Cynthia Pepper

Cynthia's father was Jack Culpepper, a vaudeville performer, who was previously married to Ginger Rogers, before meeting Cynthia's mother, Dawn. Read more about the Culpeppers at The Culpepper Family History Site (although they copied this page, and didn't even link to me! shame, shame!) Oh, well...

TV audiences got to know Cynthia Pepper, briefly, as Margie, a short-lived TV series (1961 - 62) about a teenager in the Roaring Twenties. Before that she had made guest appearances on a few shows, and was a regular in the first season of My Three Sons (1960).

Her first big movie role, however, was as Corporal Midge Riley in Kissin' Cousins. She's the one who captivates Jodie, the blonde "country" Elvis in the movie, by giving him a good judo throw (I'm not sure I understand the logic there...) and Elvis retaliates by singing "Tender Feeling" to her (that usually whoops 'em!). The melody is based on the folk song, "Shenandoah", and it's one of the few decent tunes in the film.

Cynthia has in recent years made occasional appearances at Elvis gatherings and autograph shows. She made a brief appearance in Miss Congeniality 2. Read more about Cynthia at her Official Site!, or her MySpace page!

• Cynthia Pepper IMDB
• Cynthia Pepper - Scott Daugherty has this autographed photo of Cynthia in his Autograph Collection, as well as some other Elvis costars!
• Take Her She's Mine - This page is from the Sandra Dee website. Cynthia appeared in this film as one of Sandra's roommates.
• Cynthia was a guest on this Addams Family episode.
• Also on this Perry Mason episode.