JULIET PROWSE

'Juliet Anne Prowse' (September 25 1936–September 14 1996) was a South African reared American dancer and actress.
Prowse was born in Bombay and raised in South Africa. When asked after she became famous what her opinion was of the apartheid government of South Africa, where her parents still then lived, she explained that she loved her parents but disagreed on this topic.
Prowse began studying dance at the age of four. In her early twenties she was dancing at a club in Paris when she was spotted by a talent agent and eventually signed to play the part of "Claudine" in the 1960 Walter Lang film, ''Can-Can''. Juliet Prowse reached the height of her popularity in the 1960s, appearing alongside Elvis Presley in ''G.I. Blues''.
Juliet Prowse was the first guest on ''The Muppet Show''. She also had her own NBC sitcom for one season; 1965's ''Mona McCluskey'' (produced by George Burns).
She met Frank Sinatra on the set of ''Can-Can'' and for a time the two were engaged, but they split up badly. It was around this time that Juliet received enormous publicity for her connection with Sinatra, as well as for having Hollywood's most beautiful legs. She would later show off her dancer's legs in a series of commercials for L’eggs.
She died in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer, two weeks short of her sixtieth birthday in 1996. She was survived by her son and her mother. Her ex-husband, TV actor John McCook, who is the father of her only child, reconciled with her shortly before she died after many years of acrimony.

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