Brenda Fogarty was born in Tucson, Arizona. Her mother was a teacher. Fogarty first started acting in plays in both high school and college. At age fourteen Brenda got a job working as a coffee girl on the weekends at The Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fogarty went on to become a showgirl at the Casino de Paris at The Dunes Hotel from 1969 to 1970. Brenda subsequently was a principal dancer in a Las Vegas revue in Chicago, Illinois and was a showgirl again in the largest show in the world at ...