Debra Paget

Debra Paget belongs to that golden Hollywood generation I have real affection for. Born Debralee Griffin in Denver in 1933, she worked across film, television and the stage, but it's two 1956 roles that fixed her in history: Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments and Elvis Presley's debut, Love Me Tender. I find it remarkable that she shared the screen with the King in his very first picture. Her snake dance in 1959's The Indian Tomb is the kind of scene people still talk about. She retired relatively young, which leaves me wishing we'd seen even more of her range.

Name (English)

Debra Paget

Name (Japanese)

デブラ・パジェット

Reading

でぶら・ぱじぇっと

Born

August 19, 1933 (age 92)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

Origin

Denver, Colorado, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88

Tags

• Colorado
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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