Los Angeles Times
January 29, 2017
February 21, 1924 - January 24, 2017 Selene Walters Lamm,
born Betty Flo Walker in Dexter, Missouri, in 1924 and best known for her roles
as a young starlet in Hollywood and for her journalistic contributions, has
died at the age of 92. She passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 24 in her
Beverly Hills home with her beloved daughter, Eliza, by her side, according to
her children Eliza and Alexandra Lamm.
From the beginning of her long life, Selene was loved by
all and was crowned first in a beauty contest at the tender age of 10. She was
also crowned her high school's queen all four years, which quickly allowed her
to move on and win hearts and roles in the booming era of the golden age of
Hollywood. Before making the move to the West, Selene attended Missouri
University and pledged into the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
With the onset of the war, she had to make quick
decisions and at the behest of her beloved brother, Jimmy, she moved out to
Washington D.C., which is where her life really began. Selene began modeling in
several high fashion department stores before she got her big break with the
famous John Robert Powers Models in New York City. She was featured on the
cover of magazines and eventually was truly discovered at the fabled
"21" restaurant by Buddy de Silva, the President of Paramount
Pictures at the time. From there she was unstoppable and traveled all over the
world - Rome, Monte Carlo, Rio, Tokyo, Korea, Munich, Hamburg, Deauville,
Bahamas, Haiti, Tehran, Athens and many other gorgeous locales. Selene appeared
in over 21 films during her career as an actress and had the opportunity to
star alongside the likes of the famous Jimmy Stewart in the "FBI
Story."
Although she had an amazing bicoastal life in Los Angeles
and New York City, Selene began to look at other career options and found that
her love for writing and travel called for a new adventure as a columnist,
which led her travels all over the globe. Selene mingled with everyone she met,
and formed relationships with high society players, including Andy Warhol,
Frank Sinatra and even the Shah of Iran. She continued her journalist career
through the 1990s.
During her years living in New York City, Selene met and
married the love of her life, Franklin J. Lamm in 1975, who passed away in
2007. She and Frank carried out their wishes to have a family and adopted three
children - David Lamm, Alexandra Lamm and Eliza Lamm during the 1980s. She is
survived by all three children and her biological daughter, Scarlett Norris
Adams. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 9:30 a.m. at
the Wee Kirk O' the Heather at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale,
California.
WALTERS, Selene
(Elizabeth Florence Walker)
Born:
2/21/1924, Dexter, Missouri, U.S.A.
Died:
1/24/2017, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
Selene Walters’
western – actress:
The Texan (TV) – 1959 (Rosalie)
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