1972 Paige appears in the ’72 edition of “Gowland’s Guide to Glamour Photography.” Left. The photo appears to be taken from the same photo session as the one used in the 69/70 Ridgid Tool Co. calendar. It’s her only appearance in any of the Gowland instructional books that I have viewed, which is most of them. 1971 It was around this time that Paige…
Playmate Paige Young had a busy year in 1969 promoting Playboy After Dark.
July 1966 Paige gets transferred from the Marvin Mitchelson law firm of Beverly Hills, to the law firm of Silverton, Ruderman and Graf of Studio City. Her new law firm is located at 12345 Ventura Blvd.; a 5 minute drive from her childhood home at 13055 Moorpark St. This may have happened because Marvin Michelson was busy climbing the ladder of success in 1966….
Diana should have started grade school in about 1950. It appears she lived in Gardena in 1950 per the 1950 census. It’s unknown where or if she started grade school in that community. See chapter 1950s #1. Grandmother Virginia LaRocca is listed in an online Gardena 1951 phone directory as a Christian Science Practitioner, see below. Husband Joseph Ned is not listed. This is…
San Fernando Valley abbreviated SFV. The newly released 1950 census gives us more information about the LaRocca/Cotterell family unit: they are listed at a residence in Gardena at 1830 W. 147th. Joseph’s occupation, Radio Orchestra Manager, Virginia, Christian Science Practitioner, Donna has an empty box for occupation, granddaughters Constance S. is listed as 7 years and Diana L. as 5 years. The above is…
Family Background In Vaudeville: Census records, military records and local directories show that Joseph Ned LaRocca (Diana/Paige’s grandfather) was born in 1894 in Peoria, Illinois and grew up there. Known as “Ned,” Joseph Ned LaRocca was a harpist in a family of several brothers and one sister named Kathryn. His Father was Salvatore LaRocca, a harpist from Italy, settled in Chicago before raising a…
Diana Cotterell/Paige Young’s parents: Robert M. Cotterell was 23 and Donna V. LaRocca, 19, when they were married in 1940. (Donna is listed in the 1940 census as living with her parents at 3834 Evans St., and that she was a “New Worker” in “Dramatics.”) Below is the Hollywood Wedding Chapel where Robert and Donna were married as stated on the marriage certificate. The…