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Aged thirty-nine and tired of her small-time life and lack of
marital prospects in Rogersville Missouri, Ellenor Hudson
upped-stumps and made for Granite City Illinois. Though tall,
thick-limbed and rather plain, she had a sharp intellect and stoic
personality. There she married, she and Dan blessed with a beautiful
little girl called Miranda. A small child with auburn hair and
emerald green eyes, she would quickly develop a remarkable aptitude
for acrobatics and dancing. At ten Miranda was an accomplished
performer at school concerts and local theatres. Aged 16, she was
dancing in Broadway shows, and at 18 was signed by MGM. After a year
in Hollywood she returned to NYC to WOW variety audiences. But all
that glittered wasn’t gold. Miranda ran the full gamut of conmen,
exploitation and philanderers to be found in the seedy underbelly of
Show Business. At just 20 years old she’d truly been through the
mill, a lonely soul whom true love had eluded. Now dependent on
substances, her dancing erratic, she slowly slipped from view. Was
Miranda DuVelle dead or had she found love and happiness in a
different spiritual world - that elusive Shangri La we all hanker
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