Marilee Crockett

Marilee was born to Elzarus LeGrande Hunsaker and Tana Clark Hunsaker on 19 March. Marilee's father is an Air Force Veteran and former Special Agent, and her mother was a professional salesperson and business owner. Marilee lived in Great Falls, MT for a few months after birth before moving to Europe where she resided and traveled extensively with her family for several years. Upon returning to the United States, she lived in Missouri, Kansas, Montana on the family ranch, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee where she graduated from Oak Ridge High School. At 16, she lived briefly in Puebla, Mexico. Marilee has two brothers, Michael & David. She is the granddaughter of Shirley Bragg Clark, a vaudeville performer. Her ancestors came to the US primarily from the London area and Brittany, France in the early 1600's with others from Sweden and Austria as late as the mid 1800's. She is a direct descendant of Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico (The Mother of New York), Roger Conant, Anne Hutchinson, and Abraham Hunsaker.

Marilee received three scholarships & completed a Bachelor of Arts 23 months after high school graduation having attended both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Brigham Young University, Provo. She went on to earn a master's degree from Brigham Young University, Provo & attended graduate school at Texas Christian University. With over 200 credit hours of coursework to create and lead educational change and to teach all areas of Social Science including International Political Science, International Economics, History, with graduate-level focuses in Educational Law, Finance, and Statistics. She has the equivalent of a film minor and courses in accounting & business. Marilee holds a teaching license and a PI license. In addition to acting, screenwriting, & producing, she has worked for two of the US's largest banks and currently works with UHNWIs, HNWIs, Family Offices, and Venture Capitalists in fund management and administration. Marilee has volunteered extensively for non-profits in the communities of Highland Park, TX (Dallas) & the Salt Lake City, UT area.

Marilee is the mother of seven children. These include five living adult children, one deceased son, and one minor child. Marilee gave birth to six children with her husband, Jim Crockett, who she has been married to since 1993. They adopted one child for a total of five daughters and two sons. Her oldest daughter, Marian, works in finance. Her oldest son, Daniel James Crockett (deceased), was a film score composer and musician as well as an engineering student. Her second oldest daughter, Kathern, is a special effects makeup artist, actor, screenplay writer, & professional video editor. Amanda is a SAHM. Jared, her only living son, works in finance and accounting as a banker. Caroline is a finance major. Cynthia is a high school student. Most of her children are fluent in at least one other language-Mandarin Chinese being the most common amongst them. Marilee has eleven grandchildren.