Update: This is Sandra Giles, Miss 8-Ball, 1958. Above, a 1963 publicity photo promoting her appearance in “It Happened at the World’s Fair.”

May 22, 1956: Sandra Giles, upset over a nude portrait of her painted for the casino of the Fremont Hotel (she said she posed in a bathing suit) says: "I don't want to be a Marilyn Monroe! I want to be an actress!"

  Note: In case you're wondering about some of the weird guesses, I mistakenly used last week's post (since reconstructed) as a template so the comments from last week's mystery star are attached to this post. There's no way to fix it.

Note 2: TypePad and Windows Live Writer didn’t play well together on this post so I had to cut/paste to a new take, losing all the comments. There is no way to fix this.

 
Los Angeles Times file photo

Here’s our mystery guest with a completely unmysterious companion.

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Sandra Giles with Al Gunter, left, and Don Hawley in a photo to promote a motorcycle race at Riverside Raceway, Sept. 9, 1958.

Here’s our mystery woman with two mystery companions. Please congratulate Barry O'Brien, Jane Ellen Wayne, Mary Mallory, Deb Morris, Rick, Margie and Barbara Klein for identifying yesterday’s mystery fellow.

Photograph by Harry Chase / Los Angeles Times

Update: Sandra Giles, Miss 8-Ball of the Greater Los Angeles Press Club, signs autographs at the premiere of “Teacher’s Pet,” March 20, 1958.  She’s wearing a $48,000 chinchilla dress and wrap, The Times said.

Here’s our mystery lady with some mystery admirers. Please congratulate Mary Mallory for identifying her!

Photograph by Edward Gamer / Los Angeles Times

Sandra Giles sells California Gov. Goodwin Knight a ticket to the premiere of “Teacher’s Pet,” Feb. 10, 1958.