Tad Tadlock

Tadlock was born in Port Arthur, Texas, the daughter of Haydn H. She trained for 15 years at the Florence Coleman School of Dance and served as a football majorette for Thomas Jefferson High School, where she graduated in 1949. ==Career==

Tadlock moved to New York City in 1950 and such events as the 1988 Miss Universe pageant and the 1989 Super Bowl halftime show. Her movies included ''Heaven's Gate (as "additional choreographer"), Body Heat and Irreconcilable Differences''. Tadlock also worked as a spokeswoman, actress, model, and dancer in numerous commercials, including for United Airlines. the musicals "Design for Dreaming" (1956), directed by William Beaudine, and "A Touch of Magic" (1961), directed by Victor D. Solow. In the first, which has gone on to be excerpted and sampled in a host of media, It was included in a fifth-season episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1994. In the equally highly stylized "A Touch of Magic", Tadlock plays a medieval woman menaced by a dragon and rescued by a knight. She and the man then suddenly become a modern-day suburban couple with a magical kitchen, hosting a housewarming party attended by invisible guests, and then dancing dreamily on a cloud. ==Personal life==

In June 1960, in New York City, Tadlock married George Vosburgh Jr., an assistant director of the 1958 feature documentary Windjammer and later a TV game-show producer. Her reception was held in the home of talk-show host and TV personality Merv Griffin. Tadlock was living in Tarzana, California, at the time of her death from cancer. ==Legacy==

The Museum of the Gulf Coast maintains a Tad Tadlock permanent exhibit. ==References==