Deborah Walley

Deborah Walley's parents were professional figure skaters with the Ice-Capades; as a result, she spent much of her childhood in dressing rooms surrounded by people in bear suits. After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Walley racked up an impressive list of Broadway and off-Broadway credits. Her first film appearance was in the title role Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961), a "break" that nearly stopped her career cold before it began. She avoided being forever typecast as Gidget thanks to a brace of interesting appearances in two Disney flicks, Bon Voyage (1962) and Summer Magic (1963). Then came a long association with American-International's Beach Party series, ending with the benighted Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966). Her favorite film role was as the hoydenish "gal pal" to Elvis Presley in Spinout (1966). From 1967 through 1969, Walley appeared as Susie Hubbard on the weekly sitcom The Mothers-in-Law, reportedly spending much of her free time fending off the advances of producer Desi Arnaz. She left show business in the 1970s to raise her family and to write books. In 1986, Deborah Walley made a welcome return before the cameras in an episode of TV's Simon and Simon.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	The Bubble 3D	Actor	—	2015
86%	Benji	Linda	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Severed Arm	Actor	—	1973
No Score Yet	It's a Bikini World	Delilah Dawes	—	1967
No Score Yet	Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth	Katherine	—	1967
No Score Yet	Spinout	Les	—	1966
No Score Yet	Ghost in the Invisible Bikini	Lili Morton	—	1966
No Score Yet	Sergeant Deadhead	Airman Lucy Turner	—	1965
No Score Yet	Ski Party	Linda Hughes	—	1965
80%	Beach Blanket Bingo	Bonnie Graham	—	1965
29%	Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine	Louise	—	1965
No Score Yet	Summer Magic	Cousin Julia	—	1963
No Score Yet	Bon Voyage!	Amy Willard	—	1962
No Score Yet	Gidget Goes Hawaiian	Gidget	—	1961

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