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Judy Tyler, born October 9, 1933 in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, United States – died July 4, 1957
near Laramie, Wyoming, was an actress.

Born Judith Mae Hess, she came from a show
business family and was encouraged to study dance
and acting. Her acting career began as a teenager
with appearances on the "Howdy Doody" television
show, as Princess Summer Fall Winter Spring. Like
her mother, she became a chorus line dancer but
then went on to a major role in the 1955 Rodgers
and Hammerstein musical, "Pipe Dream." Life
magazine did a story on rising Broadway talent
with Tyler on the magazine's cover as one of the
up-and-coming stars.

Offered an opportunity in Hollywood, Judy Tyler
appeared in the film Bop Girl Goes Calypso then
starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock.
After filming of the Presley movie finished, she
and her second husband, Greg Lafayette, took a
vacation. While driving through Wyoming, they were
involved in an automobile accident that claimed
both their lives.

Judy Tyler was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in
Hartsdale, New York.