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Transcript of interview with Corinne Entratter Sidney by Claytee White, June 5, 2007

Date

2007-06-05

Description

Interview with Corinne Entratter Sidney by Claytee White on June 5, 2007. In this interview, Sidney talks about growing up with privilege in California, where her father served as the attorney general. She attended school at UCLA and took acting classes and signed with United Artists. She met Jack Entratter in Los Angeles and moved to Las Vegas and worked as a Copa Girl. She discusses Jack Entratter's generosity and influence in town, and his style, and their lifestyle together. She mentions the likes of Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and Sammy Davis, Jr. and her extravagant life living at the Sands. After Jack's death in 1971, she moved back to Los Angeles, returned to acting, and wrote a newspaper column. On a visit to Las Vegas with George Sidney after Sidney's wife Jane died, Corinne and George began dating and were married shortly after. They moved back to Las Vegas together for a slower pace. She describes her love of Las Vegas and its continued growth.

Corinne Sidney's life story makes for fascinating reading. She was born in 1937, the daughter of Alice Polk, former Ziegfeld showgirl, and Carl Kegley, an attorney. She attended U. of C. Berkeley, transferred to UCLA, and was spotted by a talent scout who convinced her to enter a Miss USA contest. Corinne's runner-up status in the Miss USA contest led to job offers in acting, so she decided to study acting. This, along with her childhood lessons in ballet, piano, singing, tap dance and horseback riding, led to a contract with United Artists, freelance work, television parts, and plays. Around the age of 18, Corinne met Jack Entratter. Their relationship brought her to Las Vegas, where she worked as a showgirl at the Sands for a few months, and where she married Jack a few years later. They lived a fabulous lifestyle which included travel, beautiful homes, and friendships with noted celebrities. Corinne went back to acting in Los Angeles after Jack passed away, but then segued into writing a gossip column and hosting a television show. She reconnected with an old friend (George Sidney) by writing the obituary for his wife, and within a few months they were married. The Sidney's moved back to Las Vegas, where Corinne still makes her home today.

Text

Corinne Entratter Sidney, Charlotte Nort, Mary Neivans, Judy Jones, and Joy Blaine Garner oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01899

Abstract

Oral history interview with Corinne Entratter Sidney, Charlotte Nort, Mary Neivans, Joy Blaine Garner, and Judy Jones conducted by Su Kim Chung on January 11, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Sidney, Nort, Neivans, Garner, and Jones discuss their early lives and recall their memories as members of the Copa Girls at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. They describe the audition process to become a Copa Girl, showgirl costumes, and the choreography that was created for their performances. The group recalls performing along famous singers, including Frank Sinatra, and the entertainment in Las Vegas during the 1950s and 1960s.

Archival Collection

Collateral materials for the Copa series "The Sands and the Copa Room" commemorative scrapbook interviews, 2013-2014

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Includes Copa Girl group interview and individual interviews with: Corinne Entratter Signey, George Levine, Rusty Feuer, Emilio Muscelli,

Archival Collection

Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00836
Collection Name: Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project
Box/Folder: Box 07

Archival Component

Sidney, Corinne Entratter

oral history interviewer 2007; former showgirl and Miss America; ex-wife of Jack Entratter; widow of George Sidney

Person

Photograph of Jack Entratter and Corinne Cole at their wedding at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa October 1967

Date

1967-10

Description

Corinne Cole, Jack Entratter, and three unidentified guests at Cole and Entratter's wedding in the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Photographs of Jack Entratter and Corinne Cole at their wedding, Las Vegas, circa October 1967

Date

1967-10

Description

Jack Entratter (54) and Corinne Cole (30) posing for photos after their wedding at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Photographs of Jack Entratter and Corinne Cole at their wedding, Las Vegas, circa October 1967

Date

1967-10

Description

Jack Entratter and his bride, Corinne Cole, cutting their wedding cake at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Photographs of Jack Entratter and Corinne Cole at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, circa 1967

Date

1965 to 1968

Description

Jack Entratter with Corinne Cole at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Nort, Charlotte, 1928-

No description.

Person

Neivans, Mary, 1939-

No description.

Person