Marguerite Chapman, a small-town secretary and tomboy nicknamed Slugger, became a model only after friends insisted you oughta be in pictures, and she went on to act in more than 30 movies. Never a Hollywood wannabe, Chapman grew up in Chatham, New York, with four brothers. She started working as a typist and switchboard operator in White Plains, New York. Praised repeatedly for her beauty, she became a John Powers model in New York City. After she had appeared on the covers of enough magazi ...[Read Story]
