Actress, Margaret Blye, was discovered by Hal Wallis while in a play at UCLA. He subsequently cast her as Dusty in the film version of Tennessee William’s Summer and Smoke. Eager to return to the stage, Ms. Blye then played the lead role of Jo in James Baldwin’s Los Angeles’ production of Blues for Mister Charlie. As a result of this performance, Martin Ritt cast her to co-star opposite Paul Newman in the ingénue role of Doris in Hombre. Fox quickly signed her to a seven-year contract followed by a four-picture contract at Paramount. Ms. Blye next starred with James Coburn in Waterhole #3 before leaving for London to star with Marcello Mastroianni in Diamonds for Breakfast. While in Italy, Margaret starred with Michael Caine and Sir Noel Coward in The Italian Job, before director Larry Peerce cast her to play the daughter of Elizabeth Taylor and Henry Fonda in Ash Wednesday.

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