Elaine Devry Dies: Actress In ‘The Atomic Kid’ And ‘A Guide for the Married Man’ Was 93

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Elaine Devry, whose career spanned film and dozens of television shows, died Sept. 20 at her home in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was 93 and no cause was given by the funeral home, which listed her under her married name of Davis.

Devry was the fourth wife of actor Mickey Rooney.

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After marrying him in November 1952, she first appeared the next year in the Rooney-starring comedy film A Slight Case of Larceny and on an episode of the Ronald Reagan-hosted CBS anthology series, General Electric Theater.

Devry also appeared in such films as China Doll (1958), Man-Trap (1961), The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961), Diary of a Madman (1963), With Six You Get Eggroll (1968), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), Bless the Beasts & Children (1971), The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973) and Herbie Rides Again (1974).

Her TV resume included many guest starring appearances in the early days of television, including stints on Bourbon Street Beat, Bachelor Father, Perry Mason, Death Valley Days, 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye to Bonanza, I Dream of Jeannie, My Three Sons, Family Affair, Marcus Welby, M.D., and Cannon.

She left acting in the late 1970s.

Born Thelma Elaine Mahnken on Jan. 10, 1930, in Compton, California, she modeled before moving to Butte, Montanta to marry a high school flame, Dan Ducich. The couple divorced in 1952.

She returned to California, meeting Rooney in Woodland Hills, and they married when she was 22 and he was 32, his fourth trip down the aisle. They divorced in 1958.

Her funeral was held Oct. 7 in Oregon.

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