Debra Paget was born Debralee Griffin into a family of vaudeville, burlesque and Hollywood entertainers. At 15 she made her film debut and the offers came rolling in. The title of this video Debra Paget Unkissed refers to her often public appearances with her mother. She would be publicized as Hollywood's unkissed (that is, not having a boyfriend) star. She and her mother, however, would demand roles which would break her reputation. In her prime, she would fight and threaten her studio 20th-Century Fox that she would leave unless she got sexy roles. Princess of the Nile was the first of her controversial films where her dance was mostly edited out. Debra also lived a life that was flashier than never being kissed. She dyed her hair pink which matched her pink rhinestone Cadillac and owned an extravagant mansion with a gold bathtub. She left Hollywood briefly at the peak of her career to head to Germany to film Fritz Lang's The Indian Tomb and The Tiger of Eschnapur which cemented her exotic moves into cult film history forever. Debra was perhaps best known for two roles, the beautiful watergirl Lilia in The Ten Commandments and in Elvis Presley's debut in Love Me Tender. Elvis was very close to Debra and her family although the relationship was not romantic. It actually took him a while to start calling her Debra, instead Miss Paget. After retiring from movies in 1962 at the age of 29, Debra did return to television by hosting her own show as a born-again Christian. Debra married three times and currently lives in Texas. The poem at the start of the video is made in reference to Debra's exotic dancing, her short career, her role in Demetrius and the Gladiator (where she died and by a miracle was risen from the dead like Lazarus), her role as Lilia and her spiritual values after retiring from film. The films in this video tribute are: Les Misérables (1952) Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) Princess of the Nile (1954) Demetrius and the Gladiator (1954) The Ten Commandments (1956) Love Me Tender (1956) The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) The Indian Tomb (1959) Music includes Meg's Garden by Alan Menken (from Beauty and the Beast, one of my friend Claudia's favorite), Carthage (Pacifica Music), and Cenwen (from a fantasy game, Spellforce, which fits Debra Paget's exotic roles). Claudia, this was the second video for your birthday but I couldn't get it out on time but I know you'll enjoy it nevertheless. Enjoy