Brenda Benet

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Brenda Benet was an American TV and film actress

Aug 14, 1945

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: August 14, 1945
  • Died on: April 7, 1982
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses
  • City/State: California
  • Partners:
    • Tammy Bruce (1980 – March 1982)
  • Spouses: Bill Bixby (m. 1971 – div. 1980), Paul Petersen (m. 1967 – div. 1970)

Brenda Benet born at

Los Angeles, California

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Birth Place

Brenda married ‘The Donna Reed Show’ actor Paul Petersen in 1967. The couple divorced in 1970 after Brenda started dating actor Bill Bixby.

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Personal Life

She divorced Paul and married Bixby in 1971. She gave birth to her son, Christopher Sean, in September 1974.

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In 1980, Bixby and Brenda divorced. She then started dating American radio host, author, and ‘Fox News’ contributor Tammy Bruce.

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Brenda was born Brenda Ann Nelson, on August 14, 1945, in Los Angeles, California. Brenda was darker than her siblings. This made her fantasize whether she was adopted.

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Childhood & Early Life

She often felt she did not fit in the family. She was self-conscious and felt awkward in her teenage years.

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Childhood & Early Life

She attended the ‘University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) for a while, where she majored in languages.

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Childhood & Early Life

She made her TV debut with the series ‘Wendy and Me’ in 1964. She played ‘Shamir’ in an episode of the series.

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Career

In 1965, she was chosen to play ‘Jill McComb’ in the American day-time soap opera ‘The Young Marrieds.’

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She appeared as ‘Karema’ in the series ‘McHale’s Navy’ before she appeared on ‘The Young Marrieds.’ In 1966, she played ‘Gizelle’ in an American spy fiction TV series named ‘The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.’

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The same year, she also appeared as ‘Princess Little Fawn’ in an American action–adventure TV series named ‘Daniel Boone.’ The show starred Fess Parker as ‘Daniel Boone.’

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In 1966, she appeared in two episodes of the ‘ABC’ TV show ‘My Three Sons.’

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