Dawn Lyn
| Dawn Lyn | |
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| Born |
Dawn Lyn Nervik January 11, 1963 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969-1978 |
| Spouse(s) |
Michael Whitby (m. 1990; div. 2001) W. John Reese (m. 2006) |
Dawn Lyn Nervik (born January 11, 1963) is a retired American actress best known for her role as Dodie Douglas during the last three seasons of the long-running family comedy television series My Three Sons. Her brother, Leif Garrett, is also a former actor.
Dawn Lyn Nervik was born in Los Angeles, California, to Carolyn Stellar and Rik Nervik. Her father was absent for most of her life.
She and her older brother Leif Garrett began performing as child actors within a year or two of each other. She financially supported her mother and brother from 1969 until when her brother's fame eclipsed hers.
Dawn Lyn started her entertainment career at age five. She first appeared as an American Indian child in the 1967 B-grade western Cry Blood, Apache at age 4.
In 1969, Lyn played the character Prudence Everett in the pilot for the ABC series Nanny and the Professor, but when the television pilot did not initially sell, she was released from her contract with ABC.
She was cast as Dodie Douglas on the long-running family comedy television series My Three Sons. ABC sued unsuccessfully to get Lyn to perform in Nanny and the Professor after she had already been cast for My Three Sons. After ABC's lawsuit against Lyn failed, Kim Richards was cast as Prudence Everett, although Lyn was a brunette and Richards was a blonde.
Lyn remained on My Three Sons until it ended three seasons later.
Later, Lyn worked steadily in her youth on many popular series like Adam-12, Emergency!, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Gunsmoke.
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