Marjorie Lord
Actor
- Born
- July 26, 1918 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- November 28, 2015 (age 97)
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.
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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!
Known for
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
March 24, 1943
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
June 8, 1966
Johnny Come Lately
September 3, 1943
Flesh and Fantasy
October 29, 1943
New Orleans
April 18, 1947
The Argyle Secrets
May 7, 1948
The Lost Volcano
June 25, 1950
Girls' School
September 30, 1938
Riding High
April 12, 1950
Forty Naughty Girls
September 24, 1937
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
April 30, 1939
About Face
April 16, 1942
Acting36
- 1988Side by Side
- 1984The World of Tomorrow as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
- 1975The Missing Are Deadly
- 1966Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! as Mrs. Martha Meade
- 1954Port of Hell as Kay Walker
- 1953Mexican Manhunt as Sheila Barton
- 1953Down Laredo Way as Valerie
- 1953Rebel City as Jane Dudley
- 1951Venture of Faith
- 1951Stop That Cab as Mary Thomas