Kim Darby

Kim Darby Family and Personal Life

1. Kim Darby was born in Los Angeles, United States.
2. Kim Darby’s birth sign is Cancer.
3. She has been married several times, with her ex-husbands being Jack La Rue Jr., James Westmoreland, James Stacy, and Bill Tennant.
4. Kim has one daughter named Heather Elias.
5. Her parents, professional dancers, played a significant role in her early career, beginning with dance before shifting her focus on acting.

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Kim Darby Biography and Facts

1. Who is Kim Darby?: Kim Darby is an American actress best known for Bye Bye Birdie, True Grit, and The Evil Within.
2. Kim ventured into acting at the age of fourteen, gaining admission to Tony Barr’s acting workshop at Desilu Studios on the Paramount Pictures lot.
3. Deborah Zerby changed her name to Kim Darby for her acting career.
4. Kim first appeared on television shows such as Mr. Novak, Dr. Kildare, The Eleventh Hour, Star Trek, and The Fugitive.
5. Her breakthrough came when producer Hal B. Wallis saw her in an episode of Run for Your Life and decided to cast her as “Mattie Ross” in True Grit, alongside John Wayne’s “Rooster Cogburn”. The movie earned her considerable recognition and awards.
6. Some of her other notable works include Generation, Rich Man, Poor Man, The Strawberry Statement, The Grissom Gang, Better Off Dead, and Mockingbird Don’t Sing.
7. Apart from acting, Kim Darby has been teaching acting since 1990. She still conducts seminars at universities and film schools throughout the country.