1956, with Sharrie Williams, author of The Maybelline Story

Sharrie, holding a stuffed Easter Bunny, Donna and Billee Williams, Easter, 1956.




As children, we were quite sheltered, in Parochial school, living average lives within our family and playing in the backyard. At the same time, Maybelline commercials were being shown on all the network stations and our parents went bonkers every time one came on the TV.


That year uncle Lyle, as we called him, was involved with The Princess Grace, Prince Rainier lll, Wedding, The Miss America Contest, Chuck Berry’s single, Maybellene, The Perry Como Show, The Loretta Young Show, and Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher’s splash in all the movie magazines. But for us kids and all our cousins, it was playing as usual, and waiting for the Easter Bunny to bring us live bunnies, chicks and Easter Eggs.


Read all about my life, in the 1950’s, in The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.