Trevalene Lugene Solomon (born September 17, 1934 or 1935) is an American retired actress and former child star. The peak of her career was during the mid-1950s. Before getting married and retiring from acting in the early 1960s, Solomon went under the name Lugene Sanders.

Early life

Trevalene Sanders was born in

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, Oklahoma in 1934 or 1935 to parents Charles and Genevieve Sanders. Before moving to Los Angeles with her mother in the late 1940s, Sanders attended Capitol Hill High School and

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and graduated from USC. Her first theatrical experience came when she was 13 and played Amy in a local production of ''Little Women''.

Radio

Sanders was one of three actresses to have the title role in ''

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''.Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 440.

Television

Sanders is best remembered for portraying the role of Barbara "Babs" Riley, the teenage daughter of Chester and Peg Riley on the second television incarnation of radio's ''

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'' on

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. She was on the show for its entire six season run from 1953-1958. After ''Riley'', Sanders had very few roles in television and film. She co-starred in the film '' Tormented'' (1960) where she played the role of Meg Hubbard alongside Richard Carlson and

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. She also had a stint as the star of a short-lived

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television series ''Meet Corliss Archer'' based on the successful radio program of the same name. Sanders played the title role.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 677. The series, however was only meant to air as a summer replacement series and did not make it to the fall schedule and was off the air by September 1951. Another live syndicated television version aired for 5 months in 1953 but Sanders was not involved in it. She retired from acting in 1960 to raise her family. Sanders was featured on the cover of ''

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s November 27, 1953, issue.

Personal life

Sanders married Marvin Solomon in the gardens of the Bel-Air Hotel on March 18, 1954. Solomon is a retired businessman who specialized in hospital equipment. The Solomons have two daughters together. The first, Jennifer Solomon, splits her time between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and Buenos Aires and is a successful businesswoman and dancer. The younger,

Kimberly Quinn Kimberly Quinn (formerly Fortier; ''née'' Solomon; born 1961) is an American journalist, commentator and magazine publisher and writer; latterly the publisher of British conservative news magazine ''The Spectator''. Early life A native of Lo ...

, formerly Kimberly Fortier, is a journalist, commentator, magazine writer, and author. Sanders and Solomon are both retired and live in California. They have four grandchildren.

Filmography

*''

'' (1951) (Corliss Archer) *''

'' (1953-1958) (Babs Riley-Marshall; 59 episodes) *''

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'' (1957) (Eve Miller; Episode: "Merry-Go-Round Case") *'' Tormented'' (1960) (Meg Hubbard)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Lugene 1934 births Living people 20th-century American actresses American child actresses American radio actresses American television actresses Actresses from Oklahoma City 21st-century American women