Ronne Troup - The first Flying Nun

When I first started this thread back in 2013, I included some incorrect information regarding Ronne Troup, and her casting in the Flying Nun pilot.

There really is scant information on The Flying Nun production before Sally Field agreed to take the part. From reading one of Sally's biographies, I learned that the original pilot was filmed in December 1966 (makes sense, as some of the earliest Sally Field publicity photos for the Flying Nun were dated January 1967).

Looking for more information, I discovered that Ronne Troup had published her Mother's autobiography through Lulu.com, titled "Once I Was a Debutante". I ordered the book, thinking it might include some references to the Flying Nun/Ronne Troup. It actually did include a few paragraphs of information, which appear nowhere else. The book, incidentally, is a fine read in it's own right.

Here is the relevant Flying Nun information:

-Ronne Troup was picked to star in the pilot of the TV series The Flying Nun. She liked the premise of the show, and was eagerly looking forward to doing it.
-Ronne worked "for over a week" shooting the pilot. The pilot was shot entirely in Los Angeles, not Puerto Rico as I thought in 2013.
-Ronne came home "bubbling with enthusiasm" about the show, the producer, director, and the actors. (lived with her Mom at the time).
-When She was finished shooting the pilot, Ronne was told by her agent that she was out of the show, and the part was going to Sally Field.
-Ronne was not upset about losing the role, but was upset by what she felt was the "hypocritical niceness of everyone on the set who knew all the time that She was going to be dumped".
-Some time later, Ronne was called to a meeting with Jackie Cooper, the head of Screen Gems at the time. According to this bio, Cooper told her that
they (Screen Gems) was sorry about what happened, and offered to enroll her in the Columbia Workshop to study acting, paying her $250.00 a week for six months - a total of $6,000.00 in 1967. I later used google to find out how much that was in today's dollars. It came out to almost $43,000.00. Not bad for an actress who had one small roll in "The Trouble with Angels" on her resume! According to the book, Ronne turned the offer down, went back to UCLA to take a teaching credit.
-At UCLA, Ronne met and fell in love with a student named Steve Craig. They planned to get married, but Steve back out at the last minute to marry his high school sweetheart - Sally Field.
-One last bit of trivia. Ronne Troup was one of the many young women who tried out for the part of Gidget. She lost out - to Sally Field - but ended up as a prominent extra in several episodes.

That is the additional information I discovered by reading "Once I Was A Debutante" by Cynthia Hare. From this book, I learned that Ronne Troup was not fired 2-3 days into filming, but finished all her scenes, and was let go after principal photography. Unless Ronne is interviewed re the Flying Nun, this is about the only source we'll have on what happened before Sally signed to play Sister Bertrille. I hope this information will be of interest to this message board.