The name Mary Lou Briley didn’t ring a bell. It’s nice that information like this finally bubbles up to the surface. Thanks for keeping the Laura Devon flame burning Tatia.
As a fan of the TV series Flipper in my pre-teen days, I was curious about her marriage to Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly’s father was governor of Michigan from 1944-1947. There is a Kelly family tree on the internet.
http://kellyfamilynetwork.com/HenryDescendants.htm
Brian Kelly’s marriage to Mary Lou Briley (Laura Devon) is noted. There is a low resolution photo there which might be from the wedding.
As a potentially interesting aside, I remember seeing Brian Kelly and Jacqueline Susann on the Tonight Show where Ms. Susann announced that Kelly was going to play the lead in the movie adaptation of her novel The Love Machine. I think that has stuck in my mind (unlike other far more important facts) because, in my pointy teenaged head, it seemed incongruous that the dad on Flipper would star in a movie called The Love Machine. Unfortunately Brian Kelly had a serious motorcycle accident in 1970 which prevented him from appearing in the movie.
Jimmy
