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Marjorie Lord
Born: 26th Jul 1918 San Francisco, California, USA - Died 28th Nov 2015
Dept: Acting
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!
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 62
Film: 37 (60%)
Television: 25 (40%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Documentary, Action & Adventure, Horror, War, History
Filmography
1988
Three men who have just been forced to retire convince their bank to finance their dream: To produce a line of clothing for senior citizens. ... view
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Apr 1987 (first aired)
Sweet Surrender is an American television sitcom that aired for one season on NBC from April 18, 1987 to July 8, 1987. ... view
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
1984
Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes film images of Jason Robards Jr. as a child at the World's Fai ... view
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Babs Middleton (archive footage)
1978
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fort ... view
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Mrs. Mason
Jan 1978 (first aired)
A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all d ... view
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Beth Shane (1 ep.)
Nov 1977 (first aired)
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fort ... view
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Mrs. Mason (2 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard ... view
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Martha Rogers (1 ep.)
1975
An emotionally disturbed teenager whose father is a research scientist takes a rat from his father's laboratory that is infected with an incurable vir ... view
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Dec 1972 (first aired)
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak is an American television anthology series that was broadcast on ABC from 1973 to 1975. The ninety-minute dramas aired onc ... view
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Judge (1 ep.)
Sep 1970 (first aired)
Make Room for Granddaddy is a sequel to the American TV series The Danny Thomas Show (also known as Make Room for Daddy). The series aired for one sea ... view
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Kathy Williams (24 ep.)
Sep 1969 (first aired)
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories o ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1966
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 bomb ... view
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Mrs. Martha Meade
Dec 1961 (first aired)
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 a ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1957 (first aired)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of West ... view
Character:
Kathy Williams (1 ep.)
Oct 1956 (first aired)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961 ... view
Character:
Amy Marr (1 ep.)
Oct 1956 (first aired)
Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup. ... view
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Phyllis Holley (1 ep.)
1954
The new warden of a large American harbor raises the hackles of sailors and fishermen by his strict enforcement of all the safety rules. He takes the ... view
Character:
Kay Walker
Oct 1954 (first aired)
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Cos ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1953 (first aired)
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results. ... view
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Kathy Williams (222 ep.)
Sep 1953 (first aired)
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show ... view
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Miss Cook (1 ep.)
1953
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 Mexic ... view
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Sheila Barton
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Valerie
1953
Wild Bill Elliot plays gambler Frank Graham, who heads to Kansas in search of his father's murderer. This being 1864, the local military presence is m ... view
Character:
Jane Dudley
Feb 1953 (first aired)
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponso ... view
Character:
Millie (1 ep.)
Oct 1952 (first aired)
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an a ... view
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Mrs. Field (1 ep.)
Lee Powell Coleman (1 ep.)
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1952 (first aired)
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Compa ... view
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Bessie (1 ep.)
Sep 1952 (first aired)
Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared William Boyd as the cowboy Hopalong Cassidy. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1952 (first aired)
China Smith was a 1950s television adventure series starring Dan Duryea. The television show takes place in Singapore. Much of the cast and crew also ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christo ... view
Character:
Sarah McCoy (1 ep.)
Oct 1951 (first aired)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was spon ... view
Character:
Marietta (1 ep.)
Elise (1 ep.)
Aug 1951 (first aired)
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-C ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1951
Shortly after WWII, students at Valparaiso University in Indiana come together to raise funds and construct a new building on campus, so the school ca ... view
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Jun 1951 (first aired)
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1951
The trials and tribulations of a cab driver working the night shift, who must put with an assortment of crazies, hardcases and sob stories during work ... view
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Mary Thomas
1950
In 1625 France, D'Artagnan joins the king's musketeers, meets three new friends - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - among them and, together, the four quick ... view
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Queen Anne
1950
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions. ... view
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Rita McKelvey
1950
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 captu ... view
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Ruth Gordon
1950
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race. ... view
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Mary Winslow
1949
The Hansen School for Air Hostesses, operated by Celia Hansen, welcomes a new group of students; a librarian named Ruth Jackson; Lorraine Carter, a nu ... view
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Jennifer White
1949
Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizing the frontier. Infiltrating the gang, Holt and Ma ... view
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Gale Trevett
1948
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former ... view
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Gina Crane
1948
A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated ... view
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Marla
1947
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, ... view
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Grace Voiselle
1943
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts ... view
Character:
Justine (uncredited)
1943
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will b ... view
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Jane
1943
Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks" ... view
Character:
Virginia Allen
1943
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on She ... view
Character:
Nancy Partridge
1943
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 ... view
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Mary Parker
1943
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. ... view
Character:
Janet Thompson
1942
A talented baseball player discovers he can only sing beautifully when he has a cold, leading a nightclub manager to hilariously attempt to keep him s ... view
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Patsy Clark
1942
Two FBI agents are sent to investigate sabotage at a lumber camp. ... view
Character:
Yvette Lacour
1942
Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor. ... view
Character:
Valarie Hale
Character:
Betty Marlowe
1939
"An average American family", the Middletons, visit the 1939 World's Fair and witnesses the advent of future technology, encountering robots and dishw ... view
Character:
Babs
1938
At an exclusive boarding school for adolescent girls, the lives of two very different students intertwine when introverted class monitor Natalie Freem ... view
Character:
Nan (uncredited)
1937
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamond ... view
Character:
Arlene Arlington
1937
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show. ... view
Character:
June Preston
1937
A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out. ... view
Character:
Joan Peterson
1937
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustu ... view
Character:
Florence Cole
1937
The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his father, finds himself down-on-his luck in a tiny wester ... view
Character:
Janet Barry