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Deborah Walley (12 August 1941 – 10 May 2001) was an American actress. Deborah Walley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers Nathan and Edith Walley. She attended Central High School in Bridgeport. At fourteen she was playing summer-stock theatre. She studied acting at New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began working on stage in the city and made her Hollywood film debut in 1961's Gidget Goes Hawaiian, a role for which she is most remembered. From then until 1974 she appeared in fifteen feature length films, including... MORE

Deborah Walley (12 August 1941 – 10 May 2001) was an American actress. Deborah Walley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers Nathan and Edith Walley. She attended Central High School in Bridgeport. At fourteen she was playing summer-stock theatre. She studied acting at New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began working on stage in the city and made her Hollywood film debut in 1961's Gidget Goes Hawaiian, a role for which she is most remembered. From then until 1974 she appeared in fifteen feature length films, including several of the "Beach Party" films produced by American International Pictures. From 1964–1966, Walley was married to actor John Ashley, a costar of ABC's Straightaway series about auto racing from 1961–1962. He preceded her in death by two years. On television, she portrayed Suzie Hubbard Buell in the comedy series The Mothers-in-Law. Comedienne Eve Arden played her mother, Eve Hubbard, while singer-comedienne Kaye Ballard played her mother-in-law, Kaye Buell. Originally, actress Kay Cole (A Chorus Line) had played Suzie in the original pilot, but Walley later replaced her, and played her through the LESS