Background
Corday was born in Santa Monica, California. Accompanied by her mother, Corday auditioned when she was 15 years old.
Corday was born in Santa Monica, California. Accompanied by her mother, Corday auditioned when she was 15 years old.
Wanting a career in films, she came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photographer"s model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film Two Tickets to Broadway. One of Corday"s first professional jobs was being a dancer in Earl Carroll"s Vanities.
During the 2.5 years that she was in the show, she advanced "from showgirl to actress in the sketches." Corday appeared as a pinup girl in numerous men"s magazines during the 1950s and was the Playmate of the October 1958 issue of Playboy, together with famous model and showgirl Pat Sheehan.
