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Debra Paget (born August 19, 1933 in Denver,
Colorado) is an United States|American film
actress.

Debra Paget was born Debralee Griffin into a
family of actors.  Her mother Margaret Griffin had
been a stage actress.  Her sister Lesli Gaye
Griffin acted in movies and on television under
the name of Lisa Gaye.  Her other sister Marcia
Griffin appeared in movies at first using the name
of Judith Gibson, and later as Teala Loring. 
Frank Griffin, her brother, also acted in movies
before becoming a makeup artist.  

Debra herself was fourteen years old when she made
her first film. Using the stage name "Debra Paget"
she went on to a fifteen year career involving
more than thirty films that included significant
roles in notable projects such as 1956's The Ten
Commandments (1956 movie)|The Ten Commandments.
That same year she also starred opposite Elvis
Presley in Love Me Tender (movie)|Love Me Tender. 
In the late 1950's Paget made a number of films in
Germany for director Fritz Lang.  Her last major
film was The Haunted Palace with Vincent Price in
1963, but she continued making appearances in
American television programs for several more
years.  During the 1990's she hosted a show called
An Interlude With Debra Paget on the Trinity
Broadcasting Network, a Christian television
network.

Paget was married to singer-actor David Street in
January, 1958, but the marriage ended less than
three months later.  In March, 1960 she married
director Budd Boetticher.  Paget and Boetticher
divorced in August, 1961.  In April, 1962 she
married oil executive Ling-Chieh "Louis" K'ung,
the nephew of Chiang Kai-shek.  Her son Gregory
was born in June, 1964.  Paget and K'ung divorced
in 1980.

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