Shary Marshall was born Sharlayne Adell Williamson in Monmouth Oregon. She moved to Hollywood after winning a beauty contest, and made two TV appearances in 1958 as 'Shary Layne', before appearing uncredited in Gidget (1959).Shary had over 40 television roles between 1958 and 1967. From 1958 - 1961 she was credited as Shary Layne; from 1962 on she was credited as Shary Marshall.She made relatively few feature films, amongst them: Panic In Year Zero (1962) with Frankie Avalon and Mary Mitchel, and Sam Katzman's Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) directed by Gene Nelson and starring George Hamilton and Susan Oliver.In June 1966, she was arrested with then boyfriend and heavyweight boxer Eddie Machen for public drunkeness after an altercation at an all-night restaurant in Los Angeles.Later she moved back to the Pacific Northwest and married realtor Armand Santilli (1923 - 2013) in 1970. It was her third marriage and lasted 43 years until her husband's death at 90 years of age.Six months after her husband died, Shary died after a suffering a stroke at her daughter's house in California.