9 January 1937 | is born in |
c. 1942 | enters the Holy Family Convent in Colombo and stays there until she is 18 |
? | studies languages, world history, and nursing. She speaks English, French, Spanish, Hindustani, and Tamil. |
? | stars in a Ceylonese movie, Ram Gopal |
c. 1954 | is in Veit Harlan's Sterne ueber |
| wins the role of a solo dance in Elephant Walk |
25 June 1955 | is crowned “Miss |
22 July 1955 | is heralded a favorite for the world beauty crown together with “Miss |
| becomes second runner-up to Hillevi Rombin, “Miss |
July 1955 | says: “I drink no alcoholic beverages and smoke no cigarettes.” |
| the judges call her “one of the most beautiful Oriental entrants we have ever had” |
October 1955 | is heralded to make her screen debut playing an American Indian in Universal-International’s Pillars of the Sky |
| is signed by 20th Century-Fox for their upcoming The King and I |
26 October 1955 | accompanies |
21 January 1956 | she and fellow beauty queen Hillevi Rombin attend a dinner date at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium honoring Humberto Valenzuela, retired Chilean bank president and head of several large industries |
April 1956 | Jon Hall is reported paging her to play the jungle queen in his "Ramar of the Jungle" TV series |
| lives at the well-chaperoned Hollywood Studio Club and will study at UCLA |
? | performs classic Indian dances in |
1956 | tours Europe and the |
1956 – 57 | stars opposite Maxwell Reed as Anura, a beautiful |
October 1957 | is pictured attending an installation banquet for Miss Universe Beauty Pageant officers at the Lafayette Hotel |
Early April 1958 | announces plans to marry Mario Armand Zamparelli, a Montrose artist, on June 4 |
April 1958 | will start rehearsals in September for a |
1958 | marries Zamparelli. He's 31; she's 21. |
| films |
| her daughter Regina N. is born in |
| her daughter Marisa N. is born in |
| her third daughter is born in |
2007 | resides in the |
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Sources:
Syracuse Herald-American, Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram, The Lima News, The Lowell Sun, The Bennington Evening Banner, Oakland Tribune, Pasadena Independent, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Picture Show 1957, www.Ancestry.com
She was heralded a favorite for the world beauty crown together with “Miss Sweden,” “Miss USA,” “Miss England,” and “Miss El Salvador.” The Judges stated, “she is the most beautiful entrant we have ever had”.
Due to her win in the Miss Universe Pageant, she has long been revered as “putting Sri Lanka on the map” and being an ambassador to her country, Sri Lanka.
Hingert was born on January 9, 1937 in Colombo, Sri Lanka to Lionel Hingert and Lorna Mabel De Run. Her father, of Dutch people Dutch ancestry. He was the President of the Bank of Ceylon and he had extensive tea estates. The family lived in a large mansion in Ceylon
Hingert attended school at the Holy Family Convent in Colombo until she was eighteen. She studied world history, languages (English, French, Spanish, Hindustani, and Tamil), nursing and dancing.
In 1954, Hingert was crowned Miss Ceylon in her country and subsequently selected as a contestant in the 1955 Miss Universe pagent.
Following her victory in the contest, Hingert was put under contract to Universal International Studios and 20th Century Fox.
Some of the movies she appeared in include: The King and I, Fort Bowie, Gun Fever, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday, Moroccan Halk Moth, Pillars of the Sky,
Maureen Hingert is an actress.
As an actress, Maureen Hingert has performed in movies such as "Gunmen from Laredo", released in 1959, in which she portrayed Rosita, "Gun Fever"(1958), and "Fort Bowie"(1958).
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