Early Life
North was born as Dawn Shirley Crang in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1932, the daughter of June Shoard and Richard Crang; following her mother's remarriage to Edward Bethel, she became known as Dawn Shirley Bethel. She began dancing in USO shows during World War II at age ten. At fifteen, she married Fred Bessire; she had a child at sixteen. She continued dancing in clubs under the stage name Shirley Mae Bessire.
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