Jinx Falkenburg
Actor
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg (January 21, 1919 – August 27, 2003) was an actress, expert swimmer and tennis star, and one of the highest-paid and ubiquitous cover-girl models in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. She married journalist and influential publicist Tex McCrary in 1945. Known as "Tex and Jinx" to most American households, the glamorous couple pioneered and popularized the talk-show format, first on radio and then in the early days of television. They hosted a series of interview shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s that combined celebrity chit-chat with discussions of important topics of the day.
Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg (January 21, 1919 – August 27, 2003) was an actress, expert swimmer and tennis star, and one of the highest-paid and ubiquitous cover-girl models in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. She married journalist and influential publicist Tex McCrary in 1945.
Known as "Tex and Jinx" to most American households, the glamorous couple pioneered and popularized the talk-show format, first on radio and then in the early days of television. They hosted a series of interview shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s that combined celebrity chit-chat with discussions of important topics of the day.