With her brother and two of his friends, they formed a musical act called the Ja-Da Quartet. Her father was a doctor and her mother a homemaker. Her Charlene had a big crush on Andy, and after she married Dud Wash (Hoke Howell), she wound up naming her daughter, Andelina, after him. Peterson had auditioned to play a love interest for Griffith’s Sheriff Andy Taylor, but the role went to Elinor Donahue.
Taraja Ramsess, Stunt Performer in Marvel Films, Dies at 41