Sue Lyon was born in Davenport, IA. When she was ten months-old the Lyon family moved to L.A., hoping that Sue could help them financially working as a model. She got jobs modeling for J.C. Penney and shot a commercial that featured her bleached-blonde hair. She also got small parts on "Dennis the Menace" (1959) and "The Loretta Young Show" (1953). Stanley Kubrick saw Sue on the show