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==Background==

==Background==

Born '''Lynn Freyse''' in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] to William Henry "Bill" Freyse (1898-1969) and Evelyn S. Freyse (1908–2003), her family moved to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] and later [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]], in hopes of coping with her mother's health needs, which required a warm, dry climate. She had a brother, Steve. Lynn's father, also a Detroit native, was a

Born '''Lynn Freyse''' in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] to William Henry "Bill" Freyse (1898-1969) and Evelyn S. Freyse (1908–2003), her family moved to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] and later [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]], in hopes of coping with her mother's health needs, which required a warm, dry climate. She had a brother, Steve. Lynn's father, also a Detroit native, was a cartoonist who drew the classic comic strip, "Our Boarding House."<ref name=borden/><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096143|title=Lynn Borden|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 8, 2021}}</ref> from 1939 until his death thirty years later. Syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the strip ended its run in 1984.

cartoonist who drew the classic comic strip, "Our Boarding House.''<ref name=borden/><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096143|title=Lynn Borden|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 8, 2021}}</ref> from 1939 until his death thirty years later. Syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the strip ended its run in 1984.

Her mother enrolled Lynn in acting classes as a way to overcome her childhood bashfulness. The training helped her to land the better parts in class plays and some small roles in [[western]] films shot in Arizona. The blonde Borden won scholarships as the 1957 Miss Arizona and hence as a contestant in the 1958 Miss America pageant. She lost to Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur of [[Colorado]] but was nevertheless a preliminary swimsuit winner and a Top 10 semi-finalist. She enrolled at the [[University of Arizona]] at Tucson, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater. During this time, she performed theater work in Tucson, and garnered small parts in westerns shot in the area.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lEcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PU8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5311,4809282&dq=hazel+whitney-blake&hl=en Lynn Borden profile (August 29, 1965)]</ref>

Her mother enrolled Lynn in acting classes as a way to overcome her childhood bashfulness. The training helped her to land the better parts in class plays and some small roles in [[western]] films shot in Arizona. The blonde Borden won scholarships as the 1957 Miss Arizona and hence as a contestant in the 1958 Miss America pageant. She lost to Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur of [[Colorado]] but was nevertheless a preliminary swimsuit winner and a Top 10 semi-finalist. She enrolled at the [[University of Arizona]] at Tucson, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater. During this time, she performed theater work in Tucson, and garnered small parts in westerns shot in the area.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lEcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PU8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5311,4809282&dq=hazel+whitney-blake&hl=en Lynn Borden profile (August 29, 1965)]</ref>