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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Shelby Grant, American actress (Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage, Medical Center), died from a brain aneurysm she was , 74.

Shelby Grant born Brenda Thompson, was an American actress whose credits included Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage and Medical Center died from a brain aneurysm she was , 74..



(October 19, 1936 – June 25, 2011),

Early life

Thompson was born on October 19, 1936,[2] in Orlando, Oklahoma to parents, Lawrence and Mae Thompson.[1][2][3] She was raised in Wagoner, Oklahoma, and completed high school at Wagoner High School.[1]
Thompson enrolled at Northeastern State College, now known as Northeastern State University, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she studied drama and speech.[1] She became Northeastern State's football queen in 1959.[1] She also won the title of Northeastern Oklahoma Dairy Princess in 1959 as well.[1]

Career

She appeared in local television commercials for KTUL-TV, based in Tulsa, after college.[1] In 1962, she moved from Oklahoma to southern California to pursue an acting career.[1] She initially worked as a teacher of special education and deaf students at Hollywood High School while trying to enter the entertainment industry.[1]
Thompson was discovered by a 20th Century Fox talent scout.[3] She changed her professional name to Shelby Grant.[3] She "drew Shelby Grant out of a hat", according to an interview she gave to columnist, Hedda Hopper.[3]
Grant debuted in television in a 1963 episode of Bonanza.[1] She soon became a contracted actor with 20th Century Fox.[1] Her film roles under contract with Fox included The Pleasure Seekers in 1964, the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, Our Man Flint in 1966 and The Witchmaker in 1969.[1] Her television credits grew to include Batman and Marcus Welby, M.D..[1]
Grant married her husband, actor Chad Everett, in a ceremony held on May 22, 1966, in Tucson, Arizona.[1][2] Chad Everett had been on location in Tucson filming the 1967 movie, Return of the Gunfighter, at the time of their wedding.[2] They had two daughters, Kate and Shannon.[1] Grant appeared in her husband's television series, Medical Center, where portrayed Dr. Joe Gannon from 1969 to 1976.[1] Grant largely left acting to focus on philanthropy during her later life. She and her husband sponsored more than twenty heart surgeries for children.[1]

Death

Shelby Grant died of a brain aneurysm in Westlake Village, California, on June 25, 2011, at the age of 74.[1] She was survived by her husband of 45 years, actor Chad Everett; their two daughters, Katherine Thorp and Shannon Everett; and six grandchildren.[1][

 

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