Early Life and Career
She was born Wyn-Nelle Russell in Marshall, Texas, and adopted the name Wendy as an adult.
Her modeling career began in 1939, and she appeared in Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Virginia Pope, the fashion critic of The New York Times, described her as "one of New York's most-seen manikins ."
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