c. 35 | BIO She is born in Sipske, Moravice, Yugoslavia, to a Turkish father and an Italian mother. Her father will become the governor of the island of Lastovo, in the Adriatic Sea; her brother, a major in the Yugoslavian army. |
? | As a schoolgirl, she spends her summer vacations working on the railroad as some type of limited pre-army training. |
c. 49 | Is a junior swimming champion at age 14 |
? | Becomes a member of the Yugoslavian Olympic swimming team |
55 | When the team competes in Austria, she refuses to return to her native country |
? | Makes a few movies in Austria |
April 55 | As Tanya Ivelya, she is a "Continental Beauty" in Esquire together with Mari Aldon, Vera Molnar, and Jester Naefe |
? | Goes with her mother to America and seeks asylum in the States / enters America as a political refugee with help of her American aunt, after escaping from behind the Iron Curtain. "She has been a professional architect, swimmer, actress, fashion model and singer. Her measurements are 36-22-36." |
November 55 | Columnist Earl Wilson reports her to be Saga's "Girl of the Month." She speaks six languages. |
? | Wins her movie contract two weeks after her arrival in Hollywood |
August 57 | Is "Today's Bob Neal Item: The oil millionaire discovered her, the Yugoslav Olympic star, who scrammed the Iron Curtain for a Warner contract..." |
March 58 | Is heralded the "Voom Girl" and selected as guest for the Naval Reserve Center's opening at 12200 Sylvan Street, North Hollywood, on March 28 |
? | films Whiplash on location in Puerto Rico. During the trip, she's put in jail in Venezuela because she has her picture taken beside a statue of Simon Bolivar. |
February 59 | Columnist Earl Wilson interviews her at New York's Essex House bar: "I gave my mother a TV set and $300 for a refrigerator when she was here. My father is governor of the Island of Lastovo, but he doesn't make much money. When he met me in Paris, he was in a daze. He didn't believe this world existed. My mother I wanted to wear my mink. She said no, just get her a little cloth coat. She wasn't used to American drinks. Mostly slibovitz." |
? | returns from Cuba with a gift of an automatic rifle. She says the 30-caliber M1 carbine was given to her on a recent vacation in Havana by Fidel Castro "to use on Hollywood wolves." |
18 March 59 | the rifle arouses the curiosity of the Hollywood police, who notify her that possession of the weapon is illegal and firmly remove it from her apartment |
May 59 | boards a French airliner at Idlewild Airport, New York, for Paris, en route to Vienna, Austria, to start work in a new film, Olympia |
August 60 | columnist Walter Winchell asks: "Is Joe Di Maggio planning a reprise with his used-to-be playmate, lovely Tania Velia, now that she's a smash at the Viennese Lantern?" |
March 61 | producers Griffith and Prince sign her to understudy the star in Kuprin |
July 61 | leaps from song arranger Joe Sherman's smoking car just before it explodes. She receives only bruises. |
February 62 | heralded a former "Miss Yugoslavia," she performs "songs in many languages" at the Three Saints Restaurant, Liverpool, New York |
2011-11-23
TANIA VELIA - LOS PEPINILLOS
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