Marjorie Lord
Birthday: 1918-07-26
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Synopsis
Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on The Danny Thomas Show and later Make Room for Granddaddy.
In 1935, at the age of 16, Lord made her Broadway debut in The Old Maid with Judith Anderson. Her other Broadway appearances came in Signature, Little Brown Jug, and The Girl in the Freudian Slip.
Lord was signed by RKO Radio Pictures in 1935. While appearing in Springtime for Henry with Edward Everett Horton, director Henry Koster approached her and signed her to a contract with Universal Studios. She appeared in six feature films and a film serial The Adventures of Smilin' Jack for Universal. Her film work includes a number of wartime pictures, including the 1943 mystery Sherlock Holmes in Washington, starring Basil Rathbone in the title role. She also appeared in the Western films Masked Raiders, Mexican Manhunt, and Down Laredo Way. In 1966, she played Mrs. Martha Meade, the wife of Bob Hope's character, in the screwball comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Acting
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Mrs. Martha Meade
Tom Meade mistakenly dials the gorgeous European film star Didi at her Oregon hotel. Didi, who has escaped Hollywood to avoid being typecast as a bombshell, takes up Meade's offer to hide away at his backwoods cabin. Meade, with the help of his housekeeper, goes to absurd lengths to help the actress evade discovery by both the public and his suspicious wife.
The Danny Thomas Show
as Kathy Williams
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
Mexican Manhunt
as Sheila Barton
Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved with a murder case that occurred fifteen years ago. It's an obsession for Dave to solve that murder.
Down Laredo Way
as Valerie
Rex Allen against diamond smugglers down Laredo way
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Chain Gang
as Rita McKelvey
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
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The Lost Volcano
as Ruth Gordon
Little David Gordon lives in the jungle with his parents Ruth and Fred, along with their servant Nona. David likes living there while his father captures wild animals; he's made friends with Bomba the jungle boy, who has shown him a great deal about life in the jungle. One day two adventurers come looking for ancient treasure in the shadow of a live volcano.
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New Orleans
as Grace Voiselle
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.
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The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Janet Thompson
A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.
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Hi, Buddy
as Mary Parker
Dick Foran and Harriet Hilliard (aka Harriet Nelson) top the cast of the Universal musical quickie Hi, Buddy. Foran plays GI Dave O'Connor, who comes to the rescue when a boy's club is threatened with foreclosure. Upon learning that the money targetted for the club has been appropriated by a crooked manager, O'Connor calls upon his army buddies to stage a big, fundraising show.
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Nancy Partridge
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.
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Escape from Hong Kong
as Valarie Hale
Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.
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Timber!
as Yvette Lacour
Two FBI agents are sent to investigate sabotage at a lumber camp.
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Forty Naughty Girls
as June Preston
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
