| − | Born in DuBois in Clearfield County northeast of [[Pittsburgh]], in west central [[Pennsylvania]], McCrea was a model in [[New York City]]<ref name=drfoundation/><ref name=tvcom>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/ann-mccrea/|title=Ann McCrea|publisher=tv.com|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref> before she landed her first acting roles. In 1952, she was cast in one of the first episodes of the syndicated television series, ''[[Death Valley Days]],'' then hosted by Stanley Andrews. She subsequently appeared two more times on ''Death Valley Days'', as Melinda Pratt in "Mr. Bigfoot" (1956), and in the 1960 episode "Pirates of San Francisco".<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566939/|title=Ann McCrea|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 16, 2021}}</ref> | + | Born in DuBois in Clearfield County northeast of [[Pittsburgh]] in west central [[Pennsylvania]], McCrea was a model in [[New York City]]<ref name=drfoundation/><ref name=tvcom>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/ann-mccrea/|title=Ann McCrea|publisher=tv.com|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref> before she landed her first acting roles. In 1952, she was cast in one of the first episodes of the syndicated television series, ''[[Death Valley Days]],'' then hosted by Stanley Andrews. She subsequently appeared two more times on ''Death Valley Days'', as Melinda Pratt in "Mr. Bigfoot" (1956), and in the 1960 episode "Pirates of San Francisco".<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566939/|title=Ann McCrea|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=May 16, 2021}}</ref> |