Irish McCalla

Nellie Elizabeth Irish McCalla was an American actress and artist best known as the title star of the 1950s television series Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Sheena costarred actor Chris Drake. McCalla was also a Vargas Girl model for pinup girl artist Alberto Vargas.

Born in Pawnee City, Nebraska, she was one of eight siblings born to Lloyd, a butcher, and Nettie McCalla. The family moved often, settling in Des Moines, Iowa in late 1939 when Lloyd began working for Condon Bros. meat dealers. The family lived at 1070 10th Street. Nellie attended Washington Irving Junior High School before the family moved to Marshalltown, Iowa in November 1941, and Omaha, Nebraska in September 1942, before returning to Pawnee City, where she completed high school. At 17, she joined some of her siblings in Southern California, where she worked as a waitress and at an aircraft factory.

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