Jacqueline Tilman MacFarlane was born on May 04, 1934 to Dorothy Reed Tilman and John Franklin Tilman. The family lived in Las Vegas in the 1930s. Her family moved to and lived in rural Nevada because of the Great Depression and eventually came back to Las Vegas, Nevada. She raised her children in the Fair Circle neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s and worked in various casinos. After she left the Sahara Hotel and Casino in 1977, she began selling Vanda cosmetics, which she still does as of February 04, 2010.
Theresa Brickley was born around 1928 and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Brickley’s first chance at having a dance career was disrupted when World War II started when she was 16 years old. She immigrated to the United States with her American husband in 1951. After moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from Seattle, Washington, Brickley met Elizabeth Burkey in the Sun City Dance Company. They became best friends and performed together in various hotels all over Las Vegas, including the Sahara, Rio, and Mirage.