Beryl Vaughan

Vaughan was born in Monmouthshire, Wales,[2] the daughter of a father who was a draftsman and a mother who was a designer.[3] She and her family came to the United States when she was 4 years old.[4] Her interest in acting and a profession was ignited when she was 8 years old and received 25 cents for a recitation in a church play in St. Louis. When she was 11, she had a 26-week role on a radio serial, after which she "divided her time between radio and school".[3] After she graduated from high school, she attended Wayne University in Detroit for two years before she began to devote more of her time to acting.[3]

On Broadway, Vaughan portrayed Janey in Every Man for Himself (1940).[4] She continued in the part for a 15,000-mile tour of the play.[3] Her other acting on stage included having a role in a traveling troupe that performed Claudia.[2]

Vaughn's performances on radio programs included the roles shown in the following table:

She also was heard on Grand Marquee[8] and Uncle Walter's Dog House.[3] In addition to her acting, Vaughan was assistant director of the Detroit Children's Theater of the Air for 48 weeks,[3] and she read commercials for the Lone Ranger.[7]

The Chicago Press Photographers Association named Vaughan the "most photogenic radio star" in November 1942. The announcement was during the organization's exhibition of news photographs.[5]

Vaughan married Kenneth Nordine, an actor and announcer on radio and television, in 1954. They had three sons[9] and lived in a mansion in the Edgewater community of Chicago until her death.[10]