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Ginger Prince

American actress (1943-2015)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ5563056
Source-derived summary

Ginger Lee Prince (June 3, 1942–May 20, 2015) was a child actress, best known for her roles in a handful of Hallmark Productions pictures. She starred in three of Kroger Babb's productions. She then returned to Atlanta, GA to host a radio program, "Ginger from Georgia".

Early years

Prince was born on June 3, 1942 in Stuart, Florida. She was the daughter of Hugh Frederick Prince and Gladys Davis. Her mother enrolled her in a modeling school when she was 4 years old, and she began modeling then.

Career

Prince began working on radio at WBGE in Atlanta in 1948, playing records for boys and girls. She supplemented recorded music with interviews of studio guests. Her career shifted from radio to film when Babb saw her modeling in a fashion show. He gave her a seven-year contract to work in films for his Hollywood Productions studio.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ginger Prince” is american actress (1943-2015). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ginger, Prince and American, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 2015, 1948—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1943-06-03. For this dossier, Ginger, Prince and American is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “american actress (1943-2015)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5563056. VIAF identifies the subject as 55973859. The Library of Congress control number is n2002071770. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942, 2015 and 1948.

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This entry incorporates text from Ginger Prince” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.