Margery Thomas Morrison was born on March 27th, 1924 in Long Beach, California, the treasured daughter of Osie and Harriet Thomas. She grew up surrounded by the scent of orange groves in San Marino, California. She learned to love film with her parents, and spent summers on Catalina and Balboa Islands where she danced to the music of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Tommy Dorsey &Frank Sinatra.