Joan Blackman, Elvis Presley’s Love In ‘Blue Hawaii,’ Dies At 87

Elvis Presley bare-chested wearing boxing shorts embracing Joan Blackman successful publicity airs for the 1962 movie 'Kid Galahad'. (Photo by Screen Archives/Getty Images)

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Joan Blackman, who starred arsenic Elvis Presley’s emotion liking successful his singer’s classical movies Blue Hawaii and Kid Galahad, has died.

Blackman’s son, Ngai Tarkington, told The Hollywood Reporter that his mother died successful a infirmary successful Santa Rose, Calif., connected March 16. She was 87.

Blackman first played Maile Duval other Presley’s Chad Gates successful the stone ‘n’ rotation philharmonic drama Blue Hawaii in 1961. The adjacent year, Blackman reunited pinch Presley connected the euphony play Kid Galahad, successful which Presley starred arsenic boxer Walter Gulick.

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Before her films pinch Presley, Blackman starred other Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine successful the 1959 play Career; and other Jerry Lewis successful the 1960 drama Visit to a Small Planet. Blackman’s work successful tv included the ABC daytime play Peyton Place, wherever she appeared successful 16 episodes arsenic Marian Fowler successful soap’s 2nd play from 1965 to 1966.

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