Marjorie Lord
Born: 1918-07-26 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 2015-11-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
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!
Filmography
1988
1987
1984
- The World of Tomorrow as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
1978
- Fantasy Island as Beth Shane
- The Pirate as Mrs. Mason
1977
- The Love Boat as Martha Rogers
- The Pirate as Mrs. Mason
1972
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak as Judge
1970
- Make Room for Granddaddy as Kathy Williams
1969
1966
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! as Mrs. Martha Meade
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1957
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Kathy Williams
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Amy Marr
- Wire Service as Phyllis Holley
1954
- Climax!
- Port of Hell as Kay Walker
1953
- The Danny Thomas Show as Kathy Williams
- Letter to Loretta as Miss Cook
- General Electric Theater as Millie
- Down Laredo Way as Valerie
- Rebel City as Jane Dudley
- Mexican Manhunt as Sheila Barton
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Bessie
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Cavalcade of America as Mrs. Field
- China Smith
1951
- Racket Squad
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sarah McCoy
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Marietta
- Venture of Faith
- Stop That Cab as Mary Thomas
1950
- Riding High as Mary Winslow
- Blades of the Musketeers as Queen Anne
- The Lost Volcano as Ruth Gordon
- Chain Gang as Rita McKelvey
1949
- Air Hostess as Jennifer White
- Masked Raiders as Gale Trevett
1948
- The Argyle Secrets as Marla
- The Strange Mrs. Crane as Gina Crane
1947
- New Orleans as Grace Voiselle
1943
- Flesh and Fantasy as Justine (uncredited)
- Hi, Buddy as Mary Parker
- Shantytown as Virginia Allen
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Nancy Partridge
- Johnny Come Lately as Jane
- The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as Janet Thompson
1942
- About Face as Betty Marlowe
- Timber! as Yvette Lacour
- Moonlight in Havana as Patsy Clark
- Escape from Hong Kong as Valarie Hale
1939
1938
- Girls' School as Nan (uncredited)
1937
- Forty Naughty Girls as June Preston
- Border Cafe as Janet Barry
- High Flyers as Arlene Arlington
- On Again—Off Again as Florence Cole
- Hideaway as Joan Peterson