Maureen Hingert, the Sri Lankan-born actress identified for her function in The King and I, has died at 88.
Maureen Hingert handed away at 88 because of liver failure.(Screenshot: Gunmen from Laredo)
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Maureen Hingert’s daughter reveals her reason for loss of life
Hingert handed away at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena because of liver failure. Her daughter, Marisa Zamparelli, advised The Hollywood Reporter, “It was a ravishing and peaceable passing.” Best identified for her function in The King and I, which earned her 9 Oscar nominations and received 5 Academy Awards, she was additionally the Miss Universe runner-up, as reported by The New York Post.
Hingert was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 9, 1937, and later moved to Los Angeles for school. At simply 18, Hingert was topped Miss Ceylon and went on to make historical past because the second runner-up on the 1955 Miss Universe pageant, the primary version of the competitors to be televised.
Her pageant success paved her path to Hollywood. Following her function in The King and I, she appeared as Tanana in 1958’s Gun Fever and Rosita in 1959’s Gunmen from Laredo. Hingert’s Hollywood profession included roles in a number of notable movies, similar to Pillars of the Sky (1956) with Jeff Chandler and Dorothy Malone, Elephant Walk (1954) alongside Elizabeth Taylor, in addition to Fort Bowie and The Rawhide Trail, each launched in 1958.
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About Maureen Hingert’s household
Hingert married designer Mario Armond Zamparelli in 1958. The two met whereas the actor was modeling for a TWA mural he was portray for Howard Hughes. The couple had three daughters—Marisa, Gina, and Andrea- earlier than divorcing in 1970. Tragically, Gina handed away in 2018 at age 59, and Andrea died in 2009 at 42.
Hingert later married William J. Ballard in 1976, and so they remained collectively till he died in 2012.
