Moorehouse then scoured the online site for any articles that mentioned Jenny. president and a Wayne County probate judge.ĭuring those trips, Moorehouse's mom helped spark Jenny's interest in performing by putting together plays that they would act out together for neighborhood kids.

He also is a documentary filmmaker best known as the writer of 2012's 'Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game,' which explored how a racist demand by the Southern college cemented the enduring friendship between a U.S. Moorehouse, a former editor of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, spent more than 25 years in journalism and still blogs for the Livington Post. The married father of four now works for the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, a charter school advocacy group, and teaches at Hillsdale College. In her mid-20s, she gave up show business to find a sense of peace that remained elusive throughout her adult life. Now he has written a book based on his research, “Murder of an Elvis Girl: Solving the Jenny Maxwell Case.” It's a whodunit, but it covers more territory than what's indicated by the title.īlending fact and fiction, this is the story of a talented young woman - the daughter of Norwegian immigrants - who was thrust into the Hollywood spotlight at age 16 iand who, after growing up too soon, endured a series of personal setbacks.

Grey Lady by Jenny Maxwell