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Born: 3 September 1941 New York, New York, USA
Died:10 June 1981 Los Angeles, California, USA. (homicide)
Real Name: Jennifer Helene Maxwell
Spouse: Irvin Roeder (? - June 1981) (her/his death)

Jennifer Helene Maxwell was born on September 3, 1941. Jenny’s career began with television appearances on Wagon Train and the hit show The Twilight Zone. In 1959, Maxwell did her first film, Blue Denim, in which she co-starred along with Carol Lynley and fellow Elvis co-star Warren Berlinger (Spinout). Jenny was chosen to be in Elvis Prelsey’s upcoming film, Blue Hawaii. She played Ellie Corbett, one of the girls who is on tour of Hawaii with their teacher, Abigail Prentice.

Following her work with the King, Jenny appeared in two other films: Shotgun Wedding and Take Her, She’s Mine starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee. In 1965, Maxwell did guest appearacnes on the television series The F.B.I. and The Wild, Wild West. That was the last thing Jenny would do in her acting career.

Both Jenny and her husband, Irvin Roeder, were gunned down during a robbery in June, 1981. The details of her death are sketchy and confusing. In June 1981 Jenny and her husband, famous attorney Ervin "Tip" Roeder, were shot to death outside their Beverly Hills condo. It's an interesting, but odd, coincidence that Tip was also actor Nick Adams' attorney and was involved in trying to solve Nick's death. Nick allegedly committed suicide in 1968, but Tip and others felt he was murdered. As many fans know, Nick Adams was a good friend of Elvis' and often visited him on movie sets and in Memphis.

Filmography

• Shotgun Wedding (1963) .... The Girl
• Take Her, She's Mine (1963) .... Sarah
• Blue Hawaii (1961) .... Ellie Corbett (H.S. Tour Group)
• Blue Denim (1959) .... Marion ... aka Blue Jeans (1959) (UK)

Notable TV Guest Appearances

• "Wild Wild West, The" (1965) playing "Billie" in episode: "The Night of the Avaricious Actuary" (episode # 4.11) 6 December 1968
• "F.B.I., The" (1965) playing "Vicki Tanner" in episode: "Pound of Flesh" (episode # 1.14) 19 December 1965
• "Death Valley Days" (1952) in episode: "Peter the Hunter" (episode # 13.12) 31 December 1964
• "Eleventh Hour, The" (1962) playing "Jackie Devon" in episode: "87 Different Kinds of Love" (episode # 2.21) 19 February 1964
• "Wagon Train" (1957) in episode: "The Lieutenant Burton Story" (episode # 5.22) 28 February 1962
• "Bus Stop" (1961) playing "Linda" in episode: "A Lion Walks Among Us" (episode # 1.10) 3 December 1961
• "Dr. Kildare" (1961) playing "Anna Lee Novotny RN" in episode: "The Patient" (episode # 1.9) 23 November 1961
• "Lawless Years, The" (1959) in episode: "The Jonathan Wills Story" (episode # 3.18) 8 September 1961
• "Twilight Zone, The" (1959) playing "Shirley" in episode: "Long Distance Call" (episode # 2.22) 31 March 1961
• "Bonanza" (1959) playing "Clara Lou Kinsey" in episode: "The Gunmen" (episode # 1.19) 23 January 1960
• "My Three Sons" (1960) in episode: "TV or Not TV"

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