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
Wendy Warren and the News Wendy Warren and the News Wendy Warren and the News was a radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS weekday afternoons, June 23, 1947 - November 12, 1958. The program was notable for the title character's reporting actual "women's news" in addition to appearing in a more traditional soap opera role. One old-time radio reference book called "Wendy Warren and the News" a "show within a show." Another said the program was "a unique insertion in the schedule and there was nothing like it elsewhere." A contemporary magazine's review called the show's structure "A cunning