Rebel Randall

AKA:
Alaine Brandes
Birth Name:
Alaine Charlotte Dorothy Brandes
Birth Date:
January 22, 1922
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois
Death Date:
July 22, 2010
Place of Death:
Valencia Palms Nursing Home, Indio, California
Age:
88
Cause of Death:
Non-communicable disease
Cemetery Name:
Desert Memorial Park
Claim to Fame:
Show Business
Rebel Randall was an American film actress and radio personality who appeared in approximately 50 films between 1940 and 1956. A glamorous brunette, she is remembered for her several dozen cinematic appearances from the early 1940s thru the mid 1950s. After making a name for herself doing radio commercials, she moved to Hollywood where she made her 1940 silver screen bow in "Turnabout". Working as a Paramount contract player, she was seen in numerous features of the day, among them 1941's "The Lone Rider in Ghost Town", "In Old Oklahoma" and "The Powers Girl" (both 1943), the 1945 "Booby Dupes", and 1945's "The Shadow Returns". Last seen on the screen in the 1956 short "Come on Seven", she lived the rest of her days in Southern California.

Fun Facts

In several interviews Rebel Randall claims that her sister was murdered for her body parts, future President John F. Kennedy was going to ask for her hand in marriage, she worked directly for President Bush to stop the Mexican drug cartels, and that Frank Sinatra had his own trucks move drugs from Mexico into the United States. Did I fail to mention she also worked with the Pope at the Vatican? We are not making this up.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Desert Memorial Park

31-705 Da Vall Drive

Cathedral City, California, 92262

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California
Map of Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California

Grave Location:

Section B-9, Lot 60

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery, park on the west side of Section B at the B-9 tree. Follow the row just to the right of the tree. Actress Rebel Randall (Brandes) is the 14th marker. The 12th and 13th markers are her parents.

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33.816856, -116.44184833

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