Teala Loring

A talented and personable B-movie actress, Teala Loring was born in Denver, Colorado, as Marcia Eloise Griffin, one of five siblings. Two of her sisters were actresses Debra Paget and Lisa Gaye. Her mother was a vaudeville dancer, comedienne and nightclub singer who billed herself as Marguerite "Maggie" Gibson. Marcia grew up in a show business environment and made her first foray to the stage at the age of three. At 17, her family moved permanently to California and the following year Marcia became a Paramount starlet under the name Judith Gibson. As it turned out, there already was a Judith Gibson on the lot and producer Irwin Allen's suggestion of a change of moniker to a rarely used "good Irish name" (that being 'Teala') was happily accepted.