown (18 April 1959) - Nancy

    "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" (2 episodes)
    ... aka Call Mr. D.e
    Charity Affair (12 April 1959) - Nancy
    Double Trouble (9 August 1960) - Actress

    "Lawman" (1 episode)
    ... aka The Lawman (USA: alternative title)
    The Souvenir (3 April 1959) - Nan Brooks

    "State Trooper" (1 episode)
    Travel Now, Slay Later (12 February 1959) - Carol Ward

    "Perry Mason" (1 episode)
    The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (24 January 1959) - Patient

    "Mike Hammer" (1 episode)
    ... aka Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (USA: complete title)
    According to Luke (1 January 1959) - Actress

    "Tales of Wells Fargo" (1 episode)
    The Gunfighter (17 November 1958) - Jane Hardin

    "Gunsmoke" (4 episodes)
    ... aka Gun Law (UK)
    ... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
    The Patsy (20 September 1958) - Holly Fanshaw
    Robber Bridegroom (13 December 1958) - Laura Church
    The Lady Killer (23 April 1960) - Mae Talmey
    Brother Love (31 December 1960) - Polly

    "The Walter Winchell File" (1 episode)
    A Short Run to Broadway (27 June 1958) - Wanda

    "Sea Hunt" (9 episodes)
    Killer Whale (22 March 1958) - Actress
    Girl in the Trunk (3 May 1958) - Actress
    Alligator Story (24 May 1958) - Susan Kennedy
    Underwater Patrol (7 June 1958) - Actress
    Pressure Suit (21 June 1958) - Marian
    The Hero (5 July 1958) - Actress
    Underwater Curtain (3 May 1959) - Actress
    The Getaway (5 July 1959) - Actress
    The Octopus Story (20 May 1961) - Betty

    "Sheriff of Cochise" (1 episode)
    The Farmers (21 September 1956) - Kathy Ranker

    "U.S. Marshal" (1 episode)
    The Turkey Farmers (????) - Kathy Ranker
     
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    Re: More on Shelby's movie star wife way back when

    well, that's a great website.

    unbelievable how many great, and so many great but obscure, actors were on Sea Hunt.


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    Jan is alive and well and was regularly checking in with the family to see how Carroll was doing.
     
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    Also on Death Valley Days was an obscure actor

    When I wastched the host that would introduce each episode, I thought he was well spoken
    and wondered "Why can't he get a real job--acting in a movie or something."
    I guess he failed upwards. His name was Ronald Reagan.
     
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    Who was Shelby's wife in the mid 60's when he was doin the 65/66 GT 350 cars ??
     
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    bitzman

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    partial list, no dates, based on fragmentary info

    -Jeanne (mother of his three children)
    -Jan Harrison (TV star) married and divorced in Mexico early '60s just before the Cobra was born
    -Sue Stafford of New Zealand-- a six week marriage
    to get her into the country (ironically he employed her father Arnold as a race mechanic)
    --Historian Jerry Entin says there was a lady named Sandy Wilson
    --Historian Jerry Entin says there was an unknown marriage in the Eighties
    --Lena Dahl - from Sweden, she died in a Jeep accident in 1997
    --Cleo Randell Roberts, married 1997

    Note; In the book CARROLL SHELBY The Authorized Biography , Rinsey Mills mentions an American lady that was married to Carroll that he moved to an apt. on Wilshire, but I haven't looked in the 500-page book to find that name to see if it's the same one. Would like to hear any corrections of the list. I actually don't think he was married during the hayday of the Cobra, Shelbys and GT40s otherwise we would see pictures of "Mr. & Mrs. Carroll Shelby" at LeMans and other places
     
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