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Judy Tyler - wikipedia Judy Tyler Jump to : navigation , search For the Playboy Playmate , see Judy Tyler ( model ) . <Th_colspan="2"> Judy Tyler <Td_colspan="2"> As Peggy Van Alden in Jailhouse Rock ( 1957 ) Judith Mae Hess ( 1932 - 10 - 09 ) October 9 , 1932 Milwaukee , Wisconsin , U.S. July 3 , 1957 ( 1957 - 07 - 03 ) ( aged 24 ) near Rock River , Wyoming , U.S. Cause of death Car accident Resting place Ferncliff Cemetery Occupation Actress Years active 1947 -- 1957 Spouse ( s ) Colin Romoff ( m . 1950 ; div. 1957 ) Gregory Lafayette ( m . 1957 -- 1957 ) Judy Tyler ( born Judith Mae Hess ; October 9 , 1932 -- July 3 , 1957 ) was an American actress . Contents ( hide ) 1 Early life and career 2 Death 3 References 4 External links Early life and career ( edit ) Judy Tyler ( left ) in the Broadway production of Pipe Dream ( 1955 ) Born Judith Mae Hess in Milwaukee , she came from a show business family and was encouraged to study dance and acting . Her acting career began as a teenager with regular appearances on Howdy Doody as Princess Summerfall Winterspring from 1950 to 1953 . Like her mother , she became a chorus girl , but then went on to land a starring role in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Pipe Dream . Life did a story on rising Broadway talent with Tyler on the magazine 's cover as one of the up - and - coming stars . She lived with her parents in Teaneck , New Jersey while appearing on Howdy Doody and Broadway . Offered an opportunity in Hollywood , Tyler appeared in the film Bop Girl Goes Calypso ( 1957 ) , then starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock ( 1957 ) . She made a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Irene Kilby in `` The Case of the Fan Dancer 's Horse '' , which aired on December 28 , 1957 , nearly six months after her death . Death ( edit ) After completing filming of the Presley movie , she and her second husband , Gregory Lafayette ( born Earl Gregory Nisonger Jr. on January 23 , 1938 in New York City ) left Hollywood to return to their home in New York . While driving through Wyoming on July 3 , 1957 , they were involved in an automobile accident on U.S. Route 287 near Rock River . She was killed instantly , aged 24 , and her husband died the following day , aged 19 . A passenger in the other car was killed as well . Police said Lafayette swerved to avoid hitting a car that was towing a trailer , and collided with the other vehicle involved in the crash . Tyler 's cremated remains are in the private family room of her husband in the mausoleum in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale , New York . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Obituary Variety , July 10 , 1957 , page 127 . ^ Jump up to : `` JUDY TYLER DIES AS CARS COLLIDE ; Actress and Husband Killed by Crash in Wyoming -- Was on ' Howdy Doody ' '' , The New York Times , July 4 , 1957 . Accessed October 17 , 2014 . External links ( edit ) Biography portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Judy Tyler . Judy Tyler on IMDb Judy Tyler at Find a Grave VIAF : 56822219 LCCN : no96016592 ISNI : 0000 0001 1648 9830 GND : 143813285 BNF : cb14234739m ( data ) SNAC : w6652nrw Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judy_Tyler&oldid=835694483 '' Categories : 1932 births 1957 deaths American film actresses American television actresses Burials at Ferncliff Cemetery Elvis Presley Actresses from Milwaukee People from Teaneck , New Jersey Road incident deaths in Wyoming People from Shorewood , Wisconsin 20th - century American actresses 20th - century American musicians Hidden categories : Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015 Articles with unsourced statements from October 2014 Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Українська 中文 9 more Edit links This page was last edited on 10 April 2018 , at 06 : 26 . About Wikipedia