Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie (born Marguerite Wendy Jenkins, 18 April 1912 – 2 February 1978) was a British-American film and television actress. Barrie was born in Hong Kong to English parents. Her father was a successful lawyer and King's Counsel, F.C. Jenkins. She received her education at a convent school in England and a finishing school in Switzerland. While still in her teens, she began pursuing a career as an actress, helped by her red-gold hair and blue eyes. She adopted the stage name Wendy Barrie in honour of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, who was her godfather. She began
The Wendy Walk The Wendy Walk The Wendy Walk is a not for profit organization whose mission is to raise funds and awareness for liposarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer that is currently untreatable. The foundation hosts annual walks in Miami, New York City and Los Angeles as its main fundraising event. Through these walks, the foundation has raised over 2 million dollars for liposarcoma research. Liposarcoma is an "orphan" cancer, therefore it depends solely on new research. Incredible progress has been made in finding the root cause of liposarcoma, largely as a result of funding provided by The Wendy Walk