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Marjorie Wallace was born on 23 January, 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., is an American actress, TV host, beauty queen (born 1954). Discover Marjorie Wallace's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Occupation Actress · television host · model · beauty queen
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 23 January 1954
Birthday 23 January
Birthplace Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Marjorie Wallace's Husband?

Her husband is Michael Klein (m. May 1978-1982) Donald Soffer (m. 1994-1996)

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Marjorie Wallace Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1954

Marjorie Wallace (born January 23, 1954) is an American actress, tv host, model and beauty queen.

1970

With Indianapolis having a population of about 740,000 in 1970, "dancing at the Holiday Inn was the biggest thing in town," she joked.

When she was 14, her parents divorced and Wallace was already showing her wild side.

She went on a 1,200 mile road trip with a friend to Miami, Florida.

But her teen years also included typical high school pursuits, such as competitive swimming and cheerleading, according to the magazine.

Men began to play a larger role in her life.

At age 17, she moved in with a guitarist in the Indy rock band Pure Funk.

Wallace won television acting roles on some of the top shows of the 1970s, including Baretta with Robert Blake and Get Christie Love! with Teresa Graves.

She also appeared as a panelist on the television game show, Match Game.

1973

In 1973, she made history as the first woman from the United States to be crowned Miss World, but just 104 days later, pageant officials announced she would be the first Miss World to have her title taken from her for having an affair.

Years later, she helped launch the television program Entertainment Tonight as an original co-host.

Wallace was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, where her family ran an industrial supply business and raised her in the suburbs, she told People magazine.

A modeling agent pushed her to enter the Miss Indiana World and Miss World USA beauty pageants, both of which she won, opening the door to the 1973 Miss World contest in London.

On November 23, 1973, Wallace defeated 53 competitors at the Royal Albert Hall in London as the first American to be crowned Miss World.

During her time in the UK, she dated celebrities including Welsh singer Tom Jones, Northern Irish football star George Best, and American Indianapolis 500 and Formula One driver Peter Revson, with whom she was reportedly engaged to be married.

During her engagement to Revson, she carried on an affair with Tom Jones, being seen kissing him on a beach in Barbados.

1974

This violated Wallace's Miss World contract, which prompted pageant authorities to take away her title on March 7, 1974, 104 days after she was crowned.

Contest officials announced that Wallace "had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job."

The title was not offered to any of the other contestants, but first runner-up, Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines, pre-empted the decision by declaring she was not interested in the "second-hand crown" and claimed she was already too busy making a movie.

The second runner-up, Patsy Yuen of Jamaica, undertook some of the pre-scheduled engagements in place of Wallace that could not be cancelled.

Fifteen days after Wallace was stripped of her crown, Peter Revson was killed in a fiery crash on March 22, 1974, while practicing for the 1974 South African Grand Prix in Johannesburg.

He died en route to a hospital and was wearing a gold locket Wallace had given him bearing the engraving, "If not for you ..."

Wallace attended Revson's closed-casket funeral at Manhattan's Unitarian Church of All Souls.

Less than three months after Revson's death, Wallace was rushed to St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital after her sister, Nancy, found her unconscious in her apartment, apparently from an overdose of the sleeping pill Doriden.

A doctor stated that Wallace was "comatose, and in pretty bad shape."

She was put on a dialysis machine to clear her kidneys.

Wallace's mother Alice stated, "She might have felt like she couldn't go on", however, Wallace herself said two years later, "I was depressed and OD'd on a few too many sleeping pills. I never attempted suicide."

1976

"My mother always says that if I ever have a daughter, I deserve to have one like myself," she said in 1976.

Wallace also began traveling the 180 miles between Indianapolis and Chicago, to work as a model.

By 1976, she moved into the Los Angeles apartment of tennis champion Jimmy Connors.

"Marji (sic) and I don't even have to talk to each other if we don't feel like it," Connors reportedly said.

"But I feel I have found someone to share the things I like, and that makes it all worthwhile."

Connors, Wallace said, was "a fantastic person. A very different person off the court."

The relationship with the tennis star did not last long.

After the breakup, Wallace moved to New York where she auditioned for television sportscasting positions with ABC and CBS.

She also appeared in television commercials for Ultra Brite toothpaste, Wella products and American Express.

1977

In the summer of 1977 she met film producer Michael Klein at a Beverly Hills party and they were married in May 1978.

Klein's father was Eugene V. Klein, owner of the National Football League's San Diego Chargers.

They had a son named Adam.

1981

In 1981, she became one of the first co-anchors on the television show, Entertainment Tonight.