Deana Martin

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American singer, actress, author, performer and daughter of well-known entertainer, Dean Martin, and his first wife, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald. She moved to Beverly Hills, California with her family by the age of one. She later went to live with Dean and his second wife, Jeanne Biegger. She made her television debut in 1966, performing on The Dean Martin Show. She became a frequent guest, taking part in both musical and comedy numbers with a wide array of entertainers including Frank Sinatra. She trained professionally as an actress and performed in theatre productions in a variety of leading roles onstage including "Romeo & Juliet." Martin has appeared in movies, for example, co-starring alongside Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson and David Carradine in the 1969 western Young Billy Young. Martin first established herself as a recording artist with producer Lee Hazlewood for the Reprise Records label. The recordings included her country hit, "Girl of the Month Club," while she was still a teenager. In 2004, Martin released the book, Memories Are Made of This: Dean Martin Through His Daughter’s Eyes. She is working on turning the book into a movie. Link to Wikipedia biography