Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the seductive Miss Torso in the technicolor thriller "Rear Window" (1954). Born Georgine Werger, after beginning her career as a professional dancer within the New York City Ballet, she signed as junior model with the John Powers Agency where she had been featured in several advertisements for such brand names as Karo, Sears, JCPenney, Westinghouse, Macys, and Hershey's Chocolates. Upon relocating to California at the age of 16, she studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and was able to begin her acting career on stage appearing in such productions as "Blithe Spirit," "Street Scene," "Les Misérables," "All This and Heaven Too," "My Sister Eileen," "The Philadelphia Story," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," and "Morning Glory." While attending a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel, she was discovered by famed director Alfred Hitchcock. Impressed by her blonde good looks, charm, and hour-glass figure, he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry. From there, she would go on to enjoy good success in the films and television, often typecast as playgirls, debutantes, secretaries, sidekicks, girlfriends, gold diggers, chorines, aristocrats, snobs, retail clerks, eccentrics, reporters, nurses, and salesladies. She appeared in such motion pictures as "Love Me Madly" (1954), "Don't Bother to Knock" (1962), "Women and Bloody Terror" (1970), and "The Delta Factor" (1970). On television, she flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Red Skelton Hour," "Target," "The Danny Thomas Show," "Peter Gunn," "M Squad," "Mike Hammer," "Pete Kelly's Blues," "Special Agent 7," "U.S. Marshal," "Harrigan and Son," and "Mannix." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, was recognized as the 1955 Deb Star, and she was married to fellow actor Byron Palmer from 1974 until her death (their union produced no children). After retiring from acting in 1971, she spent the final years of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, took up sculpting, worked extensively with Habitat for Humanity, and was a generous benefactor for several schools and libraries, until her death from the complications of natural causes.