Celeste Yarnall

Celeste Jeanne Yarnall (July 26, 1944 – October 7, 2018) was an American actress primarily of the 1960s and 1970s. She started her career on television before moving to feature film roles.

Career A native of Long Beach, California, Yarnall was discovered by Ozzie Nelson and his son Ricky and appeared on their show The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. She was named Miss Rheingold 1964 (the last person to hold that title)

Personal life From 1964 until 1970, Yarnall was married to Sheldon Silverstein, with whom she had her only child, a daughter, Camilla Yarnall, born in 1970.

Later years and death When her acting career diminished, Yarnall began to work in real estate. Despite warnings about limited opportunities for success, she earned a six-figure income in her first year with a real-estate firm. By 1982, she owned Celeste Yarnall & Associates, which a syndicated columnist described as "one of L.A.'s top office real-estate firms."

In 1998, Yarnall achieved a doctorate in nutrition, following which she taught nutrition at Pacific Western University. She also became a breeder of Tonkinese cats and wrote two books: Natural Dog Care: A Complete Guide to Holistic Care for Dogs and Natural Cat Care: A Complete Guide to Holistic Care for Cats. Yarnall attended Star Trek conventions where she signed autographs for fans.

Yarnall died at her home in Westlake Village, California on October 7, 2018, aged 74, from ovarian cancer, which she had been diagnosed with in 2014. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

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