Victoria Shaw

Victoria Shaw (25 May 1935 – 17 August 1988) was an Australian film and television actress.

Early years Shaw was born Jeanette Ann Lavina Mary Elizabeth Elphick in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her parents were Captain and Mrs. Francis W. Elphick. She lived in Croydon, New South Wales, and attended a convent school. before first making the news when voted Australian model of the year in 1951 at the Sydney Artists' Ball She went on to make her Australian screen debut opposite Chips Rafferty in The Phantom Stockman (1953).

Bob Hope spotted her while touring Australia and urged her to try her luck in Hollywood, where in 1955 she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures.

She played opposite Tyrone Power in The Eddy Duchin Story (1956), her United States film debut. After their divorce in 1965, Smith had joint custody of their three children, Tracey Leone (born 1957), Jordan F. (born 1958), and Dallas E. (born 1961).

Death On August 17, 1988, Shaw died in Hornsby Hospital in Sydney at the age of 53 from emphysema.

Recognition Shaw was named Australia's Model of the Year in 1951. The next year, she was named Photographer's Model of the Year.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1953 The Phantom Stockman Kim Marsden 1956 The Eddy Duchin Story Chiquita Wynn 1959 The Crimson Kimono Christine Downs 1959 Edge of Eternity Janice Kendon 1960 Because They're Young Joan Dietrich 1960 I Aim at the Stars Maria von Braun 1966 Alvarez Kelly Charity Warwick 1973 Westworld Medieval Queen