The Resume

(July 6, 1923-circa October 21, 1965)
Born in Burgin, Kentucky
Birth name is Cora Marie Frye
Nicknamed 'The Body'
Acted in 'Pardon My Sarong' (1942), 'Guest in the House' (1944), 'Getting Gertie's Garter' (1945), 'Living in a Big Way' (1947), 'The Geisha Boy' (1958) and 'Promises! Promises!' (1963)

Why she might be annoying:

She was prone to nervous breakdowns.
Gene Kelly called her 'a triple threat who couldn't sing, dance, nor act.' (ouch!)
She was a drunk and a pill popper.
Four of her seven marriages lasted less than a year.
She often embellished the facts of her life.
She was an attention whore who indulged in some rather desperate publicity stunts.
For example, she faked her own kidnapping (1957).
She overdosed on sleeping pills.
Her death was ruled a suicide.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was a pin-up girl.
Her impressive beauty and physical assets compensated for her lack of talent.
Her mother forced her into show business.
She suffered several miscarriages.
She was the inspiration for the character of Princess Aura in the Flash Gordon comic strip.
In 1942 she joined the Hollywood Victory Caravan and toured the country selling war bonds.

Credit: Sockboy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alan Ladd's Leading Ladies
• Beauty Pageant Contestants
• Damaged Women
• Double M Initials
• E!'s Mysteries and Scandals
• Film Noir Femme Fatales
• I am a Karen
• I am an Adulterer
• I Attempted Suicide and Screwed it Up
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Committed Suicide
• I Died in 1965 (Ranked: 42)
• I Died of a Drug Overdose
• I Had a Miscarriage
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Married My Manager
• I May Have Staged My Own Kidnapping
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• My Middle Name is Mary/Marie/Maria
• Our Marriage Didn't Last a Month
• Our Marriage Didn't Make It To Our First Anniversary
• Profiles 21001-21250 (Ranked: 21182)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19651021)
• World War II Pin-up Girls

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 33 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 75 Votes: 50.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 41.46% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 58.54% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 92 Votes: 60.87% Annoying