​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Verna Hillie (5 May 1914 - 3 October 1997) was an American film actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1934 films The Star Packer and The Trail Beyond. She was later U.S. representative for Barbara Cartland. She died in 1997 in Fairfield, Connecticut from a stroke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Verna Hillie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.