
Marjorie Lord
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1918-07-26
Day of Death
2015-11-28 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Marjorie Lord
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!
Known For
Acting
(1988)
(1984)
The World of Tomorrow
as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
(1978)
The Pirate
as Mrs. Mason
(1975)
(1966)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Mrs. Martha Meade
(1954)
Port of Hell
as Kay Walker
(1953)
Rebel City
as Jane Dudley
(1953)
Mexican Manhunt
as Sheila Barton
(1953)
Down Laredo Way
as Valerie
(1951)
Stop That Cab
as Mary Thomas
(1951)
(1950)
Riding High
as Mary Winslow
(1950)
Blades of the Musketeers
as Queen Anne
(1950)
The Lost Volcano
as Ruth Gordon
(1950)
Chain Gang
as Rita McKelvey
(1949)
Air Hostess
as Jennifer White
(1949)
Masked Raiders
as Gale Trevett
(1948)
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Gina Crane
(1948)
The Argyle Secrets
as Marla
(1947)
New Orleans
as Grace Voiselle
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Nancy Partridge
(1943)
Flesh and Fantasy
as Justine (uncredited)
(1943)
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Janet Thompson
(1943)
Shantytown
as Virginia Allen
(1943)
Johnny Come Lately
as Jane
(1943)
Hi, Buddy
as Mary Parker
(1942)
Moonlight in Havana
as Patsy Clark
(1942)
Escape from Hong Kong
as Valarie Hale
(1942)
Timber!
as Yvette Lacour
(1942)
About Face
as Betty Marlowe
(1939)
(1938)
Girls' School
as Nan (uncredited)
(1937)
On Again—Off Again
as Florence Cole
(1937)
Border Cafe
as Janet Barry
(1937)
Forty Naughty Girls
as June Preston
(1937)
Hideaway
as Joan Peterson
(1937)
High Flyers
as Arlene Arlington