1918-07-26 San Francisco, California, USA
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!
Side by Side | 1988-03-06 | ||
The World of Tomorrow | Babs Middleton (archive footage) | 1984-12-31 | |
The Pirate | Mrs. Mason | 1978-11-21 | |
The Missing Are Deadly | 1975-01-08 | ||
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | Mrs. Martha Meade | 1966-06-08 | |
Port of Hell | Kay Walker | 1954-12-05 | |
Rebel City | Jane Dudley | 1953-05-10 | |
Down Laredo Way | Valerie | 1953-08-05 | |
Mexican Manhunt | Sheila Barton | 1953-09-13 | |
Stop That Cab | Mary Thomas | 1951-03-30 | |
Chain Gang | Rita McKelvey | 1950-11-01 | |
Blades of the Musketeers | Queen Anne | 1950-11-24 | |
The Lost Volcano | Ruth Gordon | 1950-06-25 | |
Riding High | Mary Winslow | 1950-04-12 | |
Masked Raiders | Gale Trevett | 1949-08-14 | |
Air Hostess | Jennifer White | 1949-08-25 | |
The Strange Mrs. Crane | Gina Crane | 1948-10-07 | |
The Argyle Secrets | Marla | 1948-05-07 | |
New Orleans | Grace Voiselle | 1947-04-18 | |
Shantytown | Virginia Allen | 1943-04-20 | |
Hi, Buddy | Mary Parker | 1943-02-26 | |
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | Janet Thompson | 1943-01-05 | |
Flesh and Fantasy | Justine (uncredited) | 1943-10-29 | |
Johnny Come Lately | Jane | 1943-09-03 | |
Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Nancy Partridge | 1943-03-24 | |
About Face | Betty Marlowe | 1942-04-16 | |
Moonlight in Havana | Patsy Clark | 1942-10-16 | |
Escape from Hong Kong | Valarie Hale | 1942-05-15 | |
Timber! | Yvette Lacour | 1942-08-01 | |
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair | Babs | 1939-04-30 | |
Girls' School | Nan (uncredited) | 1938-09-30 | |
Forty Naughty Girls | June Preston | 1937-09-24 | |
Border Cafe | Janet Barry | 1937-06-04 | |
High Flyers | Arlene Arlington | 1937-11-07 | |
Hideaway | Joan Peterson | 1937-08-13 | |
On Again—Off Again | Florence Cole | 1937-07-09 | |
Venture of Faith |