Kim Darby

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AKA: Deborah Zerby, Derby Zerby
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/08/1948
Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA

biography

Kim Darby rose to fame as the young woman who asks John Wayne to help her avenge her father's murder in "True Grit" (1969), but while Wayne won an Academy Award for his efforts, Darby's spunky quality did not translate into ingenue status and she proved hard to cast. By the 1980s, her work had become sporadic.

A Hollywood native, Darby began performing as a child (billed as Derby Zerby) with her parents, who were known professionally as 'The Dancing Zerbies'. She was a teen-ager when she appeared as an extra in the film "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963) and made her speaking debut on an episode of the TV Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2002-2002
Actor
2002
(TV Show)
2000-2000
Kathy Lee Tencate
2000
Jenny Myer
1985
Sandy True
Mrs Summers
Professor Brooks
Mattie Ross
Mary Crawford
Doris Bolton Owen
Actor
Barbara Blandish

milestones

Year
Milestone
1963 
Made first film appearance as extra in "Bye Bye Birdie"
1964 
Made TV debut in an episode of "Mr. Novak" (date approximate)
1965 
Had first speaking role in film, "Bus Riley's Back in Town"
1969 
Co-starred with John Wayne in "True Grit"
1973 
Made TV-movie debut in "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"
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