Lori Nelson was an American actress born in Santa Fe New Mexico on August 15 1933 She began as a performer dancing at the young age of 4 as well as winning a Little Miss America title Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful However in 1952 she made it into her first role as Marjie Baile in Bend of the River Many of her roles were large but were mostly in 1950s Bmovies Today she is acting sparingly most recently in The Naked Monster She costarred with Barbara Eden in the series How to Marry a Millionaire 19571959 However she also had a wellremembered role as Mara the Mayors daughter opposite Van Johnson who played two roles in the 1957 madeforTV musical film The Pied Piper of Hamelin a motion picture which premiered on NBC and then went on to be syndicated and shown annually on local television stations Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Nelson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia