Billie Hazel Shaw was born in Tyler, Texas in September 1930 to Grady P. and Kitty L. Shaw. She was a member of the Camp Fire Girls where she raised a lot of money doing various fundraisers such as the Annual Doughnut Drive. She moved with her parents to Los Angeles, California where she won a bevy of pageants including Miss Rocket and Miss Television, which prompted Universal Studios to sign her to a contract where she would appear in several films.
She joined the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on October 16, 1950 and appeared in several movies.
After a failed engagement to producer Rudy Ralston -whom she met while filming Arizona Manhunt (1951)- she married Arnold Kunody and stopped modeling at his request. She lives in Carlsbad, California. An interesting note is that she was one of the 63 stars featured in the collectable trading cards including in bags of Mother's Cookies in 1953.
“He [Arnold Kunody] didn’t want her working, which she was fine with.” - Karen Kunody
