When she was 15 , Hatcher was selected to play Laurey in a road production of Oklahoma !
By 1944 , the Hatcher family had moved to California , and in August that year Paramount Pictures signed Mary to a seven - year contract .
When Mary was 15 , Hatcher was selected to play Laurey in a road production of Oklahoma !
By 1944 , the Hatcher family had moved to California , and in August that year Paramount Pictures signed Mary to a seven - year contract .