Actress and Model. Born in 1913 as Esther Fox in Pasadena, California, she grew up in Chicago, Illinois and studied at Pomona College in Pomona, CA. She won a talent contest in Los Angeles and learned acting at Pasadena Playhouse. She changed her first name from Esther to Templeton & acted in various old-time radio shows and movies. Her best-known radio roles include: Margot Graham on Dan Harding's Wife and Trudy on Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy. On August 15, 1938, Fox married Paramount Pictures producer/screenwriter Robert Lyon Welch and retired from show business to primarily focus on raising their two children, son Robert Lawrence "Bob" and daughter Margaret "Maggie." The marriage lasted until 1964 when Robert Lyon Welch died. She is the mother of former Fleetwood Mac guitarist/singer-songwriter Bob Welch.
Actress and Model. Born in 1913 as Esther Fox in Pasadena, California, she grew up in Chicago, Illinois and studied at Pomona College in Pomona, CA. She won a talent contest in Los Angeles and learned acting at Pasadena Playhouse. She changed her first name from Esther to Templeton & acted in various old-time radio shows and movies. Her best-known radio roles include: Margot Graham on Dan Harding's Wife and Trudy on Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy. On August 15, 1938, Fox married Paramount Pictures producer/screenwriter Robert Lyon Welch and retired from show business to primarily focus on raising their two children, son Robert Lawrence "Bob" and daughter Margaret "Maggie." The marriage lasted until 1964 when Robert Lyon Welch died. She is the mother of former Fleetwood Mac guitarist/singer-songwriter Bob Welch.
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