Josephine Tahlia was born in 1940 in Chicago to an american mother and argentinian father. Her mother helped out at a local theatre and she sometimes used to go with her, it was at this time she decided she wanted to be on the stage. First appearing as a backing dancer in 1949 she gradually worked her way up to performing as Cinderella in 1957. She won the Illinois state beauty pageant in 1958 and succesively in 1959 and 1960. In 1961 she and her family moved to hollywood and she got a small part in the film Raiders of the night. She then appeared as minor characters in several films before earning herself the concubine/ playgirl typecast that would limit her career for the next decade. However in 1968 she had a major breakthrough with her role as Mary Swipe in Vincentzo. She appeared