Tyra Vaughn

Tyra Vaughn was born on March 13, 1923, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest daughter of a well respected police sergeant. During her time as a student at West Scranton High School, she often appeared in school musicals and was labeled as the 'top banana' during her teenage years straight up until her 1941 high school graduation. With the outbreak of World War II, she contributed her skills to her county by traveling with the USO as a professional entertainer and singer for several years. Near the war's end she had the honor of meeting legendary actor, comedian, and patriot, Bob Hope, who was so impressed by her abilities that he arranged for her to come out to California to work as a dance instructor at the famed Hollywood Athletic Club where she was later discovered by filmmaker Samuel Goldwyn, who selected her to be among one of his new installments in the ensemble of his 1940's era 'Goldwyn Girls'. She began appearing in movies during the mid-point of the 1940s, staring off with