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Mary Ann Mobley (born February 17, 1939 in Biloxi, Mississippi.[1]) was Miss America in 1959 -- the first Mississippian to win this honor. She was a member of Chi Omega sorority at the University of Mississippi. Remarkably, another sorority sister from Chi Omega at the University of Mississippi, Lynda Mead Shea would follow her as the 1960 Miss America.
Later, she appeared in movies, including two with Elvis Presley; and on such television shows as Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. She also had a recurring role on the show Falcon Crest. She also played Maggie McKinney/Drummond in Diff'rent Strokes during the series' final season.
Coincidentally, Mobley and Dixie Carter, who originated the role of Maggie on Diff'rent Strokes, were costars in an episode of Ms. Carter's series, Designing Women, in which she played a snide representative of the historical society, who aggravated Dixie's character, Julia Sugarbaker.
She married actor Gary Collins in 1967. Their daughter, Mary Clancy Collins, is a Senior Vice President with MGM Television.
Mobley was an occasional panelist on Match Game in the 1970s and appeared on Super Password with Collins during the 1980s.
Filmography
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Girl Happy (1965)
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Harum Scarum (1965)
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Young Dillinger
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Three on a couch (1966)
Television
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