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Sheree North (January 17, 1932 – November 4, 2005) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She was known for being 20th Century Fox's answer to Marilyn Monroe from 1954 to 1956. During these two years, she had lead roles in How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955), opposite Betty Grable; The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956), with Tom Ewell and Rita Moreno; and The Best Things in Life Are Free, with Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, and Ernest Borgnine (1956). North was either born as Dawn Shirley Bethel or as Dawn Shirley Crang in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1932, the daughter of June... MORE

Sheree North (January 17, 1932 – November 4, 2005) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She was known for being 20th Century Fox's answer to Marilyn Monroe from 1954 to 1956. During these two years, she had lead roles in How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955), opposite Betty Grable; The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956), with Tom Ewell and Rita Moreno; and The Best Things in Life Are Free, with Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, and Ernest Borgnine (1956). North was either born as Dawn Shirley Bethel or as Dawn Shirley Crang in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1932, the daughter of June Shoard and Richard Crang, her stepfather was Edward Bethel. She began dancing in USO shows during World War II at age ten. At 15, she married Fred Bessire; she had a child at 16. She continued dancing in clubs under the stage name Shirley Mae Bessire. North made her film debut as one of the many club members in Excuse My Dust (1951). She was then spotted by a choreographer performing at the Macayo Club in Santa Monica, and was cast as a chorus girl in the 1953 film Here Come the Girls, starring Bob Hope. Around that time, she adopted the stage name Sheree North (originally Sherree). She would then LESS