Lisa Davis Waltz-White, often credited as Lisa Davis (born April 20, 1936; Cherry Ann Davis) is a British- born American former child and adult actress who appeared in her first role at the age of 13 in the 1949 film The Man from Yesterday. Her elder sister is singer Beryl Davis

Beryl Davis

Beryl Davis was a British big band singer. Her sister is Lisa Davis Waltz, a teen actress in the 1950s and 1960s....

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Biography

She appeared in a total of 26 film and television projects from 1949 to 1962, appearing in guest spots in TV shows such as The George Burns Show (1959), The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program

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 (1961), Perry Mason

Perry Mason

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(1961), and The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

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(1962). She also provided the voice of Anita in the 1961 Disney Film One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

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. Born in into a show business family, her older sister is feature singer Beryl Davis

Beryl Davis

Beryl Davis was a British big band singer. Her sister is Lisa Davis Waltz, a teen actress in the 1950s and 1960s....

. In addition to her television and film roles, she also appeared both on and off Broadway.

Personal

Waltz was married to actor Patrick Waltz from June 28, 1958 to January 1971. The couple had three children together, daughters Carrie (b.June 14, 1959) and Wendy (March 28, 1965), and son Tim (born August 16, 1966). Soon after the couple's divorce, Patrick Waltz died of a heart attack on August 13, 1972.

After her divorce from Waltz in 1971 was finalized, the former teen actress began dating black stage and screen actor Rudy Challenger

Rudy Challenger

Rudolph "Rudy" Challenger is a retired African-American supporting actor who had a roles in various projects over the course of his thirty-four year career in films and television in Hollywood. He has appeared on such shows as Sanford And Son, Kojak, Lou Grant, and the Fall Guy...

. They were married on December 31, 1973. The interracial marriage was covered in Jet Magazine during that week. She filed for divorce from Challenger in April 1976, then the couple divorced on September 14, 1978, after almost two and a half years of separation. She later married Brian R. White in Los Angeles on May 12, 1979. Retired from acting, she currently resides in Studio City, California.

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